you said you'd be making the "idea globe" over the weekend (or soon thereafter); I wanted to see if you'd actually come close to a finished product as it was outlined above. Also, if you own the Realplayer media program (now endorsed by google), I believe it has a small version of Netscape within its media browser. It's missing a few plugins, but it works as a "mini-browser" in a pinch.
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