Entries from January 2006

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Change Coming to Desktop Linux?

Just saw this on Digg:
In about 72 hours, a project will be announced that could have a mighty impact on Desktop Linux and the Community At-Large. Of course, the level of impact, if any, depends on the community reaction to this project. I find myself in an odd position here. It is necessary for me [...]

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

MacWorld 2006 Keynote Video

The keynote speech by The Steve is now available at what looks like the Apple site, but is probably a mirror of some sort.
Go watch it. Now. The Steve commands you.

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Macworld 2006 play-by-play @ MacRumors.com

MacRumors.com is giving a live play-by-play of the Macworld 2006 expo in San Francisco as I type. Tune in to read what The Steve has in store for us in 2006!
He’s just announced the Intel Core Duo powered iMacs. According to him, each core is more powerful than the G5. I still [...]

Monday, January 9th, 2006

That’ll be 2 trillion dollars, please…

The UK Guardian Unlimited has reported that according the 2001 Nobel prize winner for economics, the U.S. has greatly underestimated the cost of the Iraq war. Columbia University professor, Joseph Stiglitz, estimates that the cost of the war is likely somewhere between $1 trillion and $2 trillion dollars taking into account costs such as [...]

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

Leave my Tools menu alone!

I don’t know how your Firefox ‘Tools’ menu looks, but this is the spectacle that mine has become:

Why does every extension have to have a menuitem? Does CustomizeGoogle absolutely need a separate menu entry? Why does Greasemonkey insist upon 3 separate entries instead of a nested menu?
Tools menu entries linking to extension [...]