On Firefox, do the about:config thing and edit: network.http.pipelining to “true” network.http.proxy.pipelining to “true” network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to a larger number – say 25. Firefox will now make 25 requests at once. You can also right-click and select New-> Integer. Name it nglayout.initialpaint.delay and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time that [...]
Archive | 2004
Name the @ sign
Apparently, there is no real word for the @ symbol in the English language, so these guys have set up a little poll. It’s called an ‘at’ surely!
Change your Firefox settings
about: about:config -> config console [The useful one] about:cache -> What is being remembered about:buildconfig -> compiler options used to create my version of Firefox about:plugins -> see all of your Firefox plugins about:credits -> erm, credits
Mozilla Extension writing
I’m going ot have a go at writing a Firefox extension. The upside is that I have an idea, the downside is that it looks like after 6+ years being a web developer I’ll actually have to know more than 10 JavaScript methods. I have some time off over Xmas so I’ll have a pop [...]
George Bush Online Journal
George Bush’s blog (uh huh) It’s quite funny actually, I like his favourite movie.
‘Brain’ in a dish flies flight simulator
This article on CNN talks about a brain, grown from some Rat brain cells learning how to fly a flight simulator. If it’s true/real/not exageratted then that’s pretty cool.
Not a small project then
“Hello I’d like a backup of the internet, on a floppy*” The British Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale de France are embarking on a programme to archive resources on the World Wide Web in their respective national domains. To achieve this programme, the British Library as lead partner wishes to tender for a contract to [...]
Sharing iTunes over different subnets
Not possible apparently. This post mentions work arounds for Mac, but I need to figure something out for windows.
I’m expressing with my full capabilities
Household Ackroyd/Beale hac decided to drag itself into the 21st century by digitising all of it’s music. Full signoff from Cathie, not just me. We both feel that we’ve neglected to keep up with new music due to our OH FUCK! introduction to parenthood2 2 years ago. Anyway, I’m now listening to “Straight outta compton”, [...]
WP wishlist
(I will keep re-editing this post and resetting the timestamp) I assume (and hope) that some of these will be solved by using pugins. 1) Description per category 2) Breadcrumbs for the embedded categories 3) Gallery and random image showing on the LHS or RHS 4) Decent email -> post script 5) Recent posts list [...]