I see from the results that I didn’t manage to win the Weblog Award I was up for this year. (Best Flappy Birds Ecosystem Level Blog) Oh well, congrats to the winners and thanks to the few people who did actually feel the need to vote for me, I do appreciate it! Every vote was one more than I thought I’d get. 😉
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The one actual geek gift I got for my birthday this year, much to my surprise, (because my parents usually steer clear of buying tech stuff) was a wireless/CF card for my Axim. They picked up the Ambicom WL1100C-CF. Installing it was pretty easy, it found my AP right away and after a little configuration,…
Seeing that, when you call the telephone company, they can identify the number you’re calling from, and all the trouble reports that you’ve made for that number all without the need for human intervention, why can’t they automatically close “no dial tone” trouble reports when you call from the same number you reported the trouble…
A roundup of Firefox stuff I’ve posted on the linkblog: J-Walk Blog pointed to a nice collection of Firefox Tips. Lockergnome has information on a new Firefox vulnerability. Marc Orchant is pointing to a customized version of Firefox for portable drives. Not only is this a pretty decent idea to sync your version of Firefox…
I saw on the news where they think the big blackout started somewhere near Cleveland. Now, as any good Ohio resident can tell you, Cleveland fully deserved it’s nickname (the mistake on the lake) long before this event occurred, but it somehow does seem fitting, doesn’t it? BTW, some of the reasons Cleveland is known…
Craig wrote, in response to my post about using the Googlebar in Firefox, that he uses a toolbar from http://www.firefoxtoolbar.com that has many more options. Apparently, only the Standard Toolbar linked on the download page is compatible with the 1.0 release but hopefully the specialized ones will be soon. I might just have to take…
So what’s the one piece of tech that gives you most trouble when it comes to finding a solution? For me right now, it’s my home wireless router. I can’t seem to keep my connection for more than 30 minutes or so before it drops. I’ve tried changing channels, WEP settings, moving around the house,…