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February 2011

Geolocation woes

When accessing websites from overseas, geolocation can be a real pain. I'll sometimes open Chrome or Firefox and Google automatically brings up the Traditional Chinese interface. It's not a big deal if it happens once. But it ends up being a nuisance when you have to click on "Google.com in English" link each time you gear up to do a search. 

I was visiting the Cisco website and noticed this crazy-language concoction. Korean navigation menu, English body, and Chinese banner. 
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Alright John, please just get the webs untangled first and then I'll check out the Benefits of Diversity. "Woo-hah-woo-hah, got you all in check..."

Posted by spangaroo 

complicated technical solutions to aide in simple acts of vandalism

Nice build.  

P.S. Oh yeah, Debian 6.0 was released yesterday. Smoke 'em if you got 'em. 

Posted by spangaroo