I read all of my email using either mutt or Thunderbird depending on which computer I’m using at the time. When I install either of those on a new computer, the first thing I do is to configure it so that it won’t display HTML email. I have many good reasons for doing this, but… Continue reading Phishing Protection
Tag: tech
Tags
I’m coming to the party a bit late, but I’ve finally got round to adding tags to my blog. Hopefully Technorati will do the right thing with them. It’s folksonomitastic.
Dixonsvision
I’ve ranted before about shops who try to sell widescreen TVs by displaying 4:3 images stretched across a 16:9 screen. This has the effect that a large percentage of the population seem to think that widescreen TV is supposed to make people look fatter. Things may finally be changing tho’. Currently the Dixons store at… Continue reading Dixonsvision
Doonesbury
Whilst browsing some old entries on Ask’s blog I found an entry pointing out a very appropriate Doonesbury cartoon. (Actually, I’m just trying out Movable Type’s trackback functionality)
Who Am I?
Answers to those kinds of important questions from Googlism. Who is Dave Cross? Who is davorg?
HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux
It’s scary that in the 21st century we still need documents like this. But we do. So everyone should read it. HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux
Shiny
Just upgraded the site to run on Moveable Type 2.5. It looks very nice :)
In Flight
Hey, look at this. I can pre-date entries. I won’t actually be able to post a message on this date as I’ll be flying to San Diego to attend the Open Source Convention.
Broken Browser
I use Galeon as my web browser of choice. It’s a Gnome browser based on the same software as Mozilla. Generally it’s a really nice browser, but there’s one thing that I seem to have broken. At some point in the past I configured it to not allow popup windows. That’s generally a good idea,… Continue reading Broken Browser