Our local Canadian member of parliament on the descision to stay in Afganistan to two more years.
TV Series Pitch: George “W”, M.D.
I’ve got what is clearly a brilliant idea.
A sit-com/drama (a dramady?) about a doctor who, when push comes to shove, is the decider. It’s ER meets Scrubs meets The West Wing meets Commander in Chief meets Grays Anatomy meets Scarborough Country.
I call it, George “W”, M.D.
I wonder if I can get Ian Williams to write the pilot…
I wonder if ‘Eagle Fever’ is anything like the bird flu.
How to tell if your web-mail system is any good
| Commercial Web Mail providers | |
|---|---|
| HotMail | No |
| Yahoo Mail | No |
| Gmail | Yes |
| Open Source Web Mail packages | |
| IMP/Horde | No |
| RoundCube | Yes |
| SquirrelMail | Yes |
| Hula | Yes |
Here’s a quick test to see if you web-mail system is any good:
When you first log in, does it show you your mail (your Inbox), or something else? If it shows you something other than your mail, what do they think you were logging in for?
The table to the right shows how the leading commercial and open-source web-mail systems stack up.
Condoleezza Calrissian?
Is it just me?
I always thought she looked eerily familiar and vaguely galactic.
Thunderbird Extension Request: Colordiff for Thunderbird
I have a quick Thunderbird extension request for the throngs of aimless developers waiting to build software at my whim. When reviewing changes to a source code repository, such as Subversion or CVS, most tools offer nice syntax highlighting for the “diff” view.
Even on the command line, output of SVN and CVS commands can be “piped” into the command-line utility, colordiff, for a similar beautification.
Several projects I work on (or hang around pretending to work) have mailing lists of changes to CVS and SVN repositories. I’d love to see a Thunderbird extension that provided syntax highlighting for the diff format automatically in these emails.
Fun review of presentation about Firefox to elementary-school kids
I Digg a Good Gaim
In the past few weeks I’ve found myself typing “gaim” when I mean to type “game” and adding an extra “g” when I type “dig(g)”. I’ve also typed “exit” into a few chat windows when I mean to leave.
Even my muscle-memory is turning nerdy.
Next version of Flash will use the system-native ‘hand’ cursor – I’m not a big fan of Flash, but I love little fixes like this.
Acts of Volition Radio: Session 24
It’s been a few months since my last session of Acts of Volition Radio was recorded. I’m back with six fantastic songs.
Back with six great songs. Recorded Sunday, April 2, 2006 by Steven Garrity. Run time: 34min.
Session Twenty Four Playlist:
- My Morning Jacket – Wordless Chorus
- The Doughboys – Shine
- Idlewild – Love Steals Us from Loneliness
- Wintersleep – Jaws of Life
- Snow Patrol with Martha Wainwright – Set the Fire to the Third Bar
- Imogen Heap – Hide and Seek
For more, see the previous Acts of Volition Radio sessions or subscribe to the Acts of Volition Radio RSS feed.
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