Tag Archives: nerd

FireFox being a pig? Try updating or disabling your problematic add ons

I removed one, and updated two others, and FireFox is performing much better than it had been.  If you're seeing sluggish performance, give this list a once-over and see if your Add Ons can be tweaked. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions

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New Tech Blog

This article is now located at Sagara.NET: Response.Redirect and the ThreadAbortException, and why it’s a good thing.   I have written my first post on my new tech blog, Sagara.NET*.  As the name implies, I will focus on .NET and … Continue reading

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I am such a nerd

So I preordered Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows back in … February?  *clickety-clickety-amazon.com-click-click*  Yep, back in February.  It was supposed to show up today, the day of the release.  Previously, when we preordered Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, it … Continue reading

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Dream Job

Other than being a full-time dad, this is pretty much the closest thing to a dream job in my line of work that I have seen in my 8-ish years as a working adult: We are now looking to hire a … Continue reading

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Playground fun

[Via Worse Than Failure]

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GoDaddy.com to take over management of stranded RegisterlyFly domains

This has been a long time coming.  I'm very happy that ICANN has chosen GoDaddy.com, seeing as they were my registrar prior to RegisterFly.  I only moved away from GD because RF offered the same services for about $10 less.  … Continue reading

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Upgraded to CS2007

I just upgraded to the latest CommunityServer bits, so please let me know if you see any weirdness. Thanks!

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Techies: the perfect gift for Mom

Especially if you’re anti-social. Copilot is a service that allows you to remotely control a willing participant’s computer.  So, for example, if your mom is having trouble with Outlook, you can log in and check her SMTP settings for her without having … Continue reading

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Spineless

GooTube folds. (See my previous entry on the matter, Istantinople.)

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Twitter twitter’d

Yesterday, on the recommendation of Paul Watson, I signed up at Twitter.  AFAICT, it’s a stream of consciousness communication medium, sort of like IM, but it’s geared toward the SMS crowd. Anyway, since I signed up, I’ve had nothing but … Continue reading

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