http://blitzcraig.org craig's blog about things, and stuff Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:32:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I completely agree with this New York Times article, written by Randall Stross, which suggests that a complete rewrite of Microsoft Windows is desperately needed. http://blitzcraig.org/archives/335 Over the past several years, I've grown accustomed to using a split-style keyboard. It is easier on the hands, and allows me to type faster with fewer mistakes. In the past, I've owned a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite, both at home and at work. When I bought my Mac Mini ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/334 I have never been that into RSS feeds in the past, but today I find them extremely useful. I've used Google Reader on and off, and it is certainly a great place to get your RSS feeds. The problem for me was that I didn't log in often enough, and ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/333 I heard on the news today that comedic legend George Carlin died yesterday at the age of 71. He was the greatest comedian I have ever seen. I credit a lot of my personality, humor, and my frequent use exaggeration to the style and delivery of George Carlin. I watched ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/332 What is this world coming to? I happened to notice that the #1 music video on the VH1 countdown is a new song from New Kids on the Block! Do what? When did this happen? Not only am I baffled that someone invested money in their careers, but I'm stunned ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/331 I have taken quite a liking to Entourage 2008, part of the Office 2008 suite for Mac. I didn't have much experience with its 2004 predecessor. It is quite a robust application. I don't use most of the advanced features included with it, but it does everything that I normally ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/330 I've used sites like Facebook and MySpace for a couple of years now. I used to log on when I got a notification email from one of the sites, which was only occasionally. I don't do very much on MySpace anymore. I mostly just maintain my profile as a way ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/329 The final release date for Firefox 3.0 is June 17th! Don't forget to visit SpreadFirefox and join in for the world record attempt. According to Mozilla, Firefox 3.0 has been in active development for 34 months. Firefox is a fantastic product, and I am very grateful to Mozilla and the ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/327 Apple needs to seriously negotiate a way to get most, if not all, of the iTunes Store tracks available as "Plus" (DRM-free) tracks. I don't understand why Amazon has a deal with all of the record labels to provide high bit-rate, DRM-free music tracks across the board, and Apple does ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/326 I am watching the Apple keynote address at the WWDC 2008. The new iPhone features look sweet. Nice! Apple also announced that Mac OSX 10.6 is to come out in mid-2009. Wow. Leopard (10.5) just came out in October 2007, and I am using that right now. They seem determined ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/325 I've recently started watching an awesome new cooking show with Sam Zien called Just Cook This. It's on the Discovery Health Channel. It's a totally different kind of cooking show. Sam is a very casual, laid back guy who cooks out of his own house. He pokes fun at the ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/324 Absolutely under no circumstances install or use Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2008. After some recent slowdowns on my Dell laptop with XP, I installed Ad-Aware 2008 to scan for spyware. I have used versions of this software in the past, and I can tell you that something is terribly wrong with this ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/323 Tonight, I ran across a link to the most addictive web game I have ever played. It is called Motherload, and it's a Mars mining game. I've been playing it for hours now. It's got me totally cracked out. Try it! http://blitzcraig.org/archives/322 The folks over at spreadfirefox.com have started accepting pledges from users to download Firefox 3.0 the day it is officially released. So far, no concrete date for the final release has been set. They are hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the number of software downloads in 24 ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/321 I've already written in the past about the beauty that is Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. After using it for several months now, I have to say that the new features such as Quicklook, Time Machine, and Cover Flow are all fantastic. Despite all that, the best new feature, as far ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/320 If want to try the new Firefox 3.0, and plan to copy bookmarks between different computers, there is something you should know. Firefox no longer stores its bookmarks in the traditional bookmarks.html file. It is now using some type of database system to make up Places, a new way of ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/319 One of the gifts that Laura bought for my birthday was a really cool device that I never knew existed. It is an iTrip add-on for my iPod, made by a company called Griffin. It is a small device I plug into the bottom of my iPod Nano that broadcasts ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/318 I've been using the Del.icio.us bookmarks site for a long time now, but recently decided to create a brand new account. I started from scratch and imported all of my bookmarks from Firefox. I had Del.icio.us automatically assign tags to them as they imported. It did a pretty nice job ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/317 Lately, I have noticed a sharp rise in an already very disturbing trend. When I watch TV, I am constantly interrupted with beeps, scrolls, and various alerts. I'm paying a lot of money for my digital cable service, and I don't want the picture shrunk while half the screen has ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/316 The release candidate for Firefox 3 is now available from Mozilla! I have downloaded it, and I'm very impressed. I'm very happy with the new default theme. This new interface is especially good on the Mac. It finally looks and feels like a true OS X app. So far, I've ... http://blitzcraig.org/archives/315