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This may come as a shock to many (and it did to me), a new version of Opera for Windows has been released.

The previous version was "Opera 7" and there was a beta of "7.6" released, but they are now calling it something else. Personally, I'm going to call it "Opera 8"

Read the press release where they try really hard to avoid calling it Opera 8.

The good news is that those who paid for Opera 7 will get this as a free upgrade.

The bad news is that a lot of the features we were hoping would be in Opera 7 + 1 aren't yet in this version, most notably (to me) per-site preferences and an improved IMAP client.

While this may come as a surprise, it makes a lot of sense. Several months ago I was thinking about updating the Opera Lover series and realized that there has been a lot of brand new stuff introduced since Opera 7.00.

Opera 7.2 and 7.5 were both major overhauls both internally and with the user interface. And if you don't think you got enough for your Opera7 dollar, checkout Opera 7 Changelogs for Windows

And then realize that your Opera7 dollar will also get you Opera8, or Opera 7 + 1, or Opera 2005, or whatever they call it when they decide to call it something.

Mac/Linux users (of which I'm one): Voice is Windows only, so it won't do us any good, and we still have to wait for Opera 7 + 1 to be released for us.

For the official announcement, see Opera Beta release from opera.beta newsgroup.

Posted by TjL at 10:47 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Simple but necessary steps

1) Fill a cup (preferably a microwave-safe one) and fill it with water

2) Place cup in microwave.

3) Heat for 90 seconds or until sufficiently hot

4) Remove cup from microwave

5) Take a second cup, empty contents of hot chocolate packet into the second cup

6) Pour hot water from first cup into second cup

7) Stir

I won't go into the reasons for pointing out these steps, except to say that someone in the house (who shall remain nameless out of consideration for not embarrassing her in public) filled a mug with water, poured the packet into it, and then microwaved it, and ended up with hot chocolate all over the inside of the microwave.

Someone else in the house then pointed out that the directions on the packet clearly specify "JUST ADD HOT WATER" which is accomplished NOT but heating cold water and cold hot-chocolate mix in the microwave together, but by following the simple but necessary steps outlined above.

Those same steps can also be found on the back of the hot chocolate packet.

Just a winter household safety tip from our house to yours.

Oh, and check the battery in your carbon monoxide detector. Most CO deaths take place during the winter when houses are shut up tightly against the cold.

Posted by TjL at 05:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)