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2005 February

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Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 Released

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 was released yesterday. It’s a bug/security fix of sorts so it’s highly recommended you upgrade.
You can download it here:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Or use Mozilla’s preferred method, bittorrent:
http://bittorrent.mozilla.org/

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WorkZoo

I got this e-mail during my afternoon commute back home today:
Hi Chris,
WorkZoo.com launched a new job search engine today. The site url is http://www.workzoo.com/
The new SE indexes around 45,000 new jobs per day from a wide range of job web sites. Results are sorted by best match - we do not offer paid inclusion. […]

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Looking for Wallpapers

While Digital Blasphemy is the best site for desktop wallpapers (I’m a lifetime member) I’ve come to find that I need wallpapers that drive me to work harder and that better fit my 1440 x 900 17″ widescreen display.
If anyone has any good desktop wallpaper site recommendations I’d love to hear them.

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Fifty GMail Invites

I just realized that I have 50 GMail invites.
I don’t care who you are; just comment here with a valid e-mail address and you will get an invite.

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Blog Spam: Trying Something Different

I’ve been getting pounded by trackback and comment spam lately. There are three blogs I write for and none of them seem to be safe. However, a lot of the recent spam starts with or contains <H1> tags. I decided to block <H1> tags at Our Life (the most spammed of the […]

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Grand Theft Auto Blamed in Killings

Here’s a ridiculous case that I heard about today on Fox News. In 2003 Devin Thompson of Alabama was arrested after a high-speed chase. While Devin Thompson was in custody he was able to grab an officers weapon and killed three people.
Devin Thompson’s lawyers are arguing that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City […]

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MT 3.15 Bug Follow-Up

Last month I reported on a bug that I’d discovered in MovableType, specifically the 3.15 updates and patch. I’ve been getting a lot of questions surrounding this issue plus it has been a while, so yesterday I asked if SixApart had made any progress on fixing the bug and was told this:
This bug is […]

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Chinese Closing Down Numerous Net Cafes

BBC via Slashdot:
Chinese authorities closed 12,575 net cafes in the closing months of 2004, the country’s government said.
According to the official news agency most of the net cafes were closed down because they were operating illegally.
Illegal? What are some of the Chinese regulations on net cafes?

Can’t be within 200 meters of an elementary […]

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Gallery Updates at Jonathan Jackson Photography

I had the opportunity today to add two full pages of photos to the Jonathan Jackson Photography web site. The two galleries that have been updated are the Black and White Gallery and the Folly Beach Gallery.
I was really amazed when I got done uploading the Black and White Gallery. I never thought […]

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How MSN Search Stacks Up

Wired:
Microsoft is formally launching its new internet search engine, several months after it debuted in test form.
Microsoft’s own search engine will permanently replace the Yahoo search technology that has been used on Microsoft’s MSN website. But Yahoo’s technology will still be used for the “sponsored” listings that companies pay for, and that appear separately alongside […]