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Browsrcamp is an online service that allows you to see how your websites look on Mac OS X using various browsers. This service is really useful when you have a tight launch deadline and no time to organize a Mac for testing. The service is relatively cheap at $3 for two days of testing with almost all browsers available on a Mac.

If you’ve ever looked at your Windows Task Manager after using Firexox for a few hours without closing the application down, you’ll see that a huge amount of memory has been utilized by Firefox. Now the reason this happens is that Firefox, by default, keep the last 50 websites you visited in memory to give you a faster access time.

This is great if you have lots of RAM and tend to go back to the same websites several times each day. But if your browsing behavior does not require this memory intensive function or if you are plain short on RAM you can change the default value.

In your address bar type this:
about:config

Find: browser.sessionhistory.max_entries

Right click to modify the value. Restart the browser.

The Grundig S350 Deluxe is absolutely a lot of fun to use. If you are shortwave buff like me, you’ll get a real bang out of this model. I had an old Sangean for a long time and after I dropped my radio once too often finally had to look around for a new shortwave radio and decided to go ahead with model although the one I have is branded as “Eton” which probably is the OEM supplier for Grundig.

I had no problems tuning into several major short wave broadcasters from across the world. The radio is a bit cheaply made with plastic that is painted to look like metal but apart from that I found the sound, reception, sensitivity and power consumption all quite respectable.

You can pick this model from anywhere between $50-$100 on the internet from various sources including eBay and Amazon. (You’ll probably get a Chinese manual along with the radios priced around $50, but English online versions are easily available for download).

If you’re not into shortwave radio, try getting hold of a cheap unit. In the world of HD Radio, XM, Internet Radio, it sometimes is a welcome change to listen to old school commentaries and discussions over shortwave.

Some manufacturers to consider for shortwave radios are: Sony, Grundig and Sangean.