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  • A Fragile Earth That Was a Little Too Fragile

    A 175 ton sculpture in Atlanta (that cost a million dollars, no less), built to remind future generations of just how fragile the Earth is, has done just that. Well, except for the fact that it lasted about three months from the time it was originally unveiled, so…

  • Firefox CPU Usage and Google Reader

    Ever since installing Firefox version 2, I've noticed a steady deterioration in my computer's performance, but I haven't been able to put my finger on it. Since installing the 2.0.0.1 update, it's been even worse. For some reason, I decided to try and figure it out yesterday, and…

  • Bloglines Toolkit 1.6.8

    I have updated the Bloglines Toolkit to version 1.6.8 and posted an updated archive. There are no new features available in this version, but there are some localization announcements to be made. This version includes a brand new localization for Catalan (ca-AD), and updated localizations for French (fr-FR)…

  • The Carolina Panthers Quarterback Shuffle

    After last week's debacle in the nation's capitol, where the Carolina Panthers were supposed to whip up on a Washington Redskins team that frankly hasn't done that well, and came out with their collective tail between their legs, everyone was calling for the head of quarterback Jake Delhomme….

  • The Great Thanksgiving Food Poisoning Virus From Hell

    I have to say that Thanksgiving is, hands down, becoming my favorite holiday. Yes, this is at least partially because I like to eat. But it's also because there is very little work involved. And no, this does not mean that I don't do any work for Thanksgiving….

  • My First and Last Black Friday

    Not terribly long ago, we (that is, my family and I), decided that it was time for a new television set. Thinking that we're ready to make the leap to a larger screen format, we scoured the "leaked" Black Friday ads and settled on a nice looking model…

  • Bloglines Toolkit 1.6.7

    I'm announcing one more update for the Bloglines Toolkit. This one should be the last for a while, and is mostly cosmetic, having to do largely with copyrights, licensing, other dates and such. Still, there is also some clean-up work in the code as well….

  • Civil Disobedience at Wal-Mart

    I'm sure most of us have shared the all-too-common experience of being nearly accosted as we leave a Wal-Mart (or other similar place of business), only to be asked for our receipt as we leave, as if we are in the process of stealing whatever we may have…

  • Bloglines Toolkit 1.6.6

    Though this has probably been the busiest week for releases that the Toolkit has seen in quite a while, I'm going to release another new version. This one does not contain any new functionality – none whatsoever. It does, however, include a new pointer to the automatic updater….

  • Removing the IE7 Beta

    With the official release of Internet Explorer 7 (and perhaps Firefox 2), you may find yourself wanting to uninstall the IE7 beta, but you get a message that tells you to log in as the same user who installed the product originally in order to uninstall. If you're…

  • Bloglines Toolkit 1.6.5

    Well, that was one of the shortest version cycles in history. For those of you who have been using the Bloglines Toolkit for a while, probably not the fastest, but still, it was pretty quick….

  • Firefox 2 Released

    While Firefox 2 was actually released yesterday, it's still pretty decent news, because a lot of folks have been waiting for a while, and the improvements are decent. Thus far I'm not certain that I would say that it deserved a jump all the way to version 2…