To me, this was a long time coming. Google Desktop Search for Linux is finally here. I did not waste time trying it out. So far it looks pretty impressive…
It does not have the sidebar and gadgets like the windows version, but the desktop search seems good so far.
If you have a WordPress blog and use Google Analytics to track its usage, you should consider using one of the following plugins:
Both considerably simplify Google Analytics usage with WordPress. You don’t have to open any WordPress file and physically enter the Analytics code. This is especially important if you change your WordPress theme every once a while - or may be upgrade to a later version of a theme.
I personally prefer the one from Semiologic because it ignores your hits if you are logged in as a author, editor or the admin. Without this feature, I was getting too many false hits on '/?p=XX&preview=true' every time I wrote a new post using Save and Continue Editing feature of WordPress.
Support for Indic script in Mozilla Browsers on the Mac has so far been missing. But I got a pleasant surprise with the latest trunk builds of both Firefox and Camino. They both handle Indic Scripts pretty well. I am sure this is thanks to Gecko 1.9.
Here’s what I am talking about. The snapshot below shows rendering of Hindi version of Google News on Camino 1.5. It is mostly… well, question marks!
Following is the same page viewed with the trunk version of Camino. That’s more like it!
Like I mentioned, I saw this with trunk versions of both Firefox and Camino - with many websites using Indic script.
शà¥à¤ वाचन !! (Happy Reading… if there’s such a greeting 
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