We've been using Bugzilla at work for a while now and it does it's job reasonably well. It works even better as an SSB (created with Fluid).

However, it does have a couple of small niggles - for some reason the columns in the search results are truncated, and you can only click the defect number to visit the defect. Luckily both of these can be fixed easily with some Userscripts: Click Row and Expand Columns.

I quite like the idea of Safari's Top Sites feature - it just seems to make a bit more sense than a blank home page. As a Firefox user, I thought there would be an extension that provides the same functionality, and as expected there are a few, eg Fast Dial and Speed Dial. Crucially however, neither of them use your browsing history to provide the most relevant pages - you need to manually configure them, so in effect they are just bookmarks displayed as thumbnails.

There is a way to get what I wanted though - using Google Toolbar. Install it, go to the settings page, enable the 'Google New Tab page', and there you have it - a page of thumbnails based on your recent browsing history. Job done, except there is now a really ugly, bloated Google toolbar cluttering up the window. A quick trip to the toolbar menu to disable it, and we're back to normal. However, now the flippin' new tab page has stopped working!!?? Luckily there is another setting under the Layouts page - 'Keep features working with invisible toolbar'. Hmmm, snappy name....

ODE TO A HAIR-BRUSH

Oh wondorous, sensational hair-brush,
Oh perfect, divine hair-brush.
I savour your smooth hard back which is a
base-ball bat.
I value your swirly writing on the front of your
Fat, round, gorgeous handle.
I relish your superb, fabulous bristles as they run
through my silky hair.
I treasure you as I fight my sister off under
the table with you.
I worship you when you're my very short
walking stick to hold up my back.
Oh, hair-brush, oh phenomenal, admirable hair-
brush.
I adore how you lie on my dressing table
and don't even twitch like a caterpillar
You are a hair-brush
You are the most special hair-brush in the

WORLD!

Olivia (aged 8).

What do I do with my battered 12" G4 powerbook?

It can't cope with Flash anymore - that's basically all it gets used for - web browsing (under the very easy to use parental controls for the kids). It feels like it should still be a great little machine, but it's just not quite there. But I can't bring myself to get rid of it - the form factor is still better than anything else (including the MacBook I'm using now)...

Not only that, but it's got the mini-dvi to S-video adaptor that means it'll display quite happily on my old Sony TV - and there doesn't appear to be an equivalent adaptor for the mini display port...

...sigh.

One of Deal Extreme's specials: Stress Relieving Bikini Hen Squeezy Toy