Spellcheck every field in Firefox

[omit my marks of quotation]

1. type in the address bar: "about:config"
2. filter: "layout.spellcheckDefault"
3. change value to: "2"
4. [restart Firefox]

Modern Theoretical Physics described

Mr. Susskind of Stanford University does a pretty decent job of both mathematically defining quantum bits by describing complex vector space, as well as describing modern entanglement theory. Best part is, his lectures are freely available via iTunes. iTunes is required to watch the videos, and can be downloaded here.

AfriGadget

Necessity breeds invention. AfriGadget is an interesting blog about various people in Africa and the items they create out of necessity.

Donate Life California

https://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/
Quote from website:

"This site allows you to sign up online to be an organ and tissue donor in California. Your organ donation could save the lives of eight people, and your tissue donation enhance the lives of another 50 people."

Full Circle Magazine> Ubuntu community mag

fullcirclemagazine.org, a magazine focusing on ubuntu Linux. It includes several helpful guides and how-tos.

Tulsa buried car time-machine revealed

Tulsa buried car time-machine revealed; Its a pile of rust!


Heres a video of the unveiling.

Heres my original post.








If I were to do this, I would get a large steel tube, drive the car in the tube, weld the ends, add some valves, replace the air inside with an inert gas, and coat the outside with corrosive resistant plastic or element. Hind sight is always 20/20 I guess.

The Gimp - Photo editing software for Free

"The GIMP" is an open source photo editor that rivals Adobe Photoshop in features. It runs on Windows, Linux and Macs. Best part is its free!

$3 Gadget Produces Safe Drinking Water

Quote:

"A $3 gadget that promises to quench a user's thirst for a year without spare parts, electricity or maintenance..."

Possibly the most important necessity for much of the world is clean water...

read more | digg story

Mozilla Gran Paradisco, aka Firefox 3 alpha 5

Mozilla Gran Paradiso, aka Firefox 3 alpha 5 was released yesterday. Its not really meant for public consumption, just for "the testing community". Firefox 3 will be released some time around October 2007.

Firefox Hack- Pasting multiple lines into input boxes

Quote: "If you've ever tried copying and pasting a multi-line address into Google Maps just to realize that an input box will only take one line at a time—meaning that you have to copy and paste each line individually—there's a simple Firefox tweak that will solve this problem."



[omit my marks of quotation]

1. type in the address bar: "about:config"
2. filter: "editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines"
3. change value to: "2"
4. [restart Firefox]

Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Alpha 1

Quote: "Looks like the upcoming verison of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon has reached Alpha 1, the wiki page contains information and also download links for people to try out. Here is the link to the screen shot tour: http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=833&slide=1

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Astronomers find most massive star ever discovered

Quote: "This is really cool — astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile and Hubble have discovered the most massive star ever found… and it’s a bruiser, weighing in at 114 times the mass of the Sun. This blows away the previously most massive known star, which had a mere 83 solar masses. Cripes. That’s a whopping huge star!"

read more | digg story

Digital Photography Tips

digital-photography-school.com has alot of interesting photography tips, not just for pros, but point-and-shooters also. Be sure to browse their categories at the top of the page, the better articles are hidden away from the main page.
They have categories on composition, portraits, travel, and beginning tips.

Time capsule to be unearthed after 50 years

On June 15, 1957, a '57 Plymouth was buried in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to be uneathed in 50 years. That just so happens to be in 10 days...

I love how they buried it with a barrel of gas, thinking that in 50 years, we would have come up with some better technology to move around with. After all, hover-cars don't run on gasoline, right?

Into the Fold

Heres a pretty interesting article by The Smithsonian regarding Robert Lang, a physicist who has been a leader of technical and computational origami, along with some pretty amazing works of art; for example, the frog to the left. Most all of his creations are made from 1 sheet of paper, with no cuts or tears.

Fingerjig

"Fingerjig is a 6 minute game that tests your typing prowess. Words are randomly chosen from a dictionary of over 70,000. You must try to type them as quickly and accurately as you can!"

Cat Cam

This guy attached a camera to his cat. hilarity ensues!

Click here to view all of the cat's journeys. Who knew cats had so much fun?

Falcon pics

Various pics of my '62 Ford Falcon i sold about a year and a half ago.