Daily Archives: May 1, 2004

Quick english lesson for people writing on the web.  There is a version of the word to that means too many.  See, I just used it. Examples of how to use the fricken words to, too, and two.

To:  I went to the store.  <-Indicates direction Too:  I ate too much candy. <-used to indicate the excessive Too:  I want to go too.  <- used to indicate inclusion into a group Two:  There are two people standing on the corner.  <- the number 2 NEVER use to to indicate something is excessive. Is shows an ignorance of english useage.  Use too.  The extra o does not cost anything more to type and you avoid looking like an idiot.

It has been a long time since I used the Opera web browser.  I am a big supporter of open source, but I have always had a soft spot in my heart for that little browser from Norway.  I first tried opera back when it was version 2.0, must be 7 years ago now and I used it almost continuously until about a year ago.  Opera 5/6 for Linux were O.K., but very unstable and had poor plugin support.  I was intrigued to see Opera 7.5 beta 1 was out, so I tried it.  It is fast and slick and has very nicely done fonts.  The interface is a little too funky when you first open it, but I quickly changed that.  I will let you know how it works out.  Even as a beta, it is super stable so far, better than Mozilla.  One complaint though, it is trying to be something of a full communications center, which is fine, but I like the programs I have been using and I think I will continue using my old programs as well.