And speaking of racists, did you know that Real Con Nut is an anagram for Ann Coulter? Links via Kottke
Some Of The Area’s Finest
A couple local teens broke into a Prineville convenience store and stole $5000 worth of cigarettes, beer, and porn.
How A Real Estate Agent Can Bring Down An Entire Office Network
(Or, when you’re doing network work, make sure you’re thorough.)
Warning: Geek Alert… long story after the jump.
Some Random Firefox Extensions
A few Firefox extensions that I came across the last few days that seem interesting.
- Screengrab! for making screenshots of an entire web page.
- JSView for viewing the source of linked files.
- Autocomplete Manager, which enhanches the autocomplete functions of the address bar.
And it case anybody’s curious, here are the extensions I currently have installed in Firefox (using the Smoke theme):
- About This Site Bookmarks 1.5
- Allow Right-Click 0.4
- BugMeNot 1.3
- ColorZilla 1.0
- Configuration Mania 1.08.2007013001
- DOM Inspector 1.8.1.8
- Download Manager Tweak 0.7.2
- DownThemAll! 1.0b2
- ErrorZilla 0.2
- Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0.20070525W
- IE Tab 1.3.3.20070528
- Java Console 6.0.01
- Linky 2.7.1
- Live HTTP Headers 0.13.1
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.6
- Popup ALT Attribute 1.3.2005092702
- Remember Mismatched Domains 1.4.3
- Search Marker 1.0.4
- Stylish 0.5.3
- Tabbrowser Preferences 1.3.1.1
- UnPlug 1.6.06
- User Agent Switcher 0.6.10
- VideoDownloader 1.1.1
- Web Developer 1.1.4
Do Not Call List Won’t Expire
The original numbers on Do Not Call List (which hasn’t worked as well as hoped) were to expire after five years. But the FCC has decided that they will not be removing numbers from the list. Sweet!
If Your Going To Counterfeit Money…
…at least make sure it’s money that was actually created at one point.
They stand accused of creating perhaps the most audacious and incompetent forgeries ever. An international gang tried to defraud the Bank of England out of £28bn using fake £500,000 and £1,000 notes, Southwark crown court heard this week. There was one problem: £500,000 notes have never been produced by the bank.
Thanks Neil T. for the link.
Gmail Finally Adds IMAP
It doesn’t look like this has been enabled for Google Apps for Domains yet (which we use at work), but for regular Gmail accounts, it’s still very good news.
Stupid Crook For The Day
If you’re going to steal a printer that’s used to print driver’s licenses, don’t call the manufacturer for help with it.
Scary Product For The Day
In case you need to store a rifle for quick access while you sleep, here’s your product and here’s your commercial:
Three words: What the f**k?
Office Pranks For Geeks
When I get some free time at the office (doubtful), I’m going to start playing with the default “Ready” messages on our HP printers.