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The Browser Wars; Which One is Best?

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Percy Kwong

I’ve always believed competition is good.  It breed ingenuity, evolution, and value for the customer.  Mostly, it comes in the form of price and features.  There has always been one special niche of the competitive space I’ve always found interesting; The Web Browser. When they first came out, they went from free to pay to…

Typing a Search Term in the Firefox Address bar stops working [Solved]

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Every once in a while, while it doesn’t happen much, a piece of software breaks our browser. (OK.. It happens more than less for many people). Here’s the solution: 1. In the address bar, type about:config 2. You will receive a warning about modifying these setting could cause issues.  Just accept it. 3.You will see…

This blog is now available in 43 Languages!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Percy Kwong

Thanks to Google’s wonderful translation Engine, you can read this blog in 43 Languages!  Just choose your language of choice on the right under Translate!

Fixing Google’s messy index causing 404s due to a “?” in my urls.

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Percy Kwong

As of late, I noticed a problem that just appeared and it wouldn’t go away.  It just started showing up and causing tons of 404s on my site.  Now that’s not good.  The problem was simply the following: I would have a link on my site.  Let’s say the real URL is: http://swimminginthought.com/estore For some…

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