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Comment on Whenever a link on your website opens in a new window a panda cries by Tony

Tony — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:04:36 +0000

I salute you, sir! (Although, I must confess to be slightly disappointed that you didn’t slap a sneaky target=”_blank” on one of the links in this post.)

I know it’s not the point, but it’s worth noting that Safari users can have such links open in new tabs automatically by using the hidden preference:

defaults write com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs -bool true

Just run it when Safari isn’t running.

To remove:

defaults delete com.apple.Safari TargetedClicksCreateTabs

I’m sure other browsers have their equivalents.

A new panda is born every time you stop such lame tactics.

Comment on Flushing memcached servers the easy way by Flushing memcached servers from Ruby @ Will’s Web Miscellany

Flushing memcached servers from Ruby @ Will’s Web Miscellany — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:25:30 +0000

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Comment on Flushing memcached servers the easy way by Luca de Marinis

Luca de Marinis — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:05:42 +0000

Hi, I noticed that nc hangs (for longer than I cared to check!) after sending the command.. how about adding -w 3 to have it close the socket after 3 seconds of inactivity? (I also tried -q, which looked even better, but sometimes it closed before I could read any answer back)

Comment on What is the correct order to watch the Star Wars films in? by Will

Will — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:29:06 +0000

Lenary: Bleargh!

There’s also 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 as an option with 1, 2 and 3 as a sort of ‘flashback’ interlude.

But now we’re getting crazy.

Comment on What is the correct order to watch the Star Wars films in? by Lenary

Lenary — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:38:21 +0000

You left out the option that i’m going for:

1,2,3,4,5,6,1,2,3

so i get both the storyline order and the made in order, with minimal repetition. I have spent too long thinking about this…

Comment on Freecycle and Freegle group location data as KML by Will

Will — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:13:24 +0000

Ann: I've marked sheppey and sittingbourne freecycle as defunct

Comment on What is the correct order to watch the Star Wars films in? by Will

Will — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:50:25 +0000

John: I watched that review too (all 7 parts). Really funny and has some good points. Well worth a watch.

Comment on What is the correct order to watch the Star Wars films in? by John Leach

John Leach — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:48:58 +0000

The review I saw the other day was this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

in 7 parts, pretty funny though :)

Comment on What is the correct order to watch the Star Wars films in? by David Graham

David Graham — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:13:16 +0000

4,5,6 – but make sure you watch the original version(s) of these as some CGI / corrections were made for the “special editions”..

Can’t remember off the top of my head what they were. But if you’re going to watch a classic, its best to watch it as it was released at the time!

Comment on Freecycle and Freegle group location data as KML by Ann Wilkinson

Ann Wilkinson — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:33:00 +0000

hi just to let you know that the isle of sheppey and sittingbourne freecycle group on yahoo groups is no longer in existance. we changed over to freegle but i forgot to let you know that the freecycle group had closed sorry.

you can reply via the group owner addy as you can see its just a diverting group now if you look at the homepage.