Sunday, October 2, 2011
Saturday, July 16, 2011
"My name isn't slick. It's Zoidberg. John F***ing Zoidberg."
Thursday night's episode of Futurama, The Silence of the Clamps, had a bunch of great Zoidberg moments. The end had this great exchange:
Delivery boy: Pizza's here.
Bender: Wooo! I'll just cut that.
Zoidberg: You do and I'll f***ing gut you like a fish. (Slowly cuts the pizza while glaring at everyone).
And earlier in the episode there was a sequence that was just begging to be turned into an animated gif, so I did (although it's been almost 2 days since the episode aired, so I'm almost certainly not the first). Click the picture for a bigger version.
Delivery boy: Pizza's here.
Bender: Wooo! I'll just cut that.
Zoidberg: You do and I'll f***ing gut you like a fish. (Slowly cuts the pizza while glaring at everyone).
And earlier in the episode there was a sequence that was just begging to be turned into an animated gif, so I did (although it's been almost 2 days since the episode aired, so I'm almost certainly not the first). Click the picture for a bigger version.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
My 7 top people to be The Next Boss* on The Office
*If from now on there're only going to refer to Michael Gary Scott as "the last boss," (which, if you ask me, is f'in awful) then it's only fair that the next boss, whoever it might be, is only ever referred to as "the current boss."
Note: Only people who are realistic possibilities were eligible for this list. People who are currently committed to other shows, are movie stars, are dead, or have not yet born were not considered.
7. James Spader
Of the outside people interviewed in the season finale, my favorite was Will Arnett, who would have been perfect as the next boss. Unfortnately, he's already going to be on another show this fall. Of the other candidates, James Spader seems like the most realistic possibility. The problem is that they've already pigeonhold his character in a big, and not good, way. I think the the next boss should be similar to Michael in that he or she is well-meaning, but flawed, and should have a whole new set of comedic quirks. I think James Spader could definitely meet that requirement, but I'm not sure his character could.
6. Ed Helms
The problem with an internal hire is that what's needed isn't a new regional manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, but a new star of The Office. With Michael leaving they lost the comedic head, and the internal hire candidates are all appendages. By choosing one of them, no matter which, you're just getting another arm or leg, and The Office isn't going to work as some kind of headless 3 legged monster. Of those still being considered by the end of the season 7 finale, Ed Helms might be the best choice, as he's a big movie star now, and as fleshed out as his character is, it seems like there's still room for him to develop if he was made the next boss (although obviously he could never be referred to by his character's name again if he was chosen).
5. Patrick Stewart
Yes, seriously. While this is admittedly a risky choice, I think there's a very good chance that he would be awesome as the next boss, considering he was hilarious on Extras, and he's always good on American Dad.
4. An SNL alum, such as Darrell Hammond, Steve Martin, Jon Lovitz, or Chris Parnell
Basically, someone with an established improv background (transferability of credits is not an issue). While there are obviously issues with these actors having been established as actors on past episodes, comedy trumps continuity.
3. Ken Marino
He was hilarious on Party Down as a very Michaelesque boss, and I see no reason why he would be any less hilarious on The Office.
2. Kristen Wiig
She's been my favorite SNL cast member ever since I started watching it again a few years ago, and is so versatile that she would be great at 10 completely different versions of the next boss.
1. John Hodgman
obv.
Note: Only people who are realistic possibilities were eligible for this list. People who are currently committed to other shows, are movie stars, are dead, or have not yet born were not considered.
7. James Spader
Of the outside people interviewed in the season finale, my favorite was Will Arnett, who would have been perfect as the next boss. Unfortnately, he's already going to be on another show this fall. Of the other candidates, James Spader seems like the most realistic possibility. The problem is that they've already pigeonhold his character in a big, and not good, way. I think the the next boss should be similar to Michael in that he or she is well-meaning, but flawed, and should have a whole new set of comedic quirks. I think James Spader could definitely meet that requirement, but I'm not sure his character could.
6. Ed Helms
The problem with an internal hire is that what's needed isn't a new regional manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, but a new star of The Office. With Michael leaving they lost the comedic head, and the internal hire candidates are all appendages. By choosing one of them, no matter which, you're just getting another arm or leg, and The Office isn't going to work as some kind of headless 3 legged monster. Of those still being considered by the end of the season 7 finale, Ed Helms might be the best choice, as he's a big movie star now, and as fleshed out as his character is, it seems like there's still room for him to develop if he was made the next boss (although obviously he could never be referred to by his character's name again if he was chosen).
5. Patrick Stewart
Yes, seriously. While this is admittedly a risky choice, I think there's a very good chance that he would be awesome as the next boss, considering he was hilarious on Extras, and he's always good on American Dad.
4. An SNL alum, such as Darrell Hammond, Steve Martin, Jon Lovitz, or Chris Parnell
Basically, someone with an established improv background (transferability of credits is not an issue). While there are obviously issues with these actors having been established as actors on past episodes, comedy trumps continuity.
3. Ken Marino
He was hilarious on Party Down as a very Michaelesque boss, and I see no reason why he would be any less hilarious on The Office.
2. Kristen Wiig
She's been my favorite SNL cast member ever since I started watching it again a few years ago, and is so versatile that she would be great at 10 completely different versions of the next boss.
1. John Hodgman
obv.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Failure of "Atlas Shrugged: Part 1" Celebrated As a Triumph of the Free Market
by Miles Alport-Haypp, Associative Press Culture Writer
This weekend saw the long-awaited release of the film Atlas Shrugged: Part 1, which has been hailed by some as "the first tea party movie."
The film is based on Ayn Rand's 1957 novel of the same name, which presents the philosophy of objectivism, a central plank of which is laissez-faire, free market economics with no government regulation. The book has been cited as being as a huge inspiration to many right-wing political figures, from Alan Greenspan to Paul Ryan.
Alan Greenspan, who served as Federal Reserve chairman from 1987 to 2006, was a member of Rand's inner circle while the novel was being written. In 2001 Greenspan supported George W. Bush's proposal for major tax cuts, primarily to America's wealthiest citizens. Greenspan argued that doing so would ensure that the country didn't pay off its debt too quickly. Then in 2004 Greenspan supported drastic cuts to social security and medicare in order to alleviate the country's debt burden. In 2005 Greenspan dismissed the idea of a national housing bubble as only a "little froth."
Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan, whose recent budget proposal was hailed by beltway insiders as "serious" and "courageous" before being dismissed by economists as a fraud, would supposedly cut $4 trillion from the national debt by projecting an unrealistically low 2.8% unemployment rate and magically make tax cuts increase revenue, among other things. Even in the unlikely event that those savings materialized, however, the plan would uncontroversially implement $3 trillion in tax cuts, primarily for corporations and the wealthiest Americans, along with $3 trillion in cuts to government services which many Americans rely on, such as Medicaid and Medicare, which would be phased out over time. Nonetheless, on April 15, Ryan's budget passed in the Republican controlled House on a near party-line vote of 235-193.
"Despite numerous clear instances of their economic philosophy failing in reality, they still hold it to be true, perhaps even more so after each failure. So after the disaster that is this movie, they'll probably hold it more true than ever before," said Roxanne Porter, a professor of political science at an area university.
According to weekend box office receipts, the film earned approximately $1.67 million over its opening weekend in limited release across the United States. The film's poor performance cast doubt on whether Parts 2 and 3 would ever be made.
Critics were nearly unanimous in panning the film, which only had 2 positive reviews out of 21 on Rotten Tomatoes as of this writing. However, critics were divided over what exactly was the film's chief failure. Some critics cited the cast's wooden acting, others cited the film's script and stilted dialogue, while still others cited the imbecilic worldview presented in the movie.
Nonetheless, tea partiers, objectivists, libertarians, and other devotees of free market economics around the country celebrated the complete financial and critical failure of the film.
"The invisible hand of the free market has spoken loud and clear, and it is an honor and a privilege for all of us to be here and be a part of this historic event," said tea party leader Michael Whittaker at one event celebrating the film's failure. He continued, "Although Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 failed miserably, we know that this was the will of the invisible hand, which is never wrong, and must always be celebrated, regardless of the outcome."
This is not the first time celebrating such a failure for some tea partiers. Samuel Hooper owned a dry-cleaning business for 6 years before he was forced out of business after his clientele was drawn away by competing dry-cleaning businesses which offered better service and lower rates.
"Personally, it was devastating, but at the same time it was beautiful to be touched by the Hand. I can only hope the celebrations for the failure of this movie are half as awesome as when I celebrated the failure of my business," Hooper said.
Meanwhile, liberal activists also tried to raise awareness of the film. Area residents Neal Hamilton and his fiancée Carla Robertson even went so far as to buy up dozens of tickets for the movie showing at the cineplex in a local mall and then walked around for hours giving away the tickets for free.
"There's been a lot of talk about the tea party over the last couple years, but not everyone is really sure what that means. So here's a movie based on one of their most influential works which depicts how they see the world," Hamilton said.
Robertson continued, "We hope that everyone sees this movie and then the next time they see a news report about the tea party, they'll remember that this film portrays their ideals. Giving away tickets for free is our little way of helping make that happen."
The potential irony of giving away free tickets to Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 was not lost on either of them.
"Trust me, there is nothing remotely altruistic about giving away free tickets to Atlas Shrugged: Part 1," said Hamilton, who paused, then added, "If anything, it's sadistic."
This weekend saw the long-awaited release of the film Atlas Shrugged: Part 1, which has been hailed by some as "the first tea party movie."
The film is based on Ayn Rand's 1957 novel of the same name, which presents the philosophy of objectivism, a central plank of which is laissez-faire, free market economics with no government regulation. The book has been cited as being as a huge inspiration to many right-wing political figures, from Alan Greenspan to Paul Ryan.
Alan Greenspan, who served as Federal Reserve chairman from 1987 to 2006, was a member of Rand's inner circle while the novel was being written. In 2001 Greenspan supported George W. Bush's proposal for major tax cuts, primarily to America's wealthiest citizens. Greenspan argued that doing so would ensure that the country didn't pay off its debt too quickly. Then in 2004 Greenspan supported drastic cuts to social security and medicare in order to alleviate the country's debt burden. In 2005 Greenspan dismissed the idea of a national housing bubble as only a "little froth."
Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan, whose recent budget proposal was hailed by beltway insiders as "serious" and "courageous" before being dismissed by economists as a fraud, would supposedly cut $4 trillion from the national debt by projecting an unrealistically low 2.8% unemployment rate and magically make tax cuts increase revenue, among other things. Even in the unlikely event that those savings materialized, however, the plan would uncontroversially implement $3 trillion in tax cuts, primarily for corporations and the wealthiest Americans, along with $3 trillion in cuts to government services which many Americans rely on, such as Medicaid and Medicare, which would be phased out over time. Nonetheless, on April 15, Ryan's budget passed in the Republican controlled House on a near party-line vote of 235-193.
"Despite numerous clear instances of their economic philosophy failing in reality, they still hold it to be true, perhaps even more so after each failure. So after the disaster that is this movie, they'll probably hold it more true than ever before," said Roxanne Porter, a professor of political science at an area university.
According to weekend box office receipts, the film earned approximately $1.67 million over its opening weekend in limited release across the United States. The film's poor performance cast doubt on whether Parts 2 and 3 would ever be made.
Critics were nearly unanimous in panning the film, which only had 2 positive reviews out of 21 on Rotten Tomatoes as of this writing. However, critics were divided over what exactly was the film's chief failure. Some critics cited the cast's wooden acting, others cited the film's script and stilted dialogue, while still others cited the imbecilic worldview presented in the movie.
Nonetheless, tea partiers, objectivists, libertarians, and other devotees of free market economics around the country celebrated the complete financial and critical failure of the film.
"The invisible hand of the free market has spoken loud and clear, and it is an honor and a privilege for all of us to be here and be a part of this historic event," said tea party leader Michael Whittaker at one event celebrating the film's failure. He continued, "Although Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 failed miserably, we know that this was the will of the invisible hand, which is never wrong, and must always be celebrated, regardless of the outcome."
This is not the first time celebrating such a failure for some tea partiers. Samuel Hooper owned a dry-cleaning business for 6 years before he was forced out of business after his clientele was drawn away by competing dry-cleaning businesses which offered better service and lower rates.
"Personally, it was devastating, but at the same time it was beautiful to be touched by the Hand. I can only hope the celebrations for the failure of this movie are half as awesome as when I celebrated the failure of my business," Hooper said.
Meanwhile, liberal activists also tried to raise awareness of the film. Area residents Neal Hamilton and his fiancée Carla Robertson even went so far as to buy up dozens of tickets for the movie showing at the cineplex in a local mall and then walked around for hours giving away the tickets for free.
"There's been a lot of talk about the tea party over the last couple years, but not everyone is really sure what that means. So here's a movie based on one of their most influential works which depicts how they see the world," Hamilton said.
Robertson continued, "We hope that everyone sees this movie and then the next time they see a news report about the tea party, they'll remember that this film portrays their ideals. Giving away tickets for free is our little way of helping make that happen."
The potential irony of giving away free tickets to Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 was not lost on either of them.
"Trust me, there is nothing remotely altruistic about giving away free tickets to Atlas Shrugged: Part 1," said Hamilton, who paused, then added, "If anything, it's sadistic."
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Stephen Colbert and friends sing Friday
Last night (April 1, 2011), Stephen Colbert and friends sang Friday by Rebecca Black on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Here's the video:
As great as that is, I think it might have been even better if it would have just been Colbert singing it seriously the whole way through, like he did at the beginning. That would be awesome if Colbert did a solo studio version and made mp3s of it available on ColbertNation.com for $5 or however much more people wanted to give, with proceeds going to DonorsChoose.org or RedCross.org, although of course people don't have to wait for that to happen to donate.
Until then, here's an mp3 of the live performance:
Stephen Colbert & Friends - Friday (Rebecca Black Cover) (2011-04-01 - Live On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon).mp3
As great as that is, I think it might have been even better if it would have just been Colbert singing it seriously the whole way through, like he did at the beginning. That would be awesome if Colbert did a solo studio version and made mp3s of it available on ColbertNation.com for $5 or however much more people wanted to give, with proceeds going to DonorsChoose.org or RedCross.org, although of course people don't have to wait for that to happen to donate.
Until then, here's an mp3 of the live performance:
Stephen Colbert & Friends - Friday (Rebecca Black Cover) (2011-04-01 - Live On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon).mp3
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Firefox 4 Survival Guide
So Firefox 4 released today. I am a huge Firefox fan, to the extent that if I had to choose between using Chrome, Opera, Safari, or IE on broadband, and Firefox on dial-up, I am pretty sure I would still use Firefox at least 90% of the time.
However, I think Firefox development is heading in exactly the opposite direction that it (or any browser) should be going, imitating Google's Chrome browser, the popularity of which I do not understand. With version 4, Firefox's interface is becoming sleeker, like Chrome, but at the cost of user-friendliness and actual usability (although for the record, Chrome is still the uncontested champ for a user-unfriendly interface).
Firefox 4 won't be my primary browser any time soon, as I'm instead sticking with Firefox 3.6. But I am using Firefox 4 Portable for testing and such, and have put together a few simple changes to make Firefox 4 much more usable (i.e., more like Firefox 3.6).
1. One of the first things you'll probably notice after installing Firefox 4 is that the fonts look... wrong. There's a weird twinge of color like they've been slightly resized or rendered incorrectly. This is due to hardware acceleration, and to fix this, just type about:config in the address bar, search for "gfx.direct2d.disabled" (without the quotes) and toggle it to true.
2. Next, you'll notice that there's barely any of the useful tools at the top that we've all come to love and cherish. This is because, as Chrome has taught us, most people like spending a lot of their time digging around deep in menus for basic things that they use all the time. But luckily if you're not one those people, you can change everything back to 3.6-level usability. First, to get rid of the ugly orange button and get the menu bar back, right click on the tab bar and check Menu Bar. Repeat, checking the Bookmarks Toolbar, and unchecking Tabs on Top (yet another ill-advised change inspired by Chrome), and finally checking the Add-on Bar (more on this in a bit). You can then use Customize to change the toolbars however you like. Here is how I have mine set up:
3. If you're using Windows 7, you'll notice that the background of everything at the top is now transparent using Aero. If you don't like this, and would like only the title bar to use Aero as it was previous versions of Firefox, there are several easy ways to change this back. This is discussed at length on this thread:
forums.mozillazine.org: Disable Firefox 4 transparency?(Win Vista/7)
In particular, check out the 2nd post by patrickjdempsey and the 3rd post by Nightwish. To use the code in either post, navigate to this folder:
C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[UNIQUE].default\chrome
There, create a file called: userChrome.css
Open that file (with a text editor if that's not the default), copy patrick's or Nightwish's code, close Firefox, paste the code, save, and open Firefox again. Aero should now be restricted to the title bar only. In my userChrome.css file I am using the following combination of patrick's and nightwish's code:
window, dialog, wizard, prefwindow {
-moz-appearance: -moz-win-browsertabbar-toolbox !important;
}
4. If you haven't already, you'll notice that the Status Bar is gone, and when you hover over links the URL briefly appears in a little pop-up up box in the bottom-left corner of the window. In step 2 I suggested checking the Add-On Bar, which is the Status Bar's replacement. But even with the Add-on Bar enabled, URLs still don't appear in the bar for some reason, but rather above it. To get much of the old Status Bar functionality back, you can install the Status-4-Evar extension, which you can get here:
Status-4-Evar :: Add-ons for Firefox
Using Customize, you can choose what appears and where in the newly modified Add-on Bar.
5. This last suggestion isn't limited to Firefox 4, but Firefox in general. One of the best features of Firefox is its extensive extension library with which you can modify Firefox in pretty much any way imaginable. Here are the Firefox extensions I currently use:
1-Click Weather - Accurate and customizable weather data from The Weather Channel. Hasn't been updated in over a year and needs some minor tweaking to work with Firefox 4, as explained here in this extremely helpful post by silverhawk: Review for 1-ClickWeather by silverhawk. I used to use Forecast Fox, but that uses data from AccuWeather, and I found that their temperature data is not as accurate as The Weather Channel's.
About This Site Bookmarks - An ooooooold extension from Lifehacker alum Gina Trapani that lets you right-click on any page for a bevy of useful links. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated in forever. Fortunately, I found a modified version awhile back that works great.
AdBlock Plus (with EasyList subscription). Using the Internet is a completely different experience depending if you use ad blocking software or not, to the point where the Internet is pretty much unusable now without it.
AutoCopy - With this extension you can highlight text and it will automatically be copied without having to Ctrl+C or right click. You can then middle-click to paste instead of Ctrl+V or right clicking. Very convenient!
DictionarySearch - With this extension, if you come across a word you don't know, you can just highlight the word, right click and search the default dictionary (as well as many others if you so choose) for it.
DownloadHelper - Easily download most streaming video and audio.
NoScript - Stops javascript from automatically running on webpages unless added to your whitelist. This is a great security precaution for visiting websites you haven't been to before, since for many searches the results are filled with attack sites.
SearchPreview - In Google (and other) search results, inserts a small image preview to the left of the link and page description. So you can quickly identify the result from a certain site (e.g., Wikipedia, IMDB, etc.) if you know which one you want, as well as which to avoid (e.g., blank parked domain pages, known attack sites, etc.).
Status-4-Evar - Mentioned above, returns much of the functionality of the old Firefox 3.x status bar to the dumbed down Firefox 4 Add-on Bar.
Tab Mix Plus - With this extension you get complete customizability of how Tabs look and function.
Vaccum Places Improved - With Firefox 3.x, this extension was very useful in shrinking down places.sqlite (the file where your bookmarks are stored), but with Firefox 4 it seems like places.sqlite has a set size of 10 MB, and automatically cleaning it up with this extension doesn't decrease it. (With Firefox 3.6 my places file is around 2 MB currently.)
Ok, for now those are all of my suggestions for an improved experience with Firefox 4.
However, I think Firefox development is heading in exactly the opposite direction that it (or any browser) should be going, imitating Google's Chrome browser, the popularity of which I do not understand. With version 4, Firefox's interface is becoming sleeker, like Chrome, but at the cost of user-friendliness and actual usability (although for the record, Chrome is still the uncontested champ for a user-unfriendly interface).
Firefox 4 won't be my primary browser any time soon, as I'm instead sticking with Firefox 3.6. But I am using Firefox 4 Portable for testing and such, and have put together a few simple changes to make Firefox 4 much more usable (i.e., more like Firefox 3.6).
1. One of the first things you'll probably notice after installing Firefox 4 is that the fonts look... wrong. There's a weird twinge of color like they've been slightly resized or rendered incorrectly. This is due to hardware acceleration, and to fix this, just type about:config in the address bar, search for "gfx.direct2d.disabled" (without the quotes) and toggle it to true.
2. Next, you'll notice that there's barely any of the useful tools at the top that we've all come to love and cherish. This is because, as Chrome has taught us, most people like spending a lot of their time digging around deep in menus for basic things that they use all the time. But luckily if you're not one those people, you can change everything back to 3.6-level usability. First, to get rid of the ugly orange button and get the menu bar back, right click on the tab bar and check Menu Bar. Repeat, checking the Bookmarks Toolbar, and unchecking Tabs on Top (yet another ill-advised change inspired by Chrome), and finally checking the Add-on Bar (more on this in a bit). You can then use Customize to change the toolbars however you like. Here is how I have mine set up:
3. If you're using Windows 7, you'll notice that the background of everything at the top is now transparent using Aero. If you don't like this, and would like only the title bar to use Aero as it was previous versions of Firefox, there are several easy ways to change this back. This is discussed at length on this thread:
forums.mozillazine.org: Disable Firefox 4 transparency?(Win Vista/7)
In particular, check out the 2nd post by patrickjdempsey and the 3rd post by Nightwish. To use the code in either post, navigate to this folder:
C:\Users\[YOUR USER NAME]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[UNIQUE].default\chrome
There, create a file called: userChrome.css
Open that file (with a text editor if that's not the default), copy patrick's or Nightwish's code, close Firefox, paste the code, save, and open Firefox again. Aero should now be restricted to the title bar only. In my userChrome.css file I am using the following combination of patrick's and nightwish's code:
window, dialog, wizard, prefwindow {
-moz-appearance: -moz-win-browsertabbar-toolbox !important;
}
4. If you haven't already, you'll notice that the Status Bar is gone, and when you hover over links the URL briefly appears in a little pop-up up box in the bottom-left corner of the window. In step 2 I suggested checking the Add-On Bar, which is the Status Bar's replacement. But even with the Add-on Bar enabled, URLs still don't appear in the bar for some reason, but rather above it. To get much of the old Status Bar functionality back, you can install the Status-4-Evar extension, which you can get here:
Status-4-Evar :: Add-ons for Firefox
Using Customize, you can choose what appears and where in the newly modified Add-on Bar.
5. This last suggestion isn't limited to Firefox 4, but Firefox in general. One of the best features of Firefox is its extensive extension library with which you can modify Firefox in pretty much any way imaginable. Here are the Firefox extensions I currently use:
1-Click Weather - Accurate and customizable weather data from The Weather Channel. Hasn't been updated in over a year and needs some minor tweaking to work with Firefox 4, as explained here in this extremely helpful post by silverhawk: Review for 1-ClickWeather by silverhawk. I used to use Forecast Fox, but that uses data from AccuWeather, and I found that their temperature data is not as accurate as The Weather Channel's.
About This Site Bookmarks - An ooooooold extension from Lifehacker alum Gina Trapani that lets you right-click on any page for a bevy of useful links. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated in forever. Fortunately, I found a modified version awhile back that works great.
AdBlock Plus (with EasyList subscription). Using the Internet is a completely different experience depending if you use ad blocking software or not, to the point where the Internet is pretty much unusable now without it.
AutoCopy - With this extension you can highlight text and it will automatically be copied without having to Ctrl+C or right click. You can then middle-click to paste instead of Ctrl+V or right clicking. Very convenient!
DictionarySearch - With this extension, if you come across a word you don't know, you can just highlight the word, right click and search the default dictionary (as well as many others if you so choose) for it.
DownloadHelper - Easily download most streaming video and audio.
NoScript - Stops javascript from automatically running on webpages unless added to your whitelist. This is a great security precaution for visiting websites you haven't been to before, since for many searches the results are filled with attack sites.
SearchPreview - In Google (and other) search results, inserts a small image preview to the left of the link and page description. So you can quickly identify the result from a certain site (e.g., Wikipedia, IMDB, etc.) if you know which one you want, as well as which to avoid (e.g., blank parked domain pages, known attack sites, etc.).
Status-4-Evar - Mentioned above, returns much of the functionality of the old Firefox 3.x status bar to the dumbed down Firefox 4 Add-on Bar.
Tab Mix Plus - With this extension you get complete customizability of how Tabs look and function.
Vaccum Places Improved - With Firefox 3.x, this extension was very useful in shrinking down places.sqlite (the file where your bookmarks are stored), but with Firefox 4 it seems like places.sqlite has a set size of 10 MB, and automatically cleaning it up with this extension doesn't decrease it. (With Firefox 3.6 my places file is around 2 MB currently.)
Ok, for now those are all of my suggestions for an improved experience with Firefox 4.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Not Quite Right
Note: I didn't come up with this idea, obviously. I only thought of these, as well as some other ones that I'm still working on, after seeing this:
The A.V. Club: How to offend geeks on so many levels
Monday, January 17, 2011
My favorite albums of 2010
Honorable mention: Delorean - Subiza
10. Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
9. Glasser - Ring
8. She & Him - Volume Two
7. Beach House - Teen Dream
6. The Chemical Brothers - Further
5. Stars - The Five Ghosts
4. Sleigh Bells - Treats
3. M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
1. Robyn - Body Talk
10. Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
9. Glasser - Ring
8. She & Him - Volume Two
7. Beach House - Teen Dream
6. The Chemical Brothers - Further
5. Stars - The Five Ghosts
4. Sleigh Bells - Treats
3. M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\
2. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
1. Robyn - Body Talk
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