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MS Browser Ballot fails

24/02/2010 – 15:06

Just got the first XP machine with the Browser Ballot update on it.
I clicked “next” and IE8 came up with a window asking me to choose my settings. I closed it and selected Firefox from the available options. Internet Explorer opened and downloaded Firefox. I installed it and the browser ballot window was still there. [...]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots, software | Comments (0)

Google Tasks

13/02/2010 – 23:49

I have been using Google Tasks to make to-do lists and am finding it really useful.
The interface is quite basic. You can add tasks and indent them to give it a bit of basic structure. It gives you multiple lists which at first seemed a bit cumbersome; I’d like to see an overview of all [...]

By mojo | Comments (0)

Update to Thunderbird userContent.css

05/02/2010 – 19:03

My custom userContent.css has been updated. I found a fix for the few remaining stupid HTML mails that failed to display correctly due to using “font: inherit” which picks up the <body>’s text colour (off-white) which is unreadable against the white background. I’m still not entirely sure why the <body>’s font colour is being inherited [...]

By mojo | Also posted in software | Comments (0)

Thunderbird config

20/01/2010 – 18:32

I finally made the switch to Thunderbird. The Bat is okay but for some reason image loading in emails is really, really, really slow. There are many other minor issues… Although Thunderbird has it’s fair share too. To make it even halfway usable you need a long list of extensions, some of them experimental. SmartTemplate [...]

By mojo | Also posted in software | Comments (0)

No more Wikipedia editing

08/12/2009 – 18:31

I have decided to give up editing Wikipedia.
Stupidity, American-centric ideas and the ability of people with too much time on their hands to enforce their personal preferences has not only driven a lot of good editors away, but it has also done a lot of damage to the content too.
If you compare the Japanese version [...]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots, politics | Comments (1)

BNP vs. BBC HYS forums – BNP loosing?

13/11/2009 – 00:03

In the last few days posts mentioning the BNP seem to have dried up. While this is definitely a good thing, I wonder exactly why it is happening…
I’d like to think that it’s the BBC taking notice of my complaints and doing something about them. However, I have a feeling that there may be a [...]

By mojo | Also posted in politics | Comments (1)

eBay is broken

15/09/2009 – 18:57

The idiots at eBay have done it again. They managed to break the auction pages:

Nice one. You broke the most important page on your site.

By mojo | Also posted in idiots | Comments (0)

Get rid of the flashing cursor in Firefox

07/09/2009 – 21:11

Another handy tweak:
Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> General -> Accessibility -> Always use the cursor keys to navigate within pages = unticked
The annoying blinking cursor you get when you click inside text on a web page will now be gone.

By mojo | Also posted in software | Comments (0)

Virgin Media hijacking DNS!

22/08/2009 – 19:16

Looks like VM are getting in to the data-rape game by hijacking failed DNS lookups. Perhaps this “upgrade” is the reason their DNS servers have been rubbish of late.
Luckily, you can opt out here and it seems to be based on modem MAC address so it should stay off, unlike Phorm which uses a cookie.

By mojo | Also posted in privacy | Comments (0)

Update on kNET hosting

20/08/2009 – 23:15

Just wanted to say that it’s been a month or two and kNET are still going strong. Their server is always fast and so far has had no downtime (I use Montastic to check).
In contrast, Weycrest had weekly periods of downtime and ignored support requests.
I can’t recommend kNET enough. Usually it’s a case of “cheap, [...]

By mojo | Also posted in networking | Comments (0)
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