Brr, it's cold in here...

It was the Crisis Mid-winder swim on Saturday which involves a quick dip in Brockwell lido. The water was crystal clear, blue and a sharp 4 deg C.

Creating an Ubuntu 12 launcher for Chrome to use a proxy-server.

To create a new launcher...

1. Type 'menu' into the Dash dialogue (alt + F2) this should bring up the Main Menu manager
2. Select Internet from Menus
3. Highlight Chromium Web Browser and select Properties, leave that open so you can duplicate it 
4. Create a new menu item and duplicate the existing menu item, call it something sensible though
5. Add what ever options you require and close

That should be it, now you can search for your launcher in Dash. You'll need to close any open chrome browsers before launching a new one. Using this method means you don't need to change your proxy settings globally and you can set up a load of links using different proxies to run as and when needed.