Archive for September, 2004
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27 Sep 2004
Zoom in to a zipcode with zipdecode. I hate it when I see something and realize that I've wanted something like this, but just never connected the synapses to think that it would be either possible or cool.
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26 Sep 2004
This weekend, Justin upgraded PostgreSQL on Eris (translation: the database software on my webhost). Best-case, this will solve all the weirdness that I've been experiencing with rebuilds, but more likely it'll cause more problems until I can actually fix the tables. Again, reply or email me if you see anything seriously funky.
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23 Sep 2004
Spreadfirefox is giving away Gmail invites to people who put a Firefox button on their websites. That's not that amazing, really, but what is amazing is that they got two thousand donated invites. That's a hella lot. Are there that many people who still want Gmail accounts and don't have them?
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23 Sep 2004
Download Firefox 1.0PR or a recent nightly build. Install. Run it. Go to Help -> About Mozilla Firefox. Click the "Credits" button. Wait for it.. wait for it.. there it is.
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22 Sep 2004
Just after passing behind the Sun ("conjunction"), the twin Mars Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) have received another six-month mission extension.
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22 Sep 2004
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22 Sep 2004
I do three kinds of things at work:
- Work. Sub-things: programming, monitoring management
- Not work. Sub-things: surfing, programming
- Semi-work. Usually proof-of-concept programming. This is the most interesting thing I do. WEBoggle started as a "what's this DOM thing I keep hearing about" semi-work. Here's another one.
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22 Sep 2004
I finally saw Terminator 3 last night. I had heard mixed reviews of it when it first came out, and I was not expecting anything more than a decent action movie. I was pleasantly surprised. I thought that it was very well incorporated into the greater timeline of the series.
Looking up some trivia online, though, people can't seem to decide what the model number of the Schwarzenegger Terminators are. I've seen "T-101", "T-800", and "T-801". The proper series number is "T-800". Although the HTML is terrible, eterminator.com has a great reference on the Terminator models, taking information from all three movies, the T2-3D ride, and all of the novel-ifications.
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21 Sep 2004
I gave an interview today. It was a totally surreal experience. I think I was more nervous than he was.
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21 Sep 2004
In the same vein as the PSone, here comes Sony's PStwo. (Okay, that's not the real name, but it should be). That thing is ridiculously tiny. Barely more than an inch thick and one-quarter of the volume of the original. Yikes.
