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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Ok so yes, I went and got my FireFox 3 yesterday but of course, we’re web devolopers, so we need to keep testing our stuff in FireFox 2. Many of us have the standalone IE 6 on our machines which, while very useful, is also horrifying. Luckily both FireFoxes can be run on the machine without messing each other up and with minimal effort. Following these simple steps:
1. Open up a command prompt
2. Navigate to your Firefox usually: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox” (unless you’re tricky and put it somewhere else)
3. Run this command: firefox -profilemanager -no-remote
4. this link (provided by Cris) http://www.teamhackaday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2843 has pictures.
5. In the popup Firefox – Choose your profile click “Create Profile”… enter a new profile name mine is called “FIreFox2″ (yours could be called “SunshineAndCandyBars”)
6. Click the finish button and exit out of the FireFox popup.
7. Go get Firefox 2 (if you haven’t upgraded yet you could alternatively get firefox 3 but then you’d want your profile name to be FireFox3 or “TubbsAndCrockett”) I like this link for FireFox2 http://www.filehippo.com/download_firefox/4038/ cause i can’t find it anymore on Mozilla
8. I Only installed a desktop Shortcut and installed the old FireFox2 in this Folder: Mozilla Firefox 2 Old
9. Go find your shortcut right click on it and select Properties:
10. For the field entitled start in: “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 2 Old” For the Field entitled Target: “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 2 Old\firefox.exe” -P FireFox2 -no-remote
Your Target woud be “C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox 2 Old\firefox.exe” -P TubbsAndCrockett -no-remote
Seriously the link I gave you above has pictures maybe you should look at that instead of reading this…
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Ben and I would like to thank all those who nominated us for Peer of the month award and would like to take everyone out for a beer (in the grand tradition of Wayne and Cris). As we split the money, I will pay for 1/2 of your beer and Ben will pay for the other 1/2. However to receive this honor we request that everyone take a short quiz to see if they are worthy for beer. Please fill out answers to the best of your ability and email to Ben or I or answer in the comments. Answers are not graded on a curve. GO!
1.) If the ROFLCOPTER is defending LOLrville from the LMAOplane, what roles can the troops carrying AFK47s play? Also, how does this effect the TTYLTank since it is venerable to the ROFLCOPTER’s weapons?
2.) In particle physics, what charge do gluons hold?
3.) What was the best game created on the Super Nintendo gaming console? (Answers do not vary)
5.) Define PoHR.
6.) Describe the benefits and drawbacks of the fourth step in the Umbrella Corporation’s business plan.
7.) Indigio gimme: Please translate Romanes Eunt Domus (note: we are definitely not looking for the translation of Romani ite domum)
8.) Please consult image 8a) and answer the following: What is this DEFINITELY a graph of? (We’re looking for x-axis, y-axis and what each line is a representation of. And yes I’m ending all sorts of sentences with prepositions…you want to fight about it?)
8a).
9.) Please write a jingle to advertise Hot Pockets in Mexico.
(Bonus: Come sing it to Ben or I)
10.) Multiple Choice:
Cake is:
a. yummy
b. a lie
c. on tour now (we should buy tickets!)
E.C. Please explain the following… http://420.thrashbarg.net/unexplainable_picture.jpg
E.E.C. INTERWEBS SCAVENGER HUNT: Find a commenter on digg or reddit who mentions the opposite social news aggregator (i.e. a redditor talking about digg or a digger talking about reddit) and does not bash it.
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
As a software engineer, your most useful tool for communicating with your computer is your keyboard. Probably followed in close second by your monitor. (Note this is the sole opinion of the author of this article…which is correct). So in considering my keyboard, I came up with things I hate because I am filled with rage and sugar. So without further ado, I present:
The Top 5 Most Hated (and dare I say, feared?) Keys on the Keyboard
5. The “Insert” key.
How many times have you gone to hit the delete key and pressed the insert key by accident? All you wanted to do was erase that extra “e” that you end up putting at the end of like every worde and put in a sentence about necessary data types and all of a sudden, you’re typing all willy-nilly over some system requirement. Ridiculous.
4. The “Insert” key. Read the rest of this entry »
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
I’m kicking it old school for my first blog post. Also, I’m kicking butt…Ben’s butt…on Googlefight. That’s right, supposedly the domain was registered way back in 2002, but according to Google Trends, the site hit the general public in 2005. So I’m reminding us all of a simple time, when all one could do for entertainment was to watch two stick figures battle for a taller bar on a two bar graph. Googlefight just Googles two keywords and gives you the number of search results for each word. The one with the most hits is the winner. In the case below, Keyword #1 and still champion is myself, Dana Costello and keyword #2, less cool, is Ben Kaely. But back to butt-kicking. This is my version of the fight…or a 5-year-old’s, as we have the same level of drawing skill. (click the picture to go to the real fight) 
To make your own fights for hilariousness and bragging rights go to GoogleFight. You know if you’ve never heard of it…or if you were too young to hear about it the first time or if you forgot about it.
