I was browsing around the company intranet at work today looking for a link to Highwire Press (highwire.org), a database of scientific publications. I found a link labeled “High Wire” and assumed that it would take me where I wanted to go. It didn’t. It was a link to highwire.com, which is a completely different sort of website. Not the sort of website that I (or you, for that matter) should be perusing. And not the sort of website that I would link to from this website, if you catch my drift.
January 2, 2007
Is winter ever coming? I’m starting to feel cheated by the lack of snow. I want to sit inside and read a book and watch it come down.
December 27, 2006
I thought it was over, but it seems that my war with the rats and mice continues, albeit on a different battleground. Let me make this clear: I shall not cease until the rodent armies are defeated.
December 26, 2006
Quite out of the blue my television has started issuing the following message:
“You are listening to the Second Audio Program, or SAP, of 6 ABC. If you do not wish to listen to this Spanish language broadcast of 6 ABC please switch your audio channel to Main Audio.”
There’s actually no audio at all. Just that message. Over and over again. Grrrrrr.
December 19, 2006
Note: Gmail now supports IMAP. These instructions still work, but IMAP is probably a better option. Google’s instructions on getting IMAP to work with Apple Mail can be found here.
This is an explanation of how to setup Apple Mail to send and receive messages through a Google Mail account. Although Gmail is the best free webmail service available, it can still be handy to use a standalone e-mail client to access messages. For one thing, if your messages are stored on your computer you can read them even when you don’t have an internet connection. And you don’t have to look at the advertisements.
Note that if you set this up you’ll still be able to use the Gmail web interface to check and send e-mails.
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December 18, 2006