Let’s say you’re not sending referer headers somehow, such as setting network.http.sendRefererHeader to 0 in Firefox. Then let’s say you start work on writing a blog post. With this setup, clicking on the Save and Continue Editing button will give you a nice fat blank screen. Luckily, your post is saved, but [...]
Category Archives: General
Trip to Museum of Science and Industry, Part I: Body Worlds
6/20/2005 – 2:35 pm
Last Friday, Sarah and I went to Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry to see the Body Worlds and Game On exhibits. Read about Game On in Part II
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Body Worlds was pretty interesting. There have been some pretty in-depth discussions about Body Worlds on some of the mailing lists I’m on. There [...]
Moo
5/26/2005 – 11:22 am
Here are two observations from last night based on the phrase: “Why buy the cow when you get the milk for free?”
“I’m not going to buy the cow if I can’t at least sample the milk to make sure its okay.”
“I’m not going to buy the cow if its FUCKING CRAZY”
If your hose is too short or your pump is too weak…
5/20/2005 – 10:27 am
The mat under the urinal, which goes by the name of “hygoMat by hygolet“, appeared in the men’s bathroom on our floor this week. I’ll spare you from what the hygoMat does, its marketing page can help you with that.
However, it makes me wonder, do the men on my floor have aiming issues or [...]
I still think he’s insane
5/19/2005 – 2:01 pm
My friend Joe is San Francisco County’s Bike Commuter of the Year. He wrote about it on Google’s blog.
Congrats, Joe!
However, I still think you’re insane due to the following:
I ride 40 miles from San Francisco to Mountain View (and back!) twice a week.
The misnamed Elgin-O’Hare might only be half misnamed!
5/17/2005 – 9:27 am
From today’s Chicago Tribune: Deal is reached to build western access to O’Hare
Chicago and three other government bodies will announce a formal agreement Tuesday to move forward on building a western-access roadway into O’Hare International Airport, according to transportation officials.
The agreement calls for extending the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway into the airport, but only after [...]
Morn!
5/3/2005 – 11:51 am
I have a few friends who work at Morningstar, Inc. here in Chicago. Today comes news of their IPO.
CHICAGO — Morningstar Inc., the research firm best known for its mutual fund data, on Monday filed to sell about $140.8 million of stock in an initial public offering.
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The stock will trade on the Nasdaq Stock [...]
Rue the day? Who talks like that?
4/15/2005 – 8:35 am
Your Linguistic Profile:
70% General American English
15% Upper Midwestern
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
0% Dixie
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
A post on Jess’s blog pointed me at this test. Its a fun bit of fluff, but it has one thing wrong with it. The question on what you call a water fountain should also include [...]
Driving that train, high on cocaine
4/1/2005 – 5:14 pm
I had an annoying runny nose today, so I took some Wal-phed, Walgreen’s Sudaphed clone. This stuff makes me nose stop running, which is good. It also had the side effect of making me feel very worried and anxious.
I felt like I’m freaking out and didn’t know why. Now I know its [...]
Link, I need an exit!
3/18/2005 – 12:21 pm
So, I was watching The Matrix Reloaded on my laptop on a flight on Wednesday evening. Anyway, I noticed that the operators always had three screens next to each other. So I decided I should revisit the photo I took last week.
