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It’s quite a hassle having to download and install a new version of three or four browsers every day, so I made a Mac OS X app for each browser (Apple Safari aka WebKit, Google Chrome aka Chromium, Mozilla Firefox aka Minefield, and Opera) that checks if a new version is available, automatically downloads and installs it, and then launches it. If you already have the latest version, it will launch or focus it directly, allowing you to have only those 4 icons in the dock, and always use them to access your browsers.

Click here to download them.

FYI, using the latest builds of each browser (as of 2009-6-9), here are the results of html5test.com :

• WebKit : 220 + 7 bonus points
• Chromium : 217 + 6 bonus points
• Firefox : 176 + 9 bonus points
• Opera : 129 + 4 bonus points

For those interested, these apps consist of bash scripts embedded in AppleScript app-bundles, so you can modify them for your own needs (note that by default they are setup to install Intel and/or 64bit builds when available). Please share any enhancements or fixes you might make.

Update 2010-6-12 : Fixed the Firefox updater, so you can use it on 32bit system by changing the line :
my_arch=”mac64″;
to :
my_arch=”mac.dmg”;

• InstaReader Sync is a service to automatically sync your Starred Items in Google Reader, with your InstaPaper‘s read-later list. So that when you’re skimming the thousands of items flowing in from you favorite sites, you just have to click ☆ on the ones that seem interesting, and they will automatically be available in InstaPaper a few minutes later. It also works with NetNewsWire‘s Flagged Items.
  You can try out the service here, and I’ll also soon be releasing the source code so you can run it for yourself.
• The InstaReader bookmarklet adds a button to your browser to read the current page in InstaPaper‘s nice text-only (+images) mode, which removes all the distracting menus, sidebars, ads, etc… to provide a comfortable reading experience (example).
  Bonus point : it works with Google Reader, opening the currently selected article in a new tab. Its especially useful for reading sites that don’t offer the full articles in their feed.
• InstaReader for NetNewsWire is an AppleScript that adds a command to NetNewsWire to open the current article in InstaPaper’s nice text-only (+images) reading mode. Its especially useful for reading sites that don’t offer the full articles in their feed.

Full details here…

It helps to more effectively edit your themes or plugins when you only have access to a browser, by enabling syntax highlighting in WordPress’ integrated source code editors. Supports PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Please provide any feedback at http://anetech.eu/power-code-editor/

Prime Minister Karamanlis on farmers protests : “causing social unrest and conflict situations is not useful to anyone. Farmers do not benefit by adopting practices detrimental to economy and society. Therefore, opposition parties SYNASPISMOS and PASOK cannot maintain that it is a ‘matter of freedom’ to protest on the streets of the nation’s capital. The opposition is in error if it thinks that can capitalize farmers’ struggles in such a way.”

Athens Mayor Kaklamanis sharply criticises left opposition and calls for local referendums after the cuting of 12 trees for the construction of an underground car park raised an outcry, opponents criticized the land development plan, charging that the construction of a large department store mall in Votanikos violates environmental and town planning codes. The mayor claimed the prospect of local referendums would free the municipality “from the stranglehold of the minority and the bureaucracy-bound procedures that systematically hinder the implementation of decisions related to the solving of critical problems and the improvement of citizens’ quality of life.”

Results of three new polls indicate liquidity in the political stage as the gap between the two large parties ND and PASOK changes depending on election procedure. The opposition insists on the holding of early elections while the Government underlines that its only orientation is completion of its target. On the poll by MRB on behalf of “Eleftheros Typos”, PASOK is 3.9% ahead with ND party gathering 28.6% of votes against 32.5% of PASOK, followed by GCP 7.2%, SYRIZA 7.8%, LAOS 4.7% and undecided 15%. (more results available here)

Jan 20 : Farmers block roads, close airport

Jan 26 : Greek farmers block more roads in growing protest

Feb 2 :

Riot police clash with protesting Greek farmers

Main checkpoint between Bulgaria and Greece closed until February 4

Feb 3 : Police Clash With Greek Farmers for Second Day

Feb 7 :

Farmers open border as talks begin : Farmers on the Bulgarian border yesterday lifted a two-week blockade in an “act of good will” as unionists met Agriculture Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis in Athens.

Farmers begin pullout from Promahonas roadblock : The withdrawal of about 400 tractors that had assembled at the roadblock is expected to be completed on Sunday. According to the president of the “Non-Aligned Farmers”, “the farmers are withdrawing from their mobilisations fully satisfied with the commitments of the Agricultural Development minister.” He added, however, that they will be renewing their rendezvouz on March 20 “in the event that their demands are not met and they have not received the compensation they are entitled to.”

Gunmen shoot policeman in Athens

Guns ‘link several Greek attacks’

Jan 15 :

Greek group ‘Revolutionary Struggle’ has claimed responsibility the attack

At protest, Greek police seek friendlier image

Jan 18 :

Policeman ‘aimed in direction of’ Greek schoolboy – Balistics experts have concluded that the shot was fired “in the direction” of the schoolboy and not in the air, as it was vigorously maintained.

Feb 3 : Police station in Athens attacked

Feb 4 :

Group ‘Sect of Revolutionaries’ claims attack on Greek police station

Greek policeman shoots US Embassy guard – AP – Reuters

Feb 11 : Another officer ‘misuses’ gun

You can get more info here (auto-translated from Greek).