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.
posted by latiolais at 0800
Comments Off on 31 JAN 03
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?
posted by latiolais at 0800
Comments Off on 30 JAN 03
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.)
posted by latiolais at 0800
Comments Off on 29 JAN 03
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…
posted by latiolais at 0800
Comments Off on 28 JAN 03
"Free your mind and your ass will follow."
George Clinton
Bow-wow-wow yippie-yo yippie-yay.
posted by latiolais at 0800
Comments Off on 27 JAN 03
Check Edward the Less at SciFi.com. It’s a Tolkien parody from some of the folks responsible for MST3K.
Croooow!
posted by latiolais at 0800
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