I was reading through MT Plus Comment Spam Equals Dead Site again (an interesting read), which prompted me to consider many of the points within. For those who don't know, this post, along with the activity that generated it, was a big part of the reason behind the development of MT-Approval. I was doing it anyway, but that forced the issue to happen a bit faster.
I recently read a story that makes absolutely no sense to me. Apparently the parents are staying outside while their (misbehaving) kids get the house. I think they have this backwards. I completetly understand the frustration, and even support their decision to not do the work themselves if it comes to it. But why not put the kids outside and let them deal with that for a while, instead of inconveniencing themselves?
Though I haven't been particularly vocal about it, I have been slowly building up the web site for Everitz Consulting, and it now actually contains some reasonable information on it (instead of the one-page placeholder that had been there for months). I'm also going to try to do a better job of keeping up with it in the future. If you have a few minutes, take a look around and let me know what you think.
It's very simple, because I'm just a simple guy. I'm not very good with colors (you should know that by now). I don't like animation, be it animated GIFs or Flash, I don't like massive amounts of options that aren't really necessary, and I'm not even really much for images. I want a simple, to-the-point site that looks reasonable across browsers and conveys some basic information, allowing interested parties to then contact me if they need more.
I doubt that I will ever really be interested in soliciting business through the site, but I would like people to be able to visit in case they would like to find out just a bit more about the company. Please keep that in mind.
Update: It turns out that my friend Ben Franklin (yes, that is really his name) has put together - or rather, resurrected - his own company that offers consulting services. If you're in the Nashville area, look him up! I would tell you to tell him that I sent you, but he might charge you extra.
I've been trying to clean things up today, and a part of that is trying to get rid of a few things about Firefox that annoy me. Maybe "annoy" is too strong of a word. Inconvenience might be a better one. Anyway, I figured I would play and see what I can find out.
First, extensions. I've installed fireFTP. I like it, in that it's got an interface right there in my browser, but it is not quite right. I can't put my finger on it. Part of it is that keyboard navigation doesn't seem to quite work, and part of it is that there seems to be a delay that I can't seem to time just right. Since there is no real notification when something completes (a sound perhaps), I find myself sitting and looking at the screen. I'll use it some more, but I'm leaning towards dumping it.
I also installed FoxyTunes. This is a very sweet extension, though I'm not sure that I listen to music enough to use it. Still, the design and interface is awesome, and I'll likely use it to enhance the interface to the Bloglines Toolkit when I get the chance. I really like FoxyTunes because it gives me quick access to volume and mute - something that was annoying me about the Windows volume control. I think it likely that I'll keep it.
Finally, I decided to do some tweaking on the UI.
I use Google a dozen times a day. Probably much more than that. It's always a pain for me to run a Google query while I'm in the middle of something on another page. I usually use CTRL-N to open a new tab, then click on the address bar and enter "google", then the search string. Blech. I rarely use the "feeling lucky" search, so I have had to go to the site itself, not just type the search string in the address bar.
So I tried using the search bar in Firefox, but that wasn't doing it for me either. Then I stumbled upon this tip that seemed as if it would work. Nope. Didn't seem to do a thing. I had almost given up when I found another link (now dead), which tells you how to do it: Type about:config in the address bar, find browser.search.defaulturl and set it to the value you want. Bingo. Now I just CTRL-L to get to the address bar, type the query, and it takes me to Google. Sweet!
Update: After this last step stopped working, I had to go hunting again. This site held the answer. Instead of changing browser.search.defaulturl, change keyword.URL. This may be a change in Firefox 1.5 (though my earlier version worked okay without it) or it might be something else. Regardless, this should fix you up.
