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Check out the full list of over 60 fixes to see if 2.6.1 has something to offer you. A full diff and list of changed files is also available. Download 2.6.1 and enjoy.
I know its against “best practices” but I have file level and database backups already [...]

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Tab Mix Plus Dev-Build 0.3.6.X-Tab Mix Plus
Just go to the Tab Mix Plus Dev-Build page and reinstall the new version of Tab Mix Plus to get it to work with Firefox 3.0.1

Apple - iPod + iTunes
The new iTunes apparently has a sweet new feature. If you need your soundcard uninstalled and drivers deleted, just install iTunes and it will do it for you. iTunes upgrades have so far deleted the soundcards 2 for 2 where it has been installed at work. It still [...]

Police: W. Pa. Trucker Dodges $500K In Tolls With Stolen E-ZPass - Pittsburgh News Story - WTAE Pittsburgh
Also, Pennsylvania state police said Thomas Howard Wambold’s tractor-trailer has a split-axle trailer with a modified air system that can lift the axles over toll indicators, with mufflers that can prevent toll collectors from hearing the axles being [...]

Tab Mix Plus Dev-Build 0.3.6.X-Tab Mix Plus
You will need the dev build to use Tab Mix Plus in Firefox 3 for now.
Rows of tabs are something that should be an option without an add-on, but that’s what we have TMP for.
My settings (under Tools, Tab Mix Plus Options, Display) are
Tab Bar

When tabs don’t fit width: [...]

I taught a session today on using Outlook rules to sort your e-mail. I use them extensively to put mail in folders in both my personal and work accounts.
Later people said they used Outlook Express, Apple Mail, OWA, Thunderbird, etc. I sometimes feel bad that I am a nerd that finds Microsoft products [...]

The datacenter at RIT went dark today. A complete power loss. We are still in the midsts of it, but even with the off site DNS servers, they can’t really handle the load of everyone switching to them at once.
People lost it when their internet stopped working because with the domain controllers down [...]

I am going to attempt to upgrade the kernel again. In fact, you probably wont be able to read this if it doesn’t work right.
Edit:
I think I need to completely recompile the kernel, so thats chugging away now.

I was trying to upgrade the kernel last night, and when tinfoil went down for the reboot it didn’t come back.
Well, I have been working on it for a while, but last night I decided to try to reboot.
Yeah, it didn’t come back.  When I got to the server this morning, i consoled in and [...]

WordPress › Support » I don’t like the way 2.5 is going
Lets see:
1. All this space and HUGE fonts.
Please ask your designer to use a 1200x or 1400x res monitor
2. “Write” - do we really need ~280 px of vertical space before the Title field?
3. Write - > “Post” please move “Categories” to right [...]

Apple sued over ‘inferior’ iMac screens | InfoWorld | News | 2008-04-01 | By Matthew Broersma, Techworld
The company pointed to claims by Apple that the 20-inch iMac’s screens can display “millions of colors at all resolutions” and provides a “stunning” visual experience for uses such as watching movies, editing photos, and playing games.In fact, these [...]

Hackers Publish German Minister’s Fingerprint | Threat Level from Wired.com
According to CCC, the print of Schauble’s index finger was lifted from a water glass that he used during a panel discussion that he participated in last year at a German university. CCC published the print on a piece of plastic inside 4,000 copies of its [...]

I always here people moaning about how awful Vista is.  What are their complaints?
“It’s too slow” which is a stupid complaint, because does OSX run on a G3? no!  Vista wont run on old super old hardware either
Next complaint?
UAC is annoying (User Account Control). Well so is the damn OSX pop up about putting your [...]

We had a power outage @ RIT yesterday.  RG&E somehow messed up and 22 buildings on campus went dark, then lit up, then went dark again.
Fortunately we have a 2 hour UPS for the servers, and the generator kicked in ASAP and kept the network gear alive so aside from being pitch black, we stayed [...]

SFist: Photo du Jour 82

“END WAP”
via We Shall Overcome Shoddy Mobile Protocols - Boing Boing Gadgets
Its probably supposed to say “End WAR” but they ran out of material, and besides, WAP sucks.