Archive for June 2008

Firefox 3

Jun 23rd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Technology

I have been using at work and home, Firefox 3 for several days and I am quite satisified with the quality of the release. The memory leak issue seems to be much better now though I think for my part, I only worsen it with the variety of plugins I use.
The “Awesome Bar” I have [...]



Google’s New Street View

Jun 23rd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photography, Technology

In another great looking advance in web 2.0 technology, Google has enhanced their Maps application with Street Views for more cities across the United States.
Now Winston-Salem is available to have another view of an address along with the standard map view, satellite photo (which seriously needs to be updated) and the terrain view. Quite easy [...]



Photo of the Day: Picking out the seeds

Jun 23rd, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photo of the Day



Video: A day with the Days

Jun 20th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Home Life



Barack Obama: Country I Love

Jun 19th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: USA Elections 2008



Photo of the Day: First Baptist Columns

Jun 19th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Commentary

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Detail of the columns of the First Baptist Church in downtown Winston-Salem



A small miracle?

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Politics and Economy

It has been 10 days since gas prices were last raised at the local gas stations in my neighbourhood.  A sign of a price reduction to come?
Well, if there is a price reduction, it will be a small and a temporary one if the past years has been any indication.
Since the era of $4/gallon gas [...]



Photo of the Day: The Ribfest Meal

Jun 14th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Commentary

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This week Ribfest took place in downtown Winston-Salem. In its fourth year of operation, it brought together a variety of different BBQ operations to show off their skills and treat the locals to some fine BBQ. For our lunch, we had the rib meal along with the pulled pork sandwich. It is good as it [...]