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Monthly Archives: July 2007
Bree's new computer
Bree’s got a new computer, a white MacBook. It’s noticeably thinner and lighter than her old iBook but it’s bigger than I was expecting. Despite having an screen two inches less than my MacBook Pro it’s got a bigger bezel … Continue reading
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Kid Update
Isaac has so many words now. Only a few multi-syllable words though so most “words” are just part of the actual word (eg. dial = crocodile). He still loves the wiggles and even does some actions now. We were driving … Continue reading
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My New Remote
My old remote (a Sunwave SRC-3000) died the other day. I found it between the couches (damn kids) and it must have been squashed because half of the screen no longer responds. It’s been an annoying few days using the … Continue reading
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Fun with Google
So according to Google, the correct way to indicate that a page has moved is to serve a HTTP 301 response. Great but what about those of us using ISP storage?!?!? I’ve noticed two things that I’ve taken steps to … Continue reading
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A note on contacting me
My blog used to have my email address on every page but it was down the bottom and I think most people missed it. Since I enabled comment moderation, leaving a comment is equivalent to emailing me and as long … Continue reading
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How I overcame chronic onychophagia
That’s the medical term for nail biting. In my case, extreme nail biting. The picture on Wikipedia is tame compared to what happened to my fingers. The only thing that would ever stop me is sheer pain. Raw, bleeding fingers … Continue reading
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Using Conditional IE tags in Blogger Templates
For some reason I can’t figure out, the “Search this blog” function in Blogger is implemented using ActiveX (at least when you use IE to view a blog). If like me, you care about security and have disabled ActiveX this … Continue reading
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Why user scripts are a bad thing
So Heritage uses a substitution cipher to protect the password. I thought they used a hard-coded substitution key… perhaps they did originally (back when I first looked at the code) but they don’t any more. Of course, since my current … Continue reading
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We need a dish washer
With the kids eating our food we now go through all of our dishes every day. Gone are the days when I could leave the dishes for a day or two. I think we need a dish washer. I asked … Continue reading
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An interesting phone call…
I had an interesting phone call this afternoon. It seems that Heritage has taken notice of my little hack. I spoke with a guy called John (who’s the General Manager of Technology) who asked me politely to take down the … Continue reading
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