Leopard ships with the latest version of Safari, and there has been much talk that Apple has disabled the use of 3rd party plugins which is bad news for fans of plugins such as the wonderful inquisitor.

Well if you download the latest version of inquisitor and are still having problems, try deleting the Input Managers folder under ~/Library and then installing again.

This has been probably blogged several million times now, but I am really enjoying the latest release of OS X – 10.5 also know as Leopard.

Lots has been written about it including a really good review over at Arstechnica, but for me most of the downsides they note are ignorable.

1. The 3D dock – I really don’t notice it in every day action anymore, it might be because I am using Quicksilver but its not so bad.
2. The semi-transparent menu bar – well I changed the background to black and white Leopard fur and it looks good.
3. Time-machine – I am not using it at the moment.
4. Stacks – useless until you create your own that makes sense to you.

The upsides for me:

1. Spaces. I have been waiting for this built into the OS for ages..
2. Terminal. Tabbed and better its a much needed improvement.
3. Speed. It does seem faster.
4. Mail. Improved and with some nice new features
5. iChat. I am actually using this now.
6. Network configuration. This makes much more sense now.

Not currently using:

1. Coverflow in the finder. Well I did use it once. Only once apart from playing
2. Time Machine. My external drive is almost out of space, and I have a good backup system in place anyways.
3. The server integration. Doesn’t seem to work as I need it to.

All in all a worthwhile upgrade despite some negative comments.

Stephen Fry posted this on his blog the other day, and well its a perfectly good tale of smoking. Really liking his blog.

I Give Up
A short blessay on addiction.

Have I an ‘addictive personality?’ Am I an addiction addict? Is there some gene in me that predisposes me to dependency? Did I inherit a demonstrable physical tendency or was it a character flaw? Am I simply weak? Weak-willed, self-indulgent, lacking in character, moral fibre, decency, strength of mind, honesty and courage?

Is that even a fair array of choices? Maybe there’s an admixture of weakness, genetic propensity and hedonistic degradation in me. Perhaps I should calm down and let myself off the hook in some areas while justly castigating myself in others.

Let’s lay out the history first. Incidentally, I know there is nothing quite so yawn-worthy as a ‘my drugs hell’ confessional, so I’ll try and get it out of the way as swiftly as I can.

(Via Stephen Fry.)