I’ve been using Firefox for a while, and am finding things almost daily that I love about it. Todays major feature is cross-platform usability … Using Firefox on Linux is identical to the Windows version I use everyday. Keyboard shortcuts, extensions (Sage & Adblock mainly), tabbed browsing options, Live Bookmarks, preferences – everything works the…

Too much work, too little sleep…

If only every Wednesday was like this…?

I have guilt, blog guilt. In an attempt to expiate that guilt, I offer these tidbits that may or may not be useless.

I couldn’t resist. I went to see Regurgitator appearing live as the “Band in a bubble”. And I’m still not sure what to think of it. At face value, it’s a cheap tawdry marketing stunt for both the ‘Gurg and for ChannelV and the Digital Cable “pushers”. On the other hand, I have found it…

I have long enjoyed e-mail security thanks to a free certificate from Thawte (Pronounced “thought” I believe), and have been quite happy with the processes and results. It’s pretty easy – join on their site for free and you can almost immediately get a free certificate to sign & encrypt your e-mails. The only problem…

Losing a long term pet is hard…

For those who choose not to make the switch to a better browser Microsoft will be releasing Service Pack 2 for you … soonish 😛 According to this: “Windows XP SP2 RTM!“, it will be available to average-joe users on or about 16-Aug (For Aussies, this will really mean 17-Aug sometime). While I’m impressed with…

Twice in the last 24 hours I have felt like a stranger to my “home” city. I have been working the ‘evening shift’ a few days each week; starting at 4pm, finishing around midnight-1am. As a result, I enter and leave the city at different times to what I am used to. And it’s strange!…

He/She has been absent for some time … but they are back! Yes, the genius at my office who can’t even open milk properly. I can’t answer for the rest of the world, but here in Australia our milk cartons have two clearly labeled sides: One says “Open Here” and the other says “OPEN OTHER…

Now that I’m using WordPress 1.2 I’ve noticed plenty of references to “Trackbacks” and have found very little information about what they are. Here and here are two reasonable explanations … I’m yet to see it in action; must be time to go looking. An associated concept are the “Pingbacks” and there is slightly more…

Yes, it’s time for System Administrator Appreciation Day again, and I’m really hoping someone remembers it this year … not like the last 4 years when everyone just points and laughs when I mention it! 😥 If you’re at a loss for what to get for me, I have gone to the effort of preparing…

Amost all the things I think I am, I know “artist” is not one of them… And so, we have no logo/image/icon to characterise myself and my family on letterheads, blogs, etc Suggestions and sample from any helpful, friendly, neighbourhood designers would be appreciated. My other option is to use some of Seb’s artwork –…

Pros: I think it looks nicer than Grey Matter The creation and editing of content is much nicer for me (and faster) Plenty of nifty built-ins like tracking, linking, categories, users, drafts, private posts, RSS feeds and much much more Easy import of my old Greymatter content Cons: All pages run with PHP instead of…

Apart from being a nerd and/or a geek, I have to admit to being an “Eco-Fanboy”

Stuff: No. I am NOT dead. 😀 Mozilla. Use It. Pattern Recognition Reasons not to blog: Lazy. Holiday. Sickness. Other Hobbies (Electronics). Family. … Profit. 😀 Dream On.

I rarely have trouble remembering passwords, so I find it odd when people tell me “Passw0rd” is too hard to remember… I’ll think this article is likely to get printed and pinned to the noticeboards near the more password-phobic staff.

As every (living) post-adolescent boy knows, “I am immortal!” How do we know this? Because we aren’t dead yet… 😛 Thus it came as quite a shock to me this evening when I saw for the first time a man staring back at me in the mirror. My “Residual Self-Image” is apparently a boy of…