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Charlie McLean - ABC News Australia & Pacific

Charlie McLean - ABC News

Charlie McLean is a Queensland video journalist based in Ipswich. He joined the ABC in 2021 and began his reporting career two years later as a news cadet based in Canberra. Before coming to Queensland he worked as a regional reporter in Western Australia's Pilbara region. In 2022 Charlie was awarde...

Bring some ‘life’ back to your neglected browser tabs. Technology
The Verge • 2w ago

Bring some ‘life’ back to your neglected browser tabs.

Developer Charlie Gerard has released a fun Chrome extension that makes digital plants grow over your tabs when you’re not actively looking at them, at a timescale of your choosing. Once a page is more than 5 percent overgrown, you can’t click, select, or drag anything until you clear the vines. [Image: The extension is called “Overgrown,” and lets you clear the vines by using your mouse as a rusty machete, chainsaw, or flamethrower. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Charlie-Gerard-Overgrown.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]

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