Tuesday, October 31, 2006
DVD Capable Wii Coming in 2007
According to the new Edge magazine, Nintendo will release an "enhanced Wii" capable of playing DVDs in Japan in 2007.
New Flying V Guitar Hero Controller
The Ant Commandos announced a new 10 fret button Guitar Hero controller for the PS2. The new version costs $50 and a wireless version goes for $60 and will be available at the company's website November 1st.
Monday, October 30, 2006
2nd Gen iPod Shuffle Finally Shipping
According to multiple sources, orders placed early for Apple's 2G iPod Shuffle are beginning to ship.
15 Year Old Bus Driver
Apparently this 15 year old kid stole a city bus and took it on rout picking up and dropping off passengers. The kid told a deputy after he was stopped and arrested "I drove that bus better than most of the LYNX drivers could, and there isn't a scratch on it. I know how to start it, drive it, lower it, raise it."
iPod Patent Pictures a Touch Sensitive Edge
I don't really like this method but it is a full screen iPod. I think I may just wait for a touch screen. This picture is a bit miss leading though. The "buttons" on the edges are a smooth continuous surface.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Firefox 2.0 Problem Solved
I found an extension today called Nightly Tester Tools that allows you to force Firefox into believing an extension is compatible with the current version and enables it. The only fault is you still cannot install old extensions, only enable the ones you already have. However, if you want to install an old extension you can follow this easy tutorial. This solved all my problems and I am now running 2.0. Sweet!
Firefox Homepage Gets an Upgrade Too
Looks like getfirefox.com has gotten a facelift too with the new release of 2.0. When did this happen?
Diggnation Episode 68 - October 19, 2006
An amazing Steve Jobs video clip from his 1st 90 days at NeXT, Register using a fake email address - then grab the emails from dodgeit.com, The Geekiest License Plates, "Price Is Right" Compilation #1 (Bouncing Boobs), First DIGITAL Photo EVER Taken & First Digital Camera, What Does A Candle Flame Look Like In Zero Gravity?, Free "Broken Typewriter" style fonts
Mozilla New Recommended Add-ons
Since the release of Firefox 2.0, Mozilla has updated their Recommended Add-ons list from 11 to 20.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Cingular iPhone
Cingular may have published the iPhone a little early. You can check out this mystery phone on Cingular's homepage.
Monday, October 23, 2006
My Review of Firfox 2.0 (Update 3)
Well I downloaded Firefox 2.0 today and started exploring the new version right away. I have to tell you though I doubt I'm going to stick with it. As cool as the new features are like anti-phishing, active spell checking, and a better RSS tools, 2.0 wasn't compatible with 12 of my extensions that are important to me. A few of these are "Colorful Tabs" (separating my many open tabs by color), "Download Embedded", and "Menu Editor" (allowing me to remove menu clutter I don't use). However some of these extensions were replaced by 2.0's built in features like "Search Engine Ordering", "Session Saver", and pieces of "Super T". Other negatives are the clutter you can't remove like the go and search buttons. 2.0 also adds a close tab button to every tab that just gets in the way and causes problems. I find myself closing more tabs by mistake than selecting them. Luckily there is an added undo close tab feature that holds it's own history. All in all I'm very unimpressed with the clutter and compatibility issues and will most likely revert back to 1.5. The poor spell checker and RSS reader just isn't enough to hook me though I do suggest it for new users. Oh, I also checked out IE7 and it's not worth your time unless you have a problem with Firefox. It's second rate garbage in comparison.
Update: I've alreay gone back to 1.5.0.7 and it's only been an hour. I view a lot of tabs at once and I just couldn't go without my tab extensions.
Update: Firefox 2.0 has not yet been officially released. (I downloaded from a mirror.) Incompatible extensions may be updated with the actual release of 2.0 solving a chunk of my problems.
Update: I found these two extensions that work with Firefox 2.0 called No Tab Close Button and No Go Buttons fixing two issues i had with 2.0.