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Archive, March 2002
Sunday, 31. March 2002
[12:00 am]
A couple of new things added to the Howto section. I know, I am lazy.
WinXP groups similar taskbar buttons. I don't like it. You have to click two times instead of one. Luckily, there is a simple remedy which is not easy to find at the first glance. Just right-click on the taskbar, choose Properties and uncheck the "Group Similar Taskbar Buttons".
Saturday, 30. March 2002
[12:00 am]
In an interview with the magazine ComputerWorld Java creator Gosling says .Net falls short of expectations.
This is actually not a surprise. What else could he have said?
Friday, 29. March 2002
[12:00 am]
sashaDesign H4x0r, inspired by Google H4x0r. Me and Google all over again :-)
Thursday, 28. March 2002
[12:00 am]
According to StatMarket IE6 popularity pushes Netscape to all-time low. I am still disappointed with 10.5% that NN4.x holds. That is too much.
MS Explorer 6.0x, 29.4%
MS Explorer 5.5x, 19.1%
MS Explorer 5.0x, 16.7%
Netscape 4.7x, 10.5%
Gecko (Mozilla/Netscape 6), 8.9%
Opera 6.x, 6.5%
Others, 8.1%
<unintersting stuff>
Just submited my Java assignment. Almost at the last moment, huh. Our final exam follows in April and we are done with the course. I promised to myself to study hard in order to do it as best as I can. It will also depend on how busy I am in the upcoming weeks.
</unintersting stuff>
Wednesday, 27. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Screensavers have never been my interest, but this telus' froggy one I couldn't resist. Besides of the frog, that looks surprisingly similar to the one above, you get a very useful calendar.
Monday, 25. March 2002
[12:00 am]
"Artist's Dummy", the name under which he was sold. I got him in IKEA for about 15 bucks. I found him in a box among hundred others. He was special. I call him "dummy" but I should probably come up with a better name, don't you think?
Sunday, 24. March 2002
[12:00 am]
CEO Steve Ballmer attempts to dance.
"I have 4 words for you: I love this company."
Do you?
Saturday, 23. March 2002
[12:00 am]
A chat with people from Google. Questions like "Do you plan paid submission in your index" or "How many people are working for Google?" are being answered. I found it very interesting.
Friday, 22. March 2002
[12:00 am]
I've discovered a real time saver when it comes to extracting text from a PDF file. If you have ever tryed to extract the text from a multi-column PDF file, you know what I am talking about. The trick is to use the text select tool while holding down the Control key. Such a simple thing saved me hours of work :-)
You can find more about it on Adobe's website.
My brother redesigned his small folio site. I like this version better. Check it out.
Thursday, 21. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Yahoo! starts charging for its Yahoo! Mail POP/Forwarding service. Webmail is still free. Until when?
Reading such news there is one thing that comes to my mind, was Jakob Nielsen right again? I hope not.
nzorse.com has been changed. Just for my record purposes, I copied the entire pirated version to my local drive. I even keep the horse.
Wednesday, 20. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Wow, this was fast.
Microsoft .NET Framework Service Pack 1 Download.
Here are the bugs that this service pack fixes.
Check this month's issue of Digital Web Magazine, it is very educative, particularly if you are into photography.
Tuesday, 19. March 2002
Ripoff
[12:00 am]
sashaDesign at pirated-sites.com.
Thanks to the person who posted it over there. I would never be able to find it out on my own.
I usually don't get mad when somebody rips me off, because coping is a form of honor, and a sign of excellence :-)
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Monday, 18. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Car Wash photos were linked at milov.nl, everlasting blort and a couple of other blogs. Oh, we are famous!
Sunday, 17. March 2002
[12:00 am]
The exam is over. How was it? It was very tough, huh (from my point of view at least). I'll be happy with 60%.
My monitor has been weird lately. It fools me sometimes. Trust me.
Saturday, 16. March 2002
[12:00 am]
I'll think about adding a new section here called "funny referrers". They are really funny sometimes.
Microsoft finally admits it :-) This is like an easter egg.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/clippy/images/rollover_4.gif
Friday, 15. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Take a look at this Panasonic's Toughbook showed at CeBIT. It is supposed to be unbreakable. Isn't it sweet?
I feel like buying a laptop :-) Which one should I go for? Anybody owns one?
Thursday, 14. March 2002
[12:00 am]
We'll have an exam on Sunday and I didn't study enough. Can I learn everything in two or three days?
Wednesday, 13. March 2002
[12:00 am]
I mentioned Steve McCurry's famous photo of a 12-year-old Afghan girl two times here. Nobody actually knew if she was alive. Now they found her. Very interesting story. The time has not been kind to her. She's had a hard life.
The site seems to be down. Here is the photo found in my temporary files. I am sure the site will be up soon. However, here is the CNN story.
Did you see my referrers today?
Tuesday, 12. March 2002
[12:00 am]
A day in the life of a McDonald's worker. LOL!
Monday, 11. March 2002
[12:00 am]
AOL says: "Good-bye Explorer, hello Mozilla".
Looks like they also switched to Linux internally.
Speaking of Mozilla, the last release before 1.0 is out.
Sunday, 10. March 2002
[12:00 am]
I am being nostalgic today. Do you remember the time when you:
· figured out how IMG tag works
· logged in to Geocities
· used FTP to upload a gif file you just ripped off
· jumped off your chair, because it really works
Saturday, 09. March 2002
[12:00 am]
AOL Time Warner's [NTSE:AOL] Netscape unit is snooping on searches performed by users of its latest Navigator browser at Google and other search sites.
According to a network traffic analysis performed by Newsbytes, Netscape is capturing Navigator 6 users' search terms, along with their Internet protocol (IP) address, the date Navigator was installed and a unique identification number.
Friday, 08. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Yesterday I realized that I am still getting billed for the Bell Sympatico Internet service even though I canceled it about 14 months ago! How didn't I notice it before, I don't know. Since it was their error I am going to get the money back. I was very mad at me and at them but at the end we can call this circumstance as "Bell Sympatico savings plan" :-)
Thursday, 07. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Decipher the algorithm and win a $100,000 cash prize. Huh. As simple as that.
I got them all ten finally!
Towers of Hanoi, a well-known puzzle. A stack of disks of decreasing size is to be transported from the leftmost peg to another peg. One disk can be moved at one time. You can only place smaller disks on top of larger ones not the other way around.
Wednesday, 06. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Macromedia like Microsoft starts giving letters instead of numbers to its new software versions. Flash MX is the new version of this popular Macromedia product.
- Video Support
- New Graphic Design Tools
- Pre-built Components and Templates
- Customizable ActionScript Editor
- Timeline Enhancements
Monday, 04. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Slashdot announces subscriptions
In order to view Slashdot's pages you will have two options:
- to pay a subscription which is $5 per 1000 pages (never heard before)
- large ads
Sunday, 03. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Life is short.
Play more
Xbox TV add worth seeing. Provocative, but well done.
Saturday, 02. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Ascii art per excellence!
Telnet to towel.blinkenlights.nl. Enjoy.
Friday, 01. March 2002
[12:00 am]
Who is the richest of them all?
Forbes' annual ranking of the world's billionaires.
Well, we all know that, Bill Gates still tops the list.
