bbum’s rants, code & references
Here is a nice article by Bill Bumgarner on how he set up SSH to get to his LAN. After reading his article, I need to get my LAN in proper working order so that it’s easier for me to add things like this to my network (e.g. put my [...]

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There are nice people out there after all. Troy found my phone at a bar and left a message for me on it. We met up and now I have my phone and, more importantly, my numbers back…which I’m going to write down and keep in a secure place.
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I got drunk and lost my phone so leave a message with your phone number if you call.
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From: Firefox Help: Tips & Tricks
By default, the Search bar on the toolbar is relatively small. To specify your own width in pixels, add the following code to your userChrome.css file:
/* Make the Search box flex wider */
#search-container {
-moz-box-flex: 400 !important;
}

So it’s a CSS issue to resize the search bar (one [...]

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Boy, I miss being able to use the Scroll Wheel in IE when I switched to Mozilla, but it sure was a small feature to give up for pop-up blocking. I did learn to live with the feature Mozilla used for the wheel click, which opens a link in a new tab. Now [...]

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I had to see what all the fuss was about with the new version of Firefox, formerly Firebird. I’ve never really seen the need for this product when Mozilla 1.x works just fine but I’ve also never read the Mozilla roadmap. Mozilla 1.x is meant to be their “distributor/vendor” product while Firefox and [...]

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File-Sharing: Who’s to Blame?
This is an interesting article because the entertainment industry has cited the fact that the Sony lawsuit (settled in 1984) determined there were legitimate uses for Betamax which did not violate copyright laws. The entertainment attorneys say the law does not apply since 90% of files being shared are illegal so [...]

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I finally got off my ass and redesigned my site, and I hope it’s easier on the eyes. Next step–photos.
I nerded out and made this site XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS 2 valid. If you’re going to redesign a site you might as well do it correctly, agreed? The only thing I [...]

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I know…I’ve said this time and time again, but this time I MEAN it.
I have been neglecting my little Internet garden, my stretch of adopted “Internet Superhighway”, lately and I will make up for it. I am changing the layout of my site. Right now I am trying to figure out [...]

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