Archive for June, 2006|Monthly archive page
Leaving to Alaska.
Leave a CommentI’ll be gone this week from June 28th until July 9th [I'll be back on the 9th =)]. I’m going on a cruise to Alaska. I’m also going to be in Seattle for 2 days and Vancouver for a day. I’ll take plenty of pics so I’ll make sure to share them when I come back.
For those of you thinking, “Why are you going to Alaska, isn’t it like 20*F?” I say to you, “No, it isn’t.” It’s going to be 65*-70*F daily and even warmer in Seattle. Can’t wait to be back! =D
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Greasemonkey
Leave a CommentGreasemonkey is a Firefox extension that runs little snippets of code called scripts in your Firefox browser. You can find a Firefox download button on this page.
The code is a .user.js file that people like you and me can create to make browsing easier, more appealing, and ad-free. I have a total of 20 scripts installed even though I don’t use all of them all the time. Whenever I see a new script that I like, I can install it in seconds.
There are hundreds of thousands of scripts available online and these two websites are my two main sources of scripts:
UserScripts.org
and
SiteSpecific Scripts
Userscripts.org alone hosts over 900,000 scripts.
What are some examples of scripts? Well, say you don’t like the way Google looks anymore and you like the way Andy Rutledge redesigned it. This Greasemonkey script when installed will change the way the default Google homepage looks to the one Andy designed. The same man also redesigned eBay and there’s a Greasemonkey script for that too made by the same user who made the Google Redux Script.
Some other useful scripts that I use are:
Go to the site for a short flash movie demo of what the script does. It basically pops up a black opaque screen in your browser window whenever you click an image on sites such as Google Image Search, DeviantART, Flickr, Wikipedia, Facebook and MySpace. It also allows you to cycle through the images on any page with the arrow keys.
This script works with the popular video-sharing site YouTube. The script adds a Save Flash Video as… bar to the top of any YouTube page with a flash movie on it in case you want to save the video to watch later. You can then play the videos with VLC Media Player.
For those of you who use Digg, you probably heard of the “Digg Effect”. This effect is essentially what happens to a website whose link is submitted as a story to the popular technology site, digg.com. Many times, the site that is dugg is overloaded by visitors from Digg. This is where DuggMirror comes in handy. This script adds a DuggMirror link to every Digg story and all it does is provides a ‘mirror’ or a copy of the website hosted on another server in case the original site goes down. It also provides 4 other mirrors in case DuggMirror goes down too.
Just like the title implies, this script removes the annoying MySpace Ad that takes up a whole page after you login. Very handy.
This is for you Flickr fans and photographers who are interested in seeing what camera the person used to take their photo. Click the link above for a full description and to see how it works.
Advanced Greasemonkey Use
There’s another Firefox extension called Platypus. This extension allows you to edit a webpage using a WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get). You can remove ads off websites, move columns around, change the url of the website, and customize it to your liking. Then you can save your changes as a Greasemonkey script. So far I haven’t played with this extension around much, but I did remove some ads from cnn.com. 
So, I hope you guys and girls can try out Greasemonkey and fall in love with it like I did. Give Greasemonkey a chance since it’s a very powerful and underrated Firefox extension. Now go and find some useful scripts, and share them with the rest of us. 
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GoMeebo
Leave a CommentWhat is Meebo?
Meebo is Web 2.0 AJAX-rich website that allows you to sign on to AIM, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger, Jabber, and Google Talk. Yea, all on one site.
I visit Meebo daily because it’s just so much more convenient than opening AIM or MSN, signing on and having an extra window clutter up my desktop. Meebo runs in your browser and if you use Firefox like me, it can run in a background tab when not being used.
But is it safe you ask? Well, all passwords are encrypted with 1024-bit RSA keys. What that means is, it’s gonna be really hard for a hacker to get your password. 
Meebo allows you to sign on to multiple services at once. For example, you could be on MSN while chatting to your friends who have AIM at the same time. And all your buddies are displayed on one buddy list for easy viewing. Just like a desktop instant messaging program, Meebo supports adding buddies to your buddy list, and removing those you don’t like. 
You can view a buddy’s profile by simply hovering your mouse over their screen name. New features are constantly being added and one recent one that I really like is the ability to create a chatroom. And Meebo is available in 49 languages, including 1337-speak for computer geeks like myself.
Registering with Meebo allows you to “sign into all of your IM screen names at once, save your preferences (like sounds and appearances), and if you’d like, store your IM conversations in meebo chat logs!”.
How much does this service cost? Well, I probably forgot to mention that, but it’s completely free. There are no ads on the site to get in the way of your chatting either.
In the rare instance that you do encounter a problem, the Meebo forums are always there for you to get help with whatever you’re having trouble with. So, what are you waiting for, head over to meebo.com and try it out today!
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Microsoft France Hacked
http://experts.microsoft.fr/default.aspx
Microsoft France was hacked today. The guys say they’re going for microsoft.com next.
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Fold.com?
Don’t ask me why, but for some reason I decided to go to fold.com to see if the website was purchased yet. www.fold.com now has a countdown that is at approximately 51 days and 3 hours and it says “Everything you read about Fold is wrong.” Hmm…
http://www.fold.com
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Flock Test Post
Blogged with Flock
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How you know you live in 2006.
You know you live in 2006 when…
1. You go to a party, sit down and take MySpace pics.
2. You havent played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. The reason for not staying in touch with your friends is that they don’t have AIM/LiveJournal/MySpace.
4. You’d rather look all over the house for the remote instead of just pushing the button on the TV.
6. Your evening activity is sitting at the computer.
7. You read this list, and keep nodding and smiling.
8. You think about how stupid you are for reading this.
9. You were too busy to notice number five.
10. You actually scrolled back up to check if there was a number five.
11. And now you’re laughing at your stupidity.
Send this to your friends if you were fooled.
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