Archive for December, 2004

Speed up FireFox

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004 | 17:06

This post on Hack-A-Day has instruction for getting to FireFox’s “advanced” configuration page. You can then make changes so that network pipelining is turned on, i.e., the browser will … Continue reading »

“It’s Required By Law To Talk About The Year That Was”

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004 | 16:17

One unexpected side-effect of living in a car-centric city that gets a lot of snow is that people don’t do a good job of clearing the sidewalks. Down W. … Continue reading »

“A Fighting Faith”

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004 | 15:40

This past week’s New Republic’s cover article was Peter Beinart’s “A Fighting Faith”, a post-election call for American liberals to confront Islamic totalitarianism, or else fade into irrelevance. Though … Continue reading »

Far Cry

Tuesday, December 14th, 2004 | 13:38

I really should be reading all those books in the unread pile, now that I have some free time. But I’ve instead been sucked into Far Cry, which I … Continue reading »