Archive For July, 2003

Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1

A new release of Mozilla Firebird is out! I’ve been using the XFT/GTK2 builds available elsewhere for the past week or so and I’m well impressed by stability recently. The one major bug I found, (as did everyone else it seems), was the auto-complete bug, and that’s certainly been fixed. I’m rushing out the door, [...]

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Have You Seen My Job?

Tim posts yet another good read on his blog. This time on a subject dear to all of us in one shape or form. Congrats on the new job too Tim!

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Tab cleanup and other notes

Horribly busy in work these days. More articles I’ll read when I have time. Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy McNealy Weighs In on Linux, Unix, Sun – Compares Linux to Napster – Linux is copyright theft? That’s what SCO would have you believe I suppose. Gadgetopia – ‘nother weblog but with some [...]

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BlogShares – why hoard?

I’m obviously missing something here, or maybe it’s in the docs but I didn’t read that paragraph. Why do people hoard shares of a particular blog on BlogShares? Is it to show support for that site? Is it a longterm investment? (that could be one possible answer, if you expect a site to be linked [...]

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AOL Bloggers?

Dave wants feedback and reviews from AOL bloggers. No doubt the reviews will come rolling in, but I doubt scripting.com is at the top of the average AOL user’s bookmarks page.

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BreakingNews.ie: Eiffel Tower is on fire

Just heard this on the news! Nothing yet on Google News or News.com. Here’s the story itself. (Update: Unless you search of course!)

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A Career in IT?

Kevin has compiled notes from the battlefield.

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Go on! Pay up, ya thieves!

Send your cheques to … SCO is giving the “tainted” Linux users out there a way to clean up their filthy ways via a licensing program that will begin in the coming weeks. After dolling out threats of legal action, SCO has called on enterprise Linux users to come forward and pay for code the [...]

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An Gramadóir

If you have an interest in the Irish language, beidh suim agat san clar seo. An Gramadóir will check your grammar and style. Kevin says, [it's] the first grammar and style checker for the Irish language. In fact, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first such package for any minority language.

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Dutch Breeze – Robocop 3 remix

The remix of the old Dutch Breeze/Robocop 3 tune on RKO is fabulous! Well worth a listen if you remember the original demo soundtrack!

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