Monthly Archives: December 2004
Firefox Speedup for Broadband users
If you’ve heeded my advice to get firefox for your browsing pleasure, then you may enjoy this little tidbit from devnulled, via forevergeek, via hack-a-day. Credit where credit is due, that’s my motto. Here’s something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up: 1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down [...]
Modest Needs
I was reading Cool Tools(rss), when I discovered this website called Modest Needs. It’s a great idea. Small-scale philanthropy for people who aren’t wealthy. If you’ve partnered with paypal you can easily make an automated donation. They give out very small grants to people who need to get through a tough time. $200 bucks at [...]
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Crimble Party
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Our Tree, originally uploaded by snarkhunt. We had a party that I didn’t really go to very much, but there appears to have been a camera there. More pics in my flickr [...]
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Why is it that today I had a sudden urge to listen…
Why is it that today I had a sudden urge to listen to Hate Kill Destroy by those lovely balladeers The Business? Oh yeah. My bad.
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Hopalong Heisman
Last night was our winter holiday festival joyous celebration for my job. After everything closed down there, we moved next door and I had the joy of meeting the 1955 Heisman trophy winner Howard “Hopalong” Cassady. I was ecstatic, thinking that he meant he was a fictional cowboy named Hopalong Cassidy.
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Steal this music
If you haven’t heard, you should. First Jay Z released his supposedly final Black album and included an a capella disc. Then people started doing what they do if you leave that sort of thing hanging out. Hence came DJ Dangermouse’s “The Grey Album“, a mix of the great beyonce rider’s Black album and the [...]
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Kiran’s Wedding
.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Kiran’s Wedding, originally uploaded by snarkhunt. Sam and I went down to DC this weekend and attended the wedding of my lovely friend Kiran. She married the wonderfully warm and funny Salil [...]
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Thanksgiving vacation with Sam
It was great. We had such a good time with the martians and the dinosaurs. Do check out the photoset, won’t you?
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Graphing Calculator Adventure