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Firefox Startup Times

This is interesting, and kind of makes me want to have another look at firefox again for a browser. There was a time when the first thing you did to a new computer was to install firefox.

I took my 1691 tab browser profile, and did a wall-clock measurement of start-up time and memory use for Firefox versions 20, 30, 40, and 50 through 56.These are my personal results. You might not get the same results. If you test 1691 (or even 1692) tabs and find something totally different, I’d love to hear about it.

Source: Dietrich Ayala – Dietrich Ayala

Box is friendlier than Dropbox for older Macs – System Folder

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I have been toying with picking up a cheap Powerbook G4 to see if I could work with a computer that’s over a decade old, and this find might put me over the edge.

Ever since Dropbox dropped support for PowerPC Macs running Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5, I’ve been trying to find a viable alternative to sync selected files and folders between my main Intel Mac,…

Link: Box is friendlier than Dropbox for older Macs – System Folder

Array Themes

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I have bought a theme from these guys to try out and I always liked what they do as they offer simple wordpress themes that look very nice and without the bloat that some complicated themes might

Array provides the most beautiful, easy-to-use premium WordPress themes to help launch your portfolio, photography site, blog or business.

Source: Pixel-perfect Premium WordPress Themes by Array Themes

Download the best Mac apps : MacUpdate

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I know that with the app store downloading and updating the apps for the Mac is not as hard, but there are still a lot of apps out there that are not on the app store and MacUpdate tracks them all, and more.

Download, install, and explore the latest versions of the best Mac apps. Find your new favorite Mac app today at MacUpdate!

Source: Download the best Mac apps : MacUpdate

FastMail: Professional email hosting

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Secure, reliable email hosting for businesses, families and professionals. Premium email with no ads, excellent spam protection and rapid personal support.

Source: FastMail: Professional email hosting

The problem I have found with having a server for your wordpress site is you lose an eMail server. I’ve tried using Go Daddy for email hosting but I never liked it.

Then I stumbled across fastmail and it suits me just fine. It costs me a few bucks a month but they offer both a web-based and apps for your phone too.

It’s seemingly working just fine and I don’t have to think about email any more

Less – a free super minimal WordPress Theme

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Link: Less – a free super minimal WordPress Theme – jared erickson

Less is indeed one minimal theme. No image sizes, and I think there’s about 2 files in the entire theme. I’ve used it in the past but I like burger factory for this site a bit better.

Microsoft and Skype on Older Macs

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Another app bites the dust if you have an older Mac and OS. From Ric Ford on Macintouch:

Microsoft, apparently without much warning, just orphaned Mac Skype users on OS X 10.8 and earlier systems, though Windows XP is still supported….

Link: iCloud and Messages issues

Managed Cloud Hosting Platform – Cloudways

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Manage Your Cloud Applications with Ease Using The Optimized Managed Cloud Hosting Platform, Cloudways.

When I switched back to wordpress recently I had to decide what host to go with for dedicated wordpress hosting and after some thought I decided to go with Cloudways.

These folks seem to be great so far and my hosting fees, while not free are pretty affordable.

Link: Managed Cloud Hosting Platform – Cloudways

G5 Center

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The Power Mac G5 was one of the last PowerPC machines Apple produced and sold. It remains a capable computer today. This website is dedicated to the venerable machine, providing users with information on available hardware and software choices for their G5.

I always wanted to own one of these Macs and never got the chance when they were current. But now they are a lot cheaper and this site has lots of resource how to make the best out of Apple’s PowerPC desktop for Pros

Link: G5 Center

Enhanced 2016 WordPress Magazine Theme

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If you are WordPress user (website owner) you probably know core and free Twenty Sixteen theme. Nice looking and good theme. Isn’t it? But bit boring… We decided to pack some cool features into a child theme (Magazine Builder™), so you can add great magazine “stuff” to your WordPress blogging site now …

This looks to be a very nice theme that’s free and would be good to use for both a personal site or magazine. I like the look better than the twenty-seventeen

Link: Enhanced 2016 – Themnific Themes