I’ve been running Firefox 3 for a while now, and really only have good things to say about it. I install it when I installed Hardy Heron (FF3RC5 was the default browser). It seems to be faster, less resource intensive and have some great new features.
I have noticed though that on my work PC is [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Firefox 3
June 30th, 2008
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The Yiddish Policeman’s Union : Book Review
June 27th, 2008
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The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon
This week I finished Michael Chabon’s book, The Yiddish Policeman’s Union. The book is a really interesting mix of a hard-boiled detective novel and an alternate history. While I’ve never been a big fan of the detective novel genre, I loved the world building that took place in [...]
Set Up Adhoc Lists with Tags in RTM
June 26th, 2008
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I keep finding more useful ways to use Remember The Milk. My booklist, my wedding planning, my bills. It is just a generally great tool. Last week though, when I went on vacation I ran across a really cool feature that I’ve never used. Tags.
I had a whole bunch of tasks that that I wanted [...]
Podcamp Ohio: This Weekend!
June 25th, 2008
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For all the folks in Central Ohio (and surrounding areas if you want to drive), Podcamp Ohio is this weekend (June 28th). I’ve never been to one, but it looks like it is going to be interesting. While many of the topics are devoted to podcasting, There looks like there is a good subset of [...]
Quitting Smoking: One Week In
June 24th, 2008
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I’ve been smoke free for just about a week now. It hasn’t been any where near as bad as I was thinking it was going to be. I’m a little more irritable and a little twitchier, but all and all it is going pretty well. I’ve really found that the hardest part so far has [...]
Back From Vacation
June 23rd, 2008
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I’m back from vacation . I took a bunch of pictures and some of them came out really well. I hope to get those up later this week, but right now I’m just trying to get back into the swing of things.
Over the weekend I went sailing for the first time. My dad owns a [...]
A Cautionary Tale
June 17th, 2008
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We all know how important it is to lock our computers when we walk away, but sometimes we forget. And some times we have to pay a price for that forgetting. The other day I wanted to show my fiancee Jess something on Facebook and just logged in with my account. I didn’t log out. [...]
OSU Spring Commencement
June 16th, 2008
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Last weekend was spring commencement at Ohio State. Jess was graduation with her MEd (Masters of Education). I’ve never been to a spring commencement having graduated Summer of 00. It was held in the Horseshoe and was in the nineties and sunny (ie really hot). Jess’s dad Bob and I dropped her off a little [...]
Setting Up Wordpress on an Addon Domain
June 15th, 2008
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This weekend I was working to setup a new blog that I have been getting ready. I had the wordpress installation all set and ready to go and I ordered the domain name from GoDaddy.com. I then pointed the new domain at the directory on the webserver that would be hosting the new site and [...]
Updated The Social Page
June 15th, 2008
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I’ve added some more services to the social page. Check it out here. I’ve got my twitter, facebook, flickr, del.icio.us, and more accounts out there. If you know me and use one of these services, go ahead and ping my on them. If you don’t know me, ping me anyways. I always like meeting new [...]
