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Firefox: SwitchProxy
Ran across SwitchProxy for Firefox. Looks pretty cool. Basically you can set it up to download a list of open anonymous proxy servers, and hop between them at a specified interval (ie every minute it looks like you’re surfing from a different IP). Good deal for anyone who’s a little concerned about anonymity.
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Rant: Parking
So as of a few weeks ago, they finally got the parking deck close enough to “finished” to open it. By “finished”, I mean the bulk of the structure is there, but they’re still actively working on it. Like putting in the sidewalks around it, putting in the street to the south, actually building up the 1st floor interior (where all the “retail” is supposed to go). Oh, and of course installing the elevators.
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With a Rebel Yell!
Yay! My Digital Rebel just got here!! To recap, I finally decided to break down and get myself something fun for getting my thesis deposited. Decided last week that I’d get myself a Canon Digital Rebel EOS-300D if I could find it at a price I liked. Ended up getting it at a pretty decent price ($200-250 off what I could get it for locally). Looks like it should be a pretty sweet camera ([Review, Another).
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Rant: FedEx and Vultures
Got two rants today. First off, what is up with FedEx? I bought something online that was shipped via 3-day FedEx. Estimated delivery is for tomorrow (to hit the 3-day deadline). Well, turns out they had it sitting in their local office this morning before they pack up the trucks for the day’s deliveries. But since I had only paid for 3-day, they decided to leave it sitting on the dock to be delivered tomorrow so that I’d know what I was missing out on by not going with 2-day.
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Alias: Season 3
I can’t wait! Season 3 of Alias will be released on DVD tomorrow. Think I’ll break down and pick up the first two seasons while I’m at it (only borrowed them from Richy previously). Probably need to go back and re-watch a bit of Season 2 to remember where things left off. Unfortunately, Season 4 won’t start until January. :(
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Die Spyware Die!
Spyware and Adware are really icky. At the moment, I’m using a three-pronged approach: Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components. You fire it up and it scans your hard disk for nasty crap that has invited itself in. Been using this for a long time. Spybot Search & Destroy is pretty similar, but can catch some stuff that Ad-Aware misses (as Ad-Aware will catch some stuff that Spybot misses).
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New Blog Software
So I’ve decided to upgrade my blog software from b2 to what it evolved into, WordPress. For the moment, the old setup will continue to reside here, while the new version will reside here. This will be the last post to the old setup, to point people over to the new one. I figured while I was at it, I would revamp the style once again, since I was never 100% happy with the old one.
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Even more Gmail
I haven’t had much luck getting the GNOME GTray app to work under Fedora. Dug around a little bit, and came up with a Firefox extension that largely does the trick (although you should probably just go to the front page and look for the newest version). Now I have to check my browser window to see if I’ve got new Gmail as opposed to simply looking at the GNOME system tray, but at least it works.
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Gmail Hacks/Utils
Been poking around looking for useful/interesting add-ons for Gmail. Here’s a few I’ve come up with: Gmail notifier - Windows tray app that checks for new mail, sets Gmail as the default mailto handler, official Google add-on GNOME GTray - notifier for Linux GML (GMail loader) - import mail from your old mail client (supports a wide variety) gExodus graphical import util FreePOPs - POP3 interface for a variety of webmails, including Gmail GmailFS turns a Gmail account into a mountable Linux filesystem
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#define aliquot
Pronunciation: ‘a-l&-“kwat, -kw&t Function: adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin _aliquotus, _from Latin _aliquot _some, several, from _alius _other + _quot _how many 1 : contained an exact number of times in something else – used of a divisor or part <5 is an aliquot part of 15> 2 : fractional [Source]