The next time you’ll get a new browser from Microsoft is when you shell out money for Longhorn. Realistically, sounds like we won’t see significant uptake of Longhorn for another five years. Windows users, stuck with a browser that isn’t advancing, will look to alternatives, like Mozilla, Mozilla’s Firebird Project, or Opera. These browsers already […]
Damage to a church in Forest, Ohio, is estimated at $20,000 after a preacher asked God for a sign.
I’ve been trying out Mozilla’s Thunderbird standalone email program at work. For two reasons: it feels faster and more responsive, to try to ween myself off of the Mozilla bundle which consumes a lot of memory. I should check out Firebird next. Anyway, one feature of Thunderbird is spell-checking, which catches a lot of
The Center for Strategic and International Studies published a report titled BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AND THE "BUFFY PARADIGM". I didn’t follow the Buffy series religiously but this is a very interesting read wherein the authors use gimmicks from the show to illustrate how a war on terror should be fought. If this is the "Buffy
If you’re tired or worred about giving out your email address when registering for a site or service, spamgourmet offers disposable email addresses that you can use.
If you’re in the USA, the FTC’s national do not call registry is open today so go sign up. Most telemarketers won’t be able to call you once your phone number(s) are listed, although you do have to re-register every five years. The restriction won’t be effective until Oct 1 of this year if you
Jeffrey Zeldman is out pimping his new book, Designing with Web Standards. webreference.com has an interview with him talking about how he’s used a “Cause Campaign” to spread the word about his book. Without any advertising, the book appears to be selling really well.
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One year ago I got a TiVo Digital Video Recorder. Not coincidentally during the World Cup so that it would get all the matches since most were on between 2am and 7am. Ever since then, how I watch TV has totally changed. TiVo makes your TV viewing efficient. In a sense, its the first intelligent