Increase Web Page Font Size Using a Custom Stylesheet
Warning! Extreme geekiness ahead, but at least it’s extremely useful geekiness. Are you annoyed with the text size on certain websites? Would you like to increase the text size on just those sites? Do you use the Firefox web browser? If you’re using Firefox, find the “chrome” directory in your preferences (location varies by operating […]
Saalon, The Weekend, and Podcasting
So Saalon came down last weekend to hang out. He DM’ed a D&D 4th Edition game for me and some friends; a grand time was had by all. We beat the X-Men arcade game, and played Super Gem Fighter Mini-Mix, and generally hung out. One of the friends was Nick, so while we were together, […]
identi.ca
I’m now on identi.ca, a new social networking site, as brentnewhall. identi.ca is apparently attempting to be another Twitter, though I don’t see a lot of activity there yet. Still, you never know what’s going to be the next popular platform. A few minutes’ time will at least introduce you to them.
Independence Day Parfaits
Software: 1 pound strawberries 1 pound blueberries 1 small carton heavy cream 1 cup of vanilla yogurt Hardware: A standing mixer 6 glass parfait glasses, if possible Chill the bowl and blade of a standing mixer in the fridge for at least 2 hours. Wash the fruit and slice the strawberries. Remove the bowl and […]
Robert Scoble
In concert with yesterday’s entry, in which I talked about the IMDb, today I’m going to talk about a really neat guy named Robert Scoble. Robert first came to my attention when he worked for Microsoft. He was one of the first employees there to blog seriously, and he blogged a lot. Some of his […]
The IMDb and WALL-E
Surprised how many folks don’t know about the IMDb, or the Internet Movie Database. It’s a massive online database of pretty much every movie ever made, with entries for actors, quotes, trivia, etc. And they’re all hyperlinked, so you can go from a movie, to an actor in that movie, to another movie that the […]
Neil Fiore’s The Now Habit
I’ve heard good things about Neil Fiore’s The NOW Habit, so I finally read the thing a few weeks back. It’s good. Didn’t change my life, as it apparently did for others, but I gleaned some good ideas from it. In particular, Fiore recommends that you rest, then work. Schedule and take breaks before you […]