Safari on Windows

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Emily

Need another browser alternative? Now there’s Safari for PC

Safari, Mac’s own browser (built-in to all Macs, like IE is with Windows), is now available for PCs. So I’m posting this entry from Safari… on my PC. It’s interesting that Apple is deciding to release this browser now. I mean, Firefox is finally being recognized by non-nerds as a good browser to use. It will be interesting to see how many people choose to use Safari (besides people like me…) over something like Firefox, which by this time has established a reputation. Granted, Safari is an Apple product, and that might carry a “cool” factor with it, but I doubt that Safari is going to reach the status symbol level that iPod has. But – Safari is also what programs for the sweet new iPhone is based on.

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Sideview mirrors

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Emily

So maybe I’m just remarkably unobservant, but I discovered something recently. While reading a book of “Imponderables” I came across an entry that had something to do with sideview mirrors on cars. Not sure the exact connection, but it mentioned something about how the passenger side mirror was required to say “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear” but the driver’s side mirror had to be an accurate mirror. So when I was driving to Midland this weekend, I was glancing in my mirrors (like a good driver) and realized that, in fact, objects in the passenger mirror look significantly smaller than objects in my driver’s side mirror. I had never realized that before. Never. Did everybody else know that? I always assumed that the message about objects being closer than they appear also applied to the driver’s side mirror, but they just chose to print it on one of the mirrors…

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This Does Not Make Sense

Posted on May 23, 2007 by Emily

We no longer have a TV at our house. (Well, we do, but it’s a little one in Jenny’s room that she’s taking home soon.) So I thought I would cancel our cable TV service, since we have no use for it, but keep our cable Internet service. So I call this morning to cancel the TV, and the helpful customer service representative tells me that actually, it would be cheaper to keep the TV. What? Well, if you have cable TV ($13.75 for basic service), you get a $15 discount on cable Internet, plus you get upgraded to faster service.

So we’re keeping the cable TV. Even though WE DON’T HAVE A TV.

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Graduation!

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Emily



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The Hot Pink, The Florescent Orange

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Emily

And now, a story from the days of my youth… (I was cleaning out my hard drive again)

“In the color of forest green?” cried Sir Robert Walshfellow Alfredricosnubury III with disbelief.

“In the color of forest green,” said the messenger, and fled from the rage.

“Oh, what an evil day in an evil year,” cried Sir Robert Walshfellow Alfredricosnubury III (or Sir Rowa for short). “The town of Bigganbetta, beyond the mountain range and forest and river and desert was very small in my childhood. Now it has grown so large that at last they are painting the wall.”

“But why should a wall three thousand miles away make my dear friend the governor worried and mad so quickly?” asked his personal advisor.

“They painted their wall in the color forest green,” said Sir Rowa. “Don’t you get it?” Our wall is painted in the color forest green. No one will be able to tell the two towns apart.”

“Oh.”

They both thought and thought and thought.

Sir Rowa cried and sobbed and wailed. “It’s hopeless! This city is destined to meet a miserable end.

“Okay,” said the advisor. “Call in all your royal painters. You wear this headset, and I’ll tell you what to say.”

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