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New tabs in Firefox 2 not cool

Firefox 2 comes with new features. One of them is that tabs have their own close buttons. This can be quite anti-ergonomic in some cases.

June 5th, 2007 |  Read more... Posted by leo | Reviews, soapbox | no comments

M. Proust: the triumph of memory

M. Proust, on stage at the Steppenwolf, is the monologue between Celeste Albaret (played by Mary Beth Peil) and an invisible and irrelevent visitor inquiring about Marcel Proust’s life. During Proust’s 8 most prolific, and final, years Celeste was his housekeeper. She earned his respect and trust and became a confindante. “I was like his mother and his daughter”, proclaims Celeste’s character.

June 26th, 2006 |  Read more... Posted by leo | Reviews | no comments

Hecuba: the war that never ended

The background of this wonderful performance at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, was the sacking of Troy by the Greek armada, led by Agamemnon and his cronies. Euripides wrote Hecuba around 424 BCE, his second of several plays inspired by the Trojan War and its repercusions.

June 18th, 2006 |  Read more... Posted by leo | Reviews | no comments