The Sniffer vs. the Cybercrooks (New York Times)
Interesting article about cracking—but the real question is, why is the New York Times so much better written than the LA Times? #
Archive for July, 2005
saturday night in venice beach
I walked to the beach yesterday around 7:30 and took some photos of the Saturday evening Venice circus. Click for three pages of photos on flickr. #
Short interview with Sufjan Stevens from the newest CMJ
Some interesting answers on the amazing art, although nothing on the removal of Superman from the cover. #
Bob Parsons (of GoDaddy) blogs on Guantanamo, 9/11, etc.
Further proof that this guy (remember the Super Bowl ads?) is totally nuts. #
The Christian Paradox
“Depending on which poll you look at and how the question is asked, somewhere around 85 percent of us call ourselves Christian. Israel, by way of comparison, is 77 percent Jewish.” #
Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions
From Pearson’s Magazine, January 1901 #
Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites
Overheard at the Google Cafeteria: “Hey, what are you up to these days?” “Oh, I’m working on Google Moon.” #
Broken Social Scene’s Hard Road to Windsurfing Nation
Fifty songs later, the new LP is produced by Dave Newfeld, and due out October 4. A second record, produced by Ohad Benchetrit (of the Do Makes) will be released next year. #
how to fix tabbing in firefox for mac
If you’re using Firefox for Mac, you’ve probably noticed an annoying “feature”: when you’re tabbing through a form, it skips right over drop-down boxes and some other elements. Safari does the same thing. This is annoying, because you have to use the mouse to fill out a form.
The reason for Firefox’s behavior, according to this Bugzilla comment, is that they’re trying to emulate Safari’s behavior (read: “the Mac way”). If you read through the first comment on that bug, you’ll see that you can change this setting in Firefox using good ol’ about:config.
Search for accessibility:tabfocus, and set the value to something higher. It’s a 3-bit field, so valid values are 0-7 (the default is 1). I set mine to 7, so that Firefox happily tabs through everything on a page (including links). #
Azureus Dashboard Widget
This looks pretty cool, although it’s not reporting peers/seeds correctly. Requires the XML/HTTP Azureus plugin. #
The new Constantines album leaked today, almost three months early. It’s a lot less Springsteen and a lot more Heartbreakers. That’s not good, I think, but it makes a much better soundtrack for what I’m feeling right now: regret. It’s supposed to be apropos to mention in passing that you live life without regrets whenever the subject comes up, but that self-reinforcing way of remembering holds no bearing on present tenses. Years from now, I hope we will make water from the reservoirs of our idiot tempers—here’s to goodbyes before hellos. #
