Gmail bug?

I'm getting other people's emails. Click picture to go to get a better view.

Firefox 2.0 Beta 2

I just installed Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 on my MacBook Pro a few seconds ago and I'll post my observations here as they happen:

Smooth scrolling with trackpad gestures (two fingers) is actually smooth. It now behaves like it does in Safari and Camino!

Typing is more responsive!

Actually, the whole UI seems more responsive.

Fast-back is basically instant now, like Opera.

Suggestion boxes, the url entry line, and other tooltip-ish things have a fade out effect.

You can open all recently closed tabs at the same time using the history menu.

The Extensions and Themes menus have been combined into an Add-ons menu.

A few of my old extensions, such as DownThemAll and Adblock still work.

The stationary tab-closing button that used to reside on the far right of the tab bar is gone. Oh well, I still have cmd-W.

Underline-as-you-type spell checking!

It does sessions! And, it's smart about crashes, offering the choice of a clean start or a session restore during recovery.

It has auto-suggest in the built-in Google search box.

A Google Earth Development

It looks like Google Earth is going to have georeferenced movies, pictures, and blog postings. Content from professional sources such as the Discovery Channel will be included. This could (and that's a very speculative "could") be awesome for Photo Tourism.

Flickr geotagging

This is great! Flickr just added geotagging ability to their site. If there's an open API, or a way to scrape this, it could really help out the Photo Tourism project.

likebetter.com

Figure 1. Apple vs. The Matrix: one of the hardest choices I had to make

This website was astonishingly good at deciphering my personality traits from simple A/B picture preference testing. It did make a few mistakes, but I agreed with the majority of its guesses. It seems the program learns by guessing your traits based on the clicks of previous users. Whenever a trait guess is offered, there is an option to agree or disagree with the trait; so, the program can update its data set.

Here's the output, including wrong guesses:

You're a guy.
You prefer boxers.
Your desk is a mess.
You avoid junk food.
You would say your household income is at the upper class level.
You attended college.
You're fifty or older.
You are not very interested in matters of technology.
You are fairly wealthy.
You're a night person
You often employ logic in your decision-making.
You're someone who has a few close friends.
You're the kind of person who thinks first and acts later.
You are right-handed.
I bet you find it easy to empathize with other people.
You study/work better without music playing in the background.

Trust your instincts

I was browsing my usual feeds and came across this very interesting article about subconscious decision making vs. conscious decision making. I'm very much the kind of person who believes that deliberate and rational decision making will usually lead to the best outcome. Imagine my surprise when I came accross this: Education Guardian

Siggraph pics

See all of my pics from Siggraph