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The Brand new Heavies made me switch from Konqueror to Firefox

02 Oct 2007 - 16:00 in Feature, OpenSource tagged browser, debian, firefox, funk, gtk, jazz, konqueror, music by Michael Daum

Here's one of my favorite bands, sharing videos on last.fm recently. Too bad my Konqueror is having problems with gtk based browser plugins, such as flash, that are badly programmed and don't call gtk_init (or what was it) before using the toolkit.

So right now, any non-gtk applications using flash, e.g. Konqueror, freeze solid on ``flashed'' websites. Firefox, being a native gtk application, is ok however ... waiting for Debian.

Last.fm is doing a great service! They've sent me an email notification that these videos are available on the base of my listening habits. All of the site is based on profiling their users, collecting data which song you played when etc. Maybe some day I will discover iTunes but it seems I am not ready for that hype.

And did you know last.fm has got a wiki too? Here's what they write about The Brand New Heavies. The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and alternative hip hop group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England. Originally an instrumental rare groove group, the Brand New Heavies gained a cult following in the London club scene and soon signed to Cooltempo as acid house replaced rare groove in clubs. Lots of their content is carried over from WikiPedia. Let me guess, they don't sync their wikis if users write in one or the other places.

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