Made of Stone: a lion in Oxfordshire
There always seems to be a degree of unseemly disorder and crush around the boarding gate for the flight to Kinshasa, whether in Brussels, Paris or Nairobi. Perhaps it’s a hangover from the not too distant days of lax hand luggage rules, which led to urgent competition for space to stow all those TVs, fridges and bags of vegetables. Or it could be an expression of distrust in the reliability of airlines such as Brussels Airlines (formerly known as SN Brussels, and before that Sabena) and Kenya Airways, not to mention the Congolese domestic airlines, most of which have been banned from international routes. Otherwise, I don’t know what the rush is about. In our case, we were delayed by an hour (once everyone was onboard) so some vital part...
The Internet has evolved beyond recognition in the last few years, and it’s getting better all the time. Some truly useful applications have emerged, but so have a lot of gimmicks, and sorting the wheat from the chaff can be a bewildering task.
Having tried and tested many of the alternatives on offer, here is my non-expert’s choice of tools for getting more done, more enjoyably. All but one of these applications are free (though some offer something more for something more); all are a pleasure to use, and many play nicely with each other, too. You’re probably already familiar with quite a few of them (über-geeks might as well move right along), but I hope you might discover something new here as well.
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Firefox needs little introduction: the browser’s...