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Mozilla would be a great web browser even if it wasn’t free. Based on Netscape’s Gecko, it features tabs (which allow the viewing of several pages in a single window), themes (which change the look and feel of the program), and it blocks pop-up windows without additional software. And did I mention that it blocks pop-ups without additional software?

Like a lot of open source software, it’s always in development and is occasionally buggy, but it’s very robust and well-developed. If you’re brave and cheap enough to use freeware, give Mozilla a try.

Update – The Mozilla Suite is still available but the standalone browser is now Firefox.

And "Mozilla" sounds really cool.

From Merriam-Webster.

Intractable

Pronunciation: (“)in-‘trak-t&-b&l

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin intractabilis, from in-:not + tractabilis:tractable

Date: circa 1531

1 : not easily governed, managed, or directed : OBSTINATE

2 : not easily manipulated or wrought (intractable metal)

3 : not easily relieved or cured (intractable pain)

synonym see: UNRULY

Oh, yeah?

Things Ray Says #03

"I’m not certain how Nathaniel Hawthorne died, but I like to think that he fell into a river (a symbol of the inexorable passage of time and thus mortality) and was eaten by an allegory."

(Insert rimshot here.)

On Sunday I accompanied my gothique flatmate to an antique mall in Tomball (no, really); a town just north of Houston. We also passed through Spring (since it’s in Texas, I guess it’s “Sprang”) to gander at the faux restored "downtown". In Sprang, umm, Spring I noticed a sign pointing the way to a winery. The mere thought of a Texas winery gave rise to a lot of bad jokes on my part. Why should my Mme. Gothique suffer alone?

Whining about cheese from around the world in MP3 format.

French whine

California whine

Texas whine

I’ll be here all week, folks…

"Free your mind and your ass will follow."

George Clinton

Bow-wow-wow yippie-yo yippie-yay.

Check Edward the Less at SciFi.com. It’s a Tolkien parody from some of the folks responsible for MST3K.

Croooow!