Archive for May, 2008

Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 Code Complete!

Posted by Kirk M on 12 May 2008 | Tagged as: Firefox/Thunderbird

The developers at Mozilla have handed off the final code for the upcoming Firefox RC1 to "Build" this morning:
Thanks to all the hard work of the Mozilla community as of 9:15 AM PDT today (Saturday, May 10th) we are code complete for Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 (RC1). New nightly builds are available - if [...] Read more »

It’s the Lottery’s Fault?

Posted by Kirk M on 10 May 2008 | Tagged as: IMHO, It figures, Rants

I read an article today in one of the local newspapers about the 30th anniversary of the Vermont lottery and the possibility of expanding the lottery in various yet unsaid ways. What caught my attention about this article was that among the interviews of local folks about how they felt about this possible expansion of [...] Read more »

A Pitstop in the Elections

Posted by Kirk M on 08 May 2008 | Tagged as: Interesting Stuff

I was perusing the Elections section in Google News this morning when half way down the page I found this:

Vacaville, CA (KCRA) - A California man popped the hood of his truck and saw a pair of eyes looking back at him.
“When I opened it up there were a pair of eyes staring at me [...] Read more »

Firefox 3 RC1 Next Week?

Posted by Kirk M on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: Firefox/Thunderbird

For those of you who are anxiously awaiting the first release candidate of Firefox 3 (like me) it looks like the wait will soon be over. Checking the latest RC1 blockers (bugs that are currently blocking the release candidate) shows only 4 remaining bugs to squash before RC1 can get itself out of the trunk. [...] Read more »

The Mower the Merrier

Posted by Kirk M on 07 May 2008 | Tagged as: Just Foolin, Life at home

There’s nothing like an obsession that’s been satisfied. Yesterday was sunny and bright after two days of dark and dreary and lo and behold, the grass was actually tall enough for the first mowing.
Ain’t life just grand though?
And so it was that I happily tossed the gas can into the back of my old Jeep [...] Read more »

Dark and Dreary, A New Moon and Related Matter.

Posted by Kirk M on 04 May 2008 | Tagged as: Life at home

Gah! It’s been gray and rainy for the last two days now and it’s enough to drive a semi-sane man into a hot shower on a permanent basis or at least for several hours. Either that or a nap until the sun comes out. Guess I was spoiled by an exceptionally warm April.
On top of [...] Read more »

So you say you want a MacBook Air?

Posted by Kirk M on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: Just Foolin

Just a bit of fun on a Friday night courtesy of the folks at Lenovo.

No…this is not a promotion. I just thought it was funny. Read more »

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