Telecom NZ enjoyed being one of the most hated companies in the land for many years. With attitudes like this I’m sure they still hold the title…
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fireFTP is my new friend
I have been using an FTP client called LeechFTP. I gave it a chance but in the end concluded that it was a bit crap. Today I discovered fireFTP which is a plugin for Firefox. So far it meets all my criteria:
- auto reconnects! (unlike Leech)
- remembers the directory you were in before you were disconnected (unlike Leech)
- is 50KB in size!
- installs automatically in Firefox (just remember to allow Firefox to install files from that site)
It’s a beta so the interface still needs a little work (i.e., when showing your local and remote site try resizing those columns – mind you my screen res on my little X-24 is 1024 x 768). I recommend it and you should try it out and give the developers your feedback.
Speaking of cool: The big instrumental in ‘Rain on Tin’ by Sonic Youth . Yessir.
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Pink Floyd
Just listened to ‘Comfortably Numb’ for the first time in about 12 years. The penny finally drops; they’re singing about heroin. No flies on this one.
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Kyoto
“We do not believe that the Kyoto Protocol is something that is realistic for the United States and we have no intention of signing or ratifying it,” State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said.
Good one, Adam Ereli. See you in hell, buddy .
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Coffee and Cigarettes
Just saw ‘Coffee and Cigarettes’. Super. It made me want to smoke dirty cigarettes though. Best scene: the one with RZA and GZA of course.
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Arts, music, ironing
Uh uh uh uh many updates coming soon on books and movies and music and maybe even comedy…. Went to a fun comedy night on Saturday in Balham somewhere – it was grand. I’ve read so many books lately, I’ve even joined the library… and I have started ironing my shirts.
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I don’t know much about art….
Russian Landscapes in the Age of Tolstoy at the National Gallery – some of these landscapes blew my mind, they were breathtaking.
Hopper at Tate Modern – some striking work here too, among my favs were ‘Office at Night’ and ‘Excursion into Philosophy’:
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Creating a search plugin for your own site with Firefox
I have created a search plugin for the Firefox search box that will allow bucketFountain fans who use Firefox/Mozilla/etc to search bucketFountain directly from the browser. I’ve uploaded the necessary files and will let you know when it’s available. And it was soooo easy to do.
I’ve started work on one for the Notes 6 forum too, and will create others for MySQL, PHP, and other reference sites that I use regularly. Check here for details on how to do it.