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Mozilla Messaging releases new Thunderbird 3 alpha
I am excited to see where Mozilla Messaging is going. Personally, I want to experiment with a messaging client rather than an email client (RSS, Email, Twitter, IM, ...). You know, The River.
Firefox: Asynchronous Storage API
"That asynchronous storage API I’ve been working on for a while has finally been pushed to mozilla-central. That means you can now run database queries off the main thread without blocking the UI. This includes both read and write statements."
Meet Joe
Even if Joe the Plumber really did exist like this, Byran takes apart the facts and shows how he would pay LESS taxes under Obama: "But the above is based upon the assumption that Joe's boss' business makes that much, which it doesn't. As it turns out, the business' annual revenue is about $100,000, further cementing that Joe would not be affected by Obama's tax plan at all."