kristin|W|P|I know it doesn't matter much now, since you've solved your problem, but Firefox users might want to know about this trick, too, to stop pop-ups and especially pop-unders. I stole it from a forum I belong to:It turns out that some clever people figured out that you could launch popups from Flash, getting around the Firefox default settings.
Fortunately, you can get around it:
1. Type about:config into the Firefox location bar.
2. Right-click on the page and select New and then Integer.
3. Name it privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins
4. Set the value to 2.
The possible values are:
* 0: Allow all popups from plugins.
* 1: Allow popups, but limit them to dom.popup_maximum.
* 2: Block popups from plugins.
* 3: Block popups from plugins, even on whitelisted sites.
Jonathan|W|P|hi.. why dont you try googling for synergy at sourceforge and use it?i have a similar setup at work.. 6 machines... and now they are all controlled via a single keyboard and mice.
Clean up my desktop immediately!
We had open house yesterday for folks to pop in and say goodbye before we leave so I feel a little fragile today.
|W|P|112403181729080897|W|P|Fragile|W|P|bignoseduglyguy@gmail.com Ian McKenzie|W|P|I guess one of the "advantages" of e-acquaintances is not having to say good-bye. You just connect to the Internet and there they are.
As it is sprog No.2's birthday today and she’s just unwrapped an mini iPod this morning, I’m trying so hard to ignore the siren call of the boxes so as not steal her thunder and spoil her day.
|W|P|112358293873446221|W|P|iPod versus iBook|W|P|bignoseduglyguy@gmail.com True_Halcyon|W|P|Awlright, it has to be open by now, explaining your lack of time to post here; bonding with one's electronics takes precedence!! Georg|W|P|Gee, I just can't wait to get my 12" iBook, ordered yesterday. Just got notifcation that it is on its way - from Dresden. bignoseduglyguy|W|P|THI have surfaced for air, staggered blinking into light and now need a long lie down with eyes closed, dreaming of iBooks.
Georg
It's well worth the wait IMHO - having loads of fun with mine
‘Since the London bombings, lots more people cycle around the place, which I suppose is a good thing. Though I don't know which is more annoying: those who race down the pavement, swerving past just before you realise that they are bearing down on you at 20mph, or those who bossily ring the bell to signal "get out of my way, pedestrians!" […] At this point I get lots of letters saying that this represents a small minority of cyclists. All I can say is that recent experience suggests it is not such a small minority.’
Simon Hoggart, talking out of his backside in Saturday’s Guardian. I only wish I could match his sweeping generalisations with some of my own. How about lazy journalists who have trouble generating enough fresh, witty column inches by their sub-editor’s deadline or who feel the need to add a codicil or rider to their argument to shore it up. I know diary pieces are meant to be personal and opinionated but I was under the impression that such opinions should be new and original, not hackneyed and anecdotal.
Meanwhile, on the Letters page on the day the world remembered the bombing of Hiroshima, Kiwi reader Craig Young points out the irony in New Zealand non-nuclear stance, given that Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealander. The main thrust of his letter is something that I have been mentioning when folks ask if we’re emigrating because of the recent terrorist attacks in London: that the only terrorist act visited upon New Zealand – the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour – was carried out by French secret service agents acting on their Government’s orders.
|W|P|112343084586999082|W|P|The weekend paper|W|P|bignoseduglyguy@gmail.comMy other blog, Looking for No.8 Wire, has been quiet of late for a variety of reasons. However, I have just written about my current thoughts and feelings regarding our impending emigration to New Zealand.
|W|P|112341811782722331|W|P|No.8 Wire|W|P|bignoseduglyguy@gmail.com
A couple of stills from my upcoming ‘fifteen minutes’ on BBC4. The documentary will be called ‘We Are Not Afraid’ and centres on the website that emerged following the July 7th bomb attacks in London. Called, We're Not Afraid, the site carries messages and images urging defiance against terrorism.
|W|P|112325690812175737|W|P|July 7th|W|P|bignoseduglyguy@gmail.com Ian McKenzie|W|P|A star is born! Jerilyn Dufresne, author|W|P|I bought some of the We Are Not Afraid T-shirts. And I tried to send a picture, but it came back as undeliverable.
What with my brief wafflings on local radio and my looming BBC4 appearance, I have been giving no small amount of consideration to a career in the media, perhaps by becoming an A-list celebrity or, at the very least, a highly paid talking head. However, a quick flick through the latest edition of London Cyclist magazine, where I get a photo credit for this shot of Tower Hamlets Wheelers in Epping Forest would seem to point towards a new life as a paparazzo. Decisions, decisions...|W|P|112316382344535515|W|P|In the picture|W|P|bignoseduglyguy@gmail.com
If you have a little slack time around 18.30hrs British Summer Time today (Monday 1st August), you could have the chance to hear me get tongue-tied on live radio! Jack Thurston (left) called with an invite to be a guest on his Bike show which is "a weekly show delving into the art, science, politics and transcendental pleasure of cycling, in London and beyond." Tonight's show will be dealing with cycling in London in the wake of the recent terrorist bombs - you can listen to the live stream or check out the show as an archive here or here (archive are in migration - hence two links).|W|P|112290034738361909|W|P|Bike Powered Radio|W|P|bignoseduglyguy@gmail.com