Saturday, December 30, 2006

To Firefox!

What's the best browser out there?! Firefox!! And yanno what's even cooler than it's safe browsing features? It's got the mother load of customization and Extensions!

Follow the link to begin your extension using days!
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/extensions/

The Daily Fortune

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Photographing a volcano is just about the most miserable thing you can do.
-- Robert B. Goodman
[Who has clearly never tried to use a PDP-10. Ed.]

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Friday, December 29, 2006

The Daily Fortune

[databat@ebob ~]$ /usr/games/fortune

The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names to constants;
instead of referring to pi as 3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the
variable PI can be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead
of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies modifying the
program, should the value of pi change.
-- FORTRAN manual for Xerox Computers


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Thursday, December 28, 2006

Microsoft Bribes

The cat is out of the bag, Microsoft is giving away free laptops to bloggers writing articles about Microsoft products. Could this set a precedent for other companies? Perhaps a new advertising business? Paying/bribing bloggers to write positive articles for your product? Or perhaps, will this get caught up in all the red tape that has been forming around the internet so far this decade.

While many people view these bribes as unethical, (and yes they probably are, esp. to those who are looking for unbiased reviews on said products, and haven't a clue what their reading is a paid ad) to the hard working sod who earns barely over minimum wage, and blogs in his spare time just to earn pocket change off Google AdSense, it's probably seen as a Christmas Bonus.

Read the original article for more details. Merry Christmas from Microsoft! :-)

The Daily Fortune

[databat@ebob ~]$ /usr/games/fortune

Whenever someone tells you to take their advice, you can be pretty sure they're not using it.

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Christmas 2006

Christmas was a lot of fun this year, spending time with Mandy's family, and mine. Dad got me an economy model digital cam so I could post some pictures here. For some amusing pictures of our Christmas, click here.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

The Daily Fortune

[databat@ebob ~]$ /usr/games/fortune

C Code.
C Code Run.
Run, Code, RUN!
PLEASE!!!

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Slow Down!!!

Well Christmas is over and the new year is on its way. Have you ever noticed how the year seems to be going faster and faster every year. I wish sometimes I could put on the breaks and just slow down. Remember how when you were a kid the days seemed to drag by. You spent your time wishing it was another day, you were another year older. Now you are another year older and you wish the days would go slower. I think we each have it in us to choose to slow down or to get caught up in the flow of things, losing ourselves in the process. I think this year I am going to do my best to slow things down.

The Daily Fortune

[databat@ebob ~]$ /usr/games/fortune

Anthony's Law of Force:
Don't force it; get a larger hammer.

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Monday, December 25, 2006

The Daily Fortune

[databat@ebob ~]$ /usr/games/fortune

Any philosophy that can be put "in a nutshell" belongs there.

-- Sydney J. Harris

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Sunday, December 24, 2006

The Daily Fortune

[databat@ebob ~]$ /usr/games/fortune

You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk.

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