Being the geek that I am, I have tried out Firefox 3 beta 4 on both the Mac platform and the windows platform.

This version of the Firefox browser does seem very fast. Especially on OS X, specifically the launch time on OS X. Firefox used to take up to 3 times longer to launch than Safari (my browser of choice on the Mac), and then Firefox just felt… heavier (I guess that’s how you put it). Sometimes it would hang for a second while loading a webpage etc. Beta 4’s launch time on the Mac now seems to rival Safari, and it feels snappier and lighter. Not to mention the Mac version of FF beta 4 now looks like a Mac application. I always hated how UGLY Firefox looked next to the rest of my Mac applications.

The windows version of beta 4 seems fine as well, though ugly as anything, but so are all Windows applications so it’s not really Mozilla’s fault.

Here’s the screen shots:

Mac Version (see how purty?):

Windows Version (see how uuugly?):

I can’t tell you how good it is to have my own computer back. It’s like I’ve been staying in someone else’s house and I’ve finally been able to come back home!

I read one of those articles today that just makes my blood boil!!! In fact, words fail me so maybe you just better read the article and decide for yourself whether our justice system is just going completely insane!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57679

I’ll tell ya… I get irritated with myself sometimes…

I’ll be driving along, maybe to or from work (probably from since I don’t do mornings very well), and I’ll think of subjects I want to post about on my blog. But whenever I have time to do any posting they have all fled from me.

I will tell ya’ll that Rachel, Allen, and myself have been holding down the fort at my parents farm while they attend a friend’s wedding. We would have liked to go too, but money is a little tight right now and timing stinks as far as work goes.

Well anyway, since all we have at our place is a cat, and my family has horses, dogs, chickens, etc. we are taking care of everything out here. A couple observations…

• 55 minutes to work seems a lot longer than 40 minutes

• I hate satellite internet

• When doing chores on a farm, remember your chore boots!!!

• Chickens are stupid

• 1 mile is a long way to walk to the mailbox (but hey, I need the exercise now that I mostly sit at a desk...)

• Did I mention I hate satellite internet?

• When staying only 30 minutes away from your own house, you should still bring everything but the kitchen sink itself

• O wow, did I mention how I hate satellite internet?

Okay, so I’ve lived on a farm for a large portion of my lifetime, and I’ve lived without internet most of my life still at this point. But I still thought this was a fun post!