New tabs in Firefox 2 not cool
Firefox 2 comes with new features. One of them is that tabs have their own close buttons. This can be quite anti-ergonomic in some cases.
Bad Connexion
A few months ago, Boeing announced that they are shutting off their Connexion by Boeing service. CbB is a satellite-based service that provides in-flight wireless internet services to passengers on properly equipped airplanes. This month Boeing announced that the service will be offered free-of-charge until it shuts down in December. It comes as no surprise that the product failed.
MacBook first impressions
These are my first impressions from my new MacBook. Apple charges a $200 premium for the sleek black version. At that price they could have included a black power adaptor, and black cords and accessories. I know this is superficial but Apple does pay attention to design and I think they failed to pay attention to the fine details this time.
An Gorta Mór
It was in a pub at Roundwood, Co. Wicklow, in mid August, that I first considered the question. How was it possible for Ireland to have suffered such a devastating famine in the 19th century? Is it not an island surrounded by open waters full of fish? Were there not streams and rivers full of nutritious salmon and trout? Oysters, mussels and clams grew by the coasts, did they not?
Is it ok to cheat some times?
Apparently it is, according to Southern Illinois University President Glenn Poshard, who claims (according to the Chronicle) that: “the chancellors did not personally benefit from using plagiarized material, while Mr. Dussold’s teaching statement was part of a mid-tenure review”, in a plagiarism case that involves a former professor and two of the University’s chancellors.
M. Proust: the triumph of memory
M. Proust, on stage at the Steppenwolf, is the monologue between Celeste Albaret (played by Mary Beth Peil) and an invisible and irrelevent visitor inquiring about Marcel Proust’s life. During Proust’s 8 most prolific, and final, years Celeste was his housekeeper. She earned his respect and trust and became a confindante. “I was like his mother and his daughter”, proclaims Celeste’s character.
Hecuba: the war that never ended
The background of this wonderful performance at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, was the sacking of Troy by the Greek armada, led by Agamemnon and his cronies. Euripides wrote Hecuba around 424 BCE, his second of several plays inspired by the Trojan War and its repercusions.
Idiotic Universities
Idiot, in Greek means a “private individual”. In classical Greece, a private citizen not involved in the public affairs was considered a bad character, hence the derogatory meaning of the word in the English language. In modern Greek, however, idiotic university means literary the private university.
Roast stuffed peppers (gemista)
A friend asked me for my recipe for stuffed peppers, so I thought I’d put it up here as well. There are several variants of the recipe. just about each Greek family has its own. The three types of recipes that are most popular among greeks are: stuffed with rice, stuffed with mix of rice and ground beef, and stuffed with cheese. The recipes are the same except for the stuffing, really.
Disclaimers
We have all received them. Emails followed by a disclaimer at the end, informing us that this message is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named herein…
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