July 2008
2 posts
Test
Tourist: Could you give us directions to Olive Garden?
New Yorker: No, but I could give you directions to an actual Italian restaurant.
How to add favicons to your Firefox 3 Bookmarks... →
confessions:
littletinyfish:
Again, why is this not the default?
I could be wrong, but I believe that’s not default because they were trying to behave like the default Mac browser. On PC favicons are in by default. I don’t have a Mac to check this on, but you may be able to enable them by switching “browser.chrome.favicons” to true in “about:config”.
June 2008
6 posts
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can...
– Arthur Schopenhauer (via jasedit) (via confessions)
The Inexact Science Behind DMCA Takedown Notices →
confessions:
The researchers introduced software agents into these networks to monitor their traffic. Even though those software agents did not download any files, the researchers say they received over 400 take-down requests accusing them of participating in the downloads.
Seems kind of damning. They also demonstrated how to manipulate IP addresses and managed to get takedown notices sent to a...
10 Things I Learned as a Freshman
confessions:
Another one from the dusty corners of my harddrive, presented unedited:
Ramen means “Life Giving God”
People are more likely to pick up and eat food thats in the garbage then sitting unattended at a table
Pizza = Instant friends
You’ll never have the type of batteries you need when something dies
The volume at which someone plays their music is directly proportional to the...
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