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Yesterday we went to Celle. While we walked through the park around the Celle castle we couldn't resist to play with the tons of leaves lying around everywhere. Charlotte analyzed the coloured things around her and decided she liked them.











Some more pictures in the gallery.

Time for short update. In October we spent one week together -- the so called kartofler ferie -- with my mother in her lovely summerhouse on Sjælland. Main purposes: Relaxation, reading, playing with the kids, relaxation, beach walks, exploring second hand shops and did I mention it, relaxation. On Olgas and mine 11th wedding day we went to the Tivoli in Copenhagen that I love since I was there regularly with my father many years ago. You won't believe whom I met there accidentally and shook hands with!



All public pictures in this gallery.

Today Opera Software unveiled Opera 10 with Turbo final and it's great!





Besides many many crash fixes, bug fixes, 'never stop loading' fixes it also sports a totally new look by Jon Hicks, which was needed and is done superb to give Opera a fresh and unique look in both the standard and the platform native skins. Also there is a brand new application icon that fits much better into the Mac OS X dock.

In order to celebrate the release I have modified my Mac Native skin to include as much of the new Opera look but most visibly changes the page bar that IMHO is a tad too dark on Mac and has tabs that need too much space. It also changes the following toolbar backgrounds: Mail Header, Panel Header, Chat Toolbar and Incomplete Message. As usual it comes in two flavors (just click the links to download and install):

- Mac Native Skin Rad: http://www.demuths.de/iopera/files/skins/test/mac_skin_rad.zip

- This one works with the default Opera toolbar setup but you can also use my modified one: http://www.demuths.de/iopera/files/toolbars/iOperad_Native.ini

Preview:


The second setup is my personal one that changes even more in that it glues back/forward and fastforward together and brings the tab close button to the right side of the tabs. This one will however not work with the Opera Standard toolbar set-ups since the address bar will then look weird, so I suggest you try it with the matching toolbar set-up and re-work that in case you like the skin.

- Mac Native Skin Rad S4: http://www.demuths.de/iopera/files/skins/test/mac_skin_rads4.zip

- Matching Toolbar set-up: http://www.demuths.de/iopera/files/toolbars/iOperad.ini

Preview:


Note: Currently both skins will look unoptimal when Panel Icons are not placed to the top and when the tab bar is unfolded to use tab previews. This is simply because I don't care about those states, I guess it could be fixed, though.

And now go and celebrate Opera 10 and spread the news!

Today Opera unveiled Opera Unite, congratulations. I must admit that it's not exactly what I was missing most but I like the hype and the artwork and the fact that it makes people talk about Opera and lets them see how Opera is still innovating 24/7. Perhaps I'll understand the concept and it's relevance to my browsing needs later.

What's more interesting to me is that in this build the new skin is even more fine-tuned than in Opera 10 Beta 1. Jon Hicks is constantly working on it and it looks better than ever. However as you know me I had to tweak a bit here and there -- less than ever! -- so here's my personal flavour of the new Opera Mac Native skin:

Opera Browser:


Opera Mail:


If you want to, you can check the skin by clicking on the following link (one-click download + install):
http://www.demuths.de/iopera/files/skins/test/mac_skin_rads4.zip

My current Toolbar set-up:
http://www.demuths.de/iopera/files/toolbars/iOperad.ini

And in case you need a good Speed Dial background image:
http://www.opera.com/bitmaps/home/campaign/0906unite/unite.jpg

Keep up the good work Opera, and thank you for all the latest fixes and additions

Sofie turned 10 yesterday and we had a big party with her friends and the family. Thanks to the brilliant weather we also had the first BBQ 2009!



Check out all the photos here: http://my.opera.com/lachralle/albums/show.dml?id=732748

This year Sofie and Alessa wanted to participate in the annual Wasa run through the city centre of Celle. One adult had to run with them so I accompanied them on the 2.5 kms of the Mini Wasa Run which was big fun. It's a huge crowd with a range from 3 to 70 years and most of them are there to enjoy the atmosphere like we did -- competition-wise it's enough to reach the target on your own feet The weather was a bit Bergen'ish but still better than expected. We will be there again next year.