…that you spend too much time using a computer?
When you are organizing the papers on your desk and you encounter one that can be thrown away, and you mutter to yourself, “that one I can delete”.
Firefox 1.5
November 29, 2005 by
I just downloaded the new version of Firefox and so far, I’m very impressed. I was disappointed that in breaks several extensions that I use on a regular basis, including:
- Bloglines Toolkit
- Copy Plain Text
- ChromEdit
- Greasemonkey
SpellBound
None of them are deal breakers–well, SpellBound would have been but reinstalling the libraries fixed it. Living without the others will be a pain, but I’ll cope. And one of the things that will help me cope is the new del.icio.us extension! It’s awesome!
Update: Ken hipped me to two new extensions that have become indispensable as well. The first is NoScript which allows you to have Firefox only run JavaScript from whitelisted websites. The second is SessionSaver, which I can’t believe I lived without; it allows you to have your current session saved whenever Firefox is closed, and then restores that session when you restart. Awesome!
BlawgThink 2005
November 9, 2005 by
I have been meaning to write about BlawgThink 2005 for weeks now… ah, the joys of law school: copious amounts of spare time.
Anyway, I’m super psyched for this event. The speakers and attendees sound fantastic, featuring such blawg luminaries as Dennis Kennedy, Brandy Karl, Evan Schaeffer, Carolyn Elefant, Matt Homann, Ernest Svenson, Rick Klau. Matt Homann is even reviving his “Five by Five” feature at the conference with “Five by Five Live”.
Although the tracks look interesting for the first day, it’s really the second day–the open collaborative/brainstorming/freeform discussion that I’m really excited about. After the really great “Evening at Adler” (for Mac Developers) that I went to last month, I’ve been really excited about (1) how blogs can bring real people together to do real things; (2) how great it is to meet interesting and intelligent people and hear new ideas; and, (3) how great discussions/brainstorming can be for generating new ideas and motivating work on old ones.
With so many great legal bloggers assembled in one place, there’s bound to be great stuff coming out of BlawgThink this weekend. And there’s still space, I think, so if you aren’t coming yet, sign up!
Site Updates…
November 4, 2005 by
Well, I just moved my site to a new host. All in all, it was a prettys smooth and painless transition, once I got some of the database quirks worked out. It was pretty easy to restore the MT db and so far, everything seems okay. But as is always the case, I’m sure I missed something, so if you notice any problems with the site, archives, commenting, etc. please just drop me a line.
Looks Like It Worked…
September 4, 2005 by
Well, it only took an hour or so… and it appears to have worked. There were a few glitches, mostly upgrading database drivers. And as usual, the docs sucked. As much as I love MT, SixApart writes some awful documentation–I know it’s hard to cover all aspects for all systems, but really, if I didn’t have experience from another life as a UNIX admin, it would have taken me forever.
MT 3.2
September 4, 2005 by
I just sat down to upgrade to Movable Type 3.2… and now I have the hiccups. Perhaps this is an omen. Oh, well. Back soon–hopefully!
Kodak Ends B&W Paper
June 16, 2005 by
I know that digital photography rules… I haven’t shot film in ages. But I can’t help but feel a little sad about this one…
Kodak Announces End Of Black And White Paper Production
There is something to the process of being in a darkroom, developing your own prints. I haven’t done it in years, but still, it does impart a sense of wonder which I think adds to the experience. Of course digital is cheaper and the end result is often great, but I still have a soft spot for film.
It’s Official: Mac OS for Intel
June 6, 2005 by
Steve Jobs is on stage at the WWDC right now with Intel CEO Paul Otenllini. Jobs is demoing all of the new Tiger features, etc. on an Intel based Mac… some highlights include a port of Mathematica and the fact that every Mac OSX update for the past five years has been compiled and compatible with Intel processors.
There you have it… For more updates, check out The Mac Observer’s Live Coverage.
Yipe! Skype!
April 28, 2005 by
John Dvorak is ga-ga for Skype. I just tried Skype for the first time over the weekend with my friend, Ken. In addition to Skype, we also tried out SIP Phone both over software and with hardware, and finally hardware based BroadVoice.
Honestly, I was blown away. VOIP is so much better quality than I could have imagined. Skype sounded absolutely fantastic. SIPPhone had some bad interface issues, but was still quite good. And BroadVoice was also pretty amazing. My jaw really dropped with all of them… POTS phones are in big trouble. I will never have a land-line based phone again.