Some Web sites use JavaScript to disable the right-mouse button in people’s browsers. Their excuse is that they don’t want anybody to view their source code or download images via the context menu. Their goal may be understandable, but this kind of “hijacking” of somebody’s browser is regrettable. I’m one of those people who thinks …
I finally got around to updating my personal history (the column of text to the left of this) to include mention of my wife, Michelle. Partly this was because she keeps telling me that I should include her significant presence in my life in my history (and I’d like to stop being bugged about it) …
Does anybody remember this joke? It described the various revisions of the “Girlfriend” software, with its continuing bugs, fixes, and incompatabilities. There was also mention of “Boyfriend”, “Wife”, “Husband”, etc., at various points. Anyway, I’ve just discovered a different spin on it in the form of a joke Mozilla bug that was filed 3 years …
Here in Burlington, we recently had a new parking garage built just across the street from us. It also doubles as housing some government offices and a new tourist information centre on the first 2 stories. (Additionally, there will be a cafe/bakery opening soon to which I’m looking forward.) One slight problem, however, is that …
The latest build of Mozilla includes a fix for a relatively long-standing MIME type bug that would do things like rename “file.mpg” to “file.mpg.mpeg” because multiple extensions were defined for the MIME type and it would insist on saving anything you downloaded with the first extension in the definition list. It’s nice to not see …
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At lunch Michelle instructed me to head over to our local Beer Store to pick up some more liquid fortitude. I just got back and have put it away in our small fridge. There’s nothing unusual about this – then again, that’s not why I’m writing this entry. When I was at the store I …
I just made a chocolate mousse pie for dessert. Like most chocolate pies it’s essentially a pudding filling. However, I seem to have fate against me when it comes to having my pudding thicken properly. All goes well on the stove or, in this particular case, in the microwave, but it’s never as solidified as …
Typical. I added a comment to my previous entry only to discover that it didn’t work. Something strange is going on. (Comments worked last night.) They probably stopped working as soon as I typed “I’ve now pretty much finished customizing” because things never go that smoothly, and I was just calling doom onto myself. Checking …
I’ve decided to have links appear as non underlined text until you hover over them. Once you do hover over them, they become underlined and the background colour changes so that they stand out. In addition, if you’re using Mozilla or Firebird, the background colour will have an oval shape. This is done via the …
The term “young man” is, technically, somewhat dubious at this stage of my life. However… It turns out that there seems to be a lot more opportunity for IT jobs in Calgary, Alberta. Since I haven’t had much luck here in the past year and a half, I’m now starting to consider relocating. Things still …