2005 will bring an extension for Thunderbird that integrates calendaring (tasks, events, etc.), codename: Lightning
Creative is not a noun
Pet peeve: people who use the word “creative” as a noun. Example:
“The ad will run on Friday, but the creative will be ready by Wednesday.”
If you say things like that, I don’t like you. Don’t bother offering justifications.
(disclosure: According to Dictionary.com, “creative” can be used as a noun to describe a person who “displays productive originality” – I don’t like that either, but it’s not as bad)
This two-page ad for Firefox will run in the Thursday, December 16, 2004 edition of the New York Times.
This article about “transitional” applications” describes pretty accurately how I ended up a Linux user.
Acts of Volition Radio Christmas: Session 17
While I’m a confessed scrooge about most things Christmas and I do hate most Christmas music, there is some truly great Christmas music. I share some of it in the seventeenth session of Acts of Volition Radio.
Christmas music that doesn’t suck. Recorded Saturday, December 11, 2004 by Steven Garrity. Run time: 32 min.
Session Seventeen Playlist:
- Crash Test Dummies – The First Noel
- Smashing Pumpkins – Christmastime
- Low – Long Way Around the Sea
- Barenaked Ladies (with Sarah McLauchlan) – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- Wintersleep – We Three Kings
For more, see the previous Acts of Volition Radio sessions.
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Feature Request: Google Suggest for Firefox
Weblogs are abuzz* today with the the Google Suggest beta featuring javascript-powered auto-complete in the search box.
I’d like to float an obvious (I think) suggestion for Firefox. I would like to see the Google search bar that is built-in to Firefox have this Google Suggestion auto-complete functionality, but with a real XUL flydown (like the auto-complete for ULRs in the address bar).
Yup, abuzz is actually a word.
I didn’t think the Tim Burton remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory could be as creepy as the original, but it is.
An Article Buried in Junk
I came across an article on LinuxWorld.com today that was so buried in other site features and advertising, that I had to share it.
This full-size screenshot (1.5MB) shows the full length of the page, with the actual article text highlighted in red. This smaller version gives a good feel of how much of the page is used for the actual article.
The website also offers a printer-friendly version of the article that is much easier to read, but even the printer version has an animated Flash advertisement.
I never did get around to reading the article.
Thunderbird 1.0 is Here
Mozilla’s new email client, Thunderbird 1.0 has been released:
steven%silverorange.com 2004-11-09 00:50
People of Earth, I give you Thunderbird 1.0 (download links to be updated by mscott shortly)
Congratulations to Scott and all those who have worked on making Thunderbird a fine email client. Also, thanks for not making me get up at 5AM to help with the release. Your time-zone sensitivity did not go unnoticed.
Business 2.0 talks about marketing Mozilla and references “Canadian converts” – that us!