This is a very cool extension for Firefox. It opens a preview window if you move over a link and then over this little blue icon that pops up. I’ve been playing with it and I think it will be quite useful.
Tuesday December 19, 2006
Monday December 11, 2006
Oops
I didn’t realize how much affect running Super PI over the network would have. I copied the program to my Core 2 machine and ran it local. It really does make a difference. This is at 2.88 GHz.
Sunday December 10, 2006
Monday November 20, 2006
Monday October 23, 2006
Firefox 2.0 revisited
Firefox 2.0 not-the-beta is coming out tomorrow. It’s actually available at their ftp site if you just can’t wait. Yeah, I’m running it now. I’m sure it will be a lot more stable than the beta I tried earlier. I haven’t explored it but it’s supposed to have a better RSS reader now. It also has anti-phishing detection.
Wednesday October 18, 2006
HDDVR – DirecTV style
Betty has had an HD DirecTV box for a while now and she loves it. It’s based on Tivo so it’s easy to use and she was able to go from my first Tivo hand-me-down to this with no trouble.
I decided if I’ve got a 55″ TV I should at least see how it looks with HD so I started checking DirecTV to see what they had. They no longer offer the Tivo based unit that Betty has but have created their own. They must have paid Tivo a pretty good chunk of money to get out of the deal they had with them.
The new DVR(HR20) works very well but it’s just not Tivo. The main thing I miss is being able to 30 second skip. It has a 30 second FF but it isn’t instant like Tivo. It also won’t handle off-air HD for another month when DirecTV will roll out a software upgrade. They forgot to mention that at Circuit City when I bought it but it didn’t take long to find out.
It’s not a bad machine but I did get spoiled with Tivo.
Thursday August 10, 2006
Uploading with a thumbnail
Here’s a nifty picture that I’m uploading using the thumbnail.
All you have to do is left click on the picture in the “Browse” when you get it uploaded and choose “Using Thumbnail” instead of “Using Original” . You also want to choose “Linked to Image”. Then send it to the editor. You can also drag it to the editor.
Wednesday July 12, 2006
Firefox 2.0 beta 1
The newest version of Firefox is out in beta form. It’s not recommended for the masses but if you are adventurous give it a try. I’m using it to write this post so it obviously works. It’s got a few neat, new features but nothing earth shattering.