Category Archives: General

Compromised.

Posted on June 6, 2007 by bc

My shell account at Dreamhost was compromised and this site was vandalized. It appears this was a wide spread event and a number of other sites hosted at Dreamhost were affected. If you have an account at Dreamhost, I recommend … Continue reading →

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Gumption

Posted on May 19, 2007 by bc

This has been a gumption killing week for me… Sunday The network ports on my old Direct Way 4020 Satellite modem died leaving me entirely without a net connection. Net withdrawal began. Monday Told numerous depressing options for replacing dead … Continue reading →

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HughesNot

Posted on September 27, 2006 by bc

I live in the United States of America. Supposedly the only remaining Superpower on the planet. I also live in rural Virginia in an area that did not have phone service until 10 years ago. The quality of my telephone … Continue reading →

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Firefox 1.5.0.5 released!

Posted on July 26, 2006 by bc

Firefox 1.5.0.5 was released today and every Firefox user should update today. I have updated the ua sidebar to include the new user agent strings for those of you who are still doing user agent string browser detection. I have … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! and the evils of Vendor/Version Browser Detection

Posted on May 16, 2006 by bc

Vendor/Version browser detection strikes again! When attempting to view the new Yahoo! home page in the development version of of Firefox 2 (also known as Bon Echo), I was presented with the following lovely page: If Yahoo! had made the … Continue reading →

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