May 2006 Archives
Perhaps it's silly but this has been a long standing question in my mind. When talking about entering one's username and password into a form and submitting it, is the correct form to 'login to' or to 'log into'? Now it's time to answer that question.
According to dictionary.com, login can be used as a verb and would be synonymous to 'log on'. This indicates that either form is technically correct, though I do see the hyphenated form log-in there to add a little confusion. Anyhow, I think that the question is effectively answered that it's the writer's choice. Let's just stay consistent.
Mike Pinkerton is one of my heroes, and a developer for Camino (among other things). Two days ago he made committed two changes for Camino which I tried out today.
The first is Single Window Mode. Basically this means that if a link is meant to open in a new window it opens in a new tab instead. Much like Firefox. However it doesn't quite work like Firefox in that javascript links open in new tabs, too, which causes havoc at the office. That option will have to be turned off - for now. When I find some time I'll come up with some sample code to show the behavior I'm discussing and file a proper ticket. I'm not sure whether it'll be a bug report or feature request. Depends on what was intended. Either way, how disappointed can I possibly be? This is, after all, a nightly build.
The second change is Cmd 1..9, as Mike calls it. This feature emulates Safari's behavior when pressing Command and 1 through 9; it opens the corresponding bookmark bar item. Here's where it deviates - in Safari this does not open bookmark groups, but in Camino my Cmd-1 item is a menu and when I press Cmd-1 I find myself opening the group in tabs and clearing out the session I'm working with. I find that immensely frustrating, though it's an especially big problem for me since I'm a Firefox convert instead of a Safari convert, but the behavior still differs from Safari and is dangerous. I'll be report this one as a bug if it's not already.
I've had it up to here with comment spam. It's just plain getting old. I am thinking about implementing Open ID comments. I know it's not really a nice thing to be required to login to something if you want to comment on my blog, but frankly this is just getting old. If implement this plugin, commenters can use TypeKey, Open ID, and LiveJournal logins, but there will be no anonymous comments anymore.
I'm also thinking about Blacklist Connector for MT 3.2 and getting mt-blacklist to work with MT 3.2. I'm not sure whether any of this is worth the bother.
I find this to be an utterly disgusting development. This morning I found myself woken up by not one but two mobile phone websites that I had never even heard of prior to this morning - flycell.com and unlimitedringtones.com. Neither site has a phone number I can call to yell at.
I am absolutely furious, in part because I was woken up and in part because this is a new form of spam that's worse than email, worse than telemarketing, worse than anything there really is out there. People have to pay for incoming text messages, you know, regardless of what the content is. So now I'm paying for these people to spam me and wake me up. Well forget that.
Now here's the fun part. I don't use my mobile number for any bills or in any way for anyone but friends except one thing: google sms. What does that suggest?
Apple has released their new MacBook. Not the MacBook Pro, mind, but the MacBook. The MacBook replaces Apple's iBook, and here's the interesting bit.
There's been speculation about why there's been no 12" MacBook Pro, and now I think we have the answer. Prior to today there were 12" and 14" models of the iBook, but now we have 13" models of the MacBook and that's it. The specs of the MacBook are so close to those of a MacBook Pro that it seems clear: the MacBook replaces both of the iBook models and the 12" PowerBook.
I like this move by Apple. I think it's helpful. They still retain a lower-end model of the MacBook, leaving room for the casual user at a reasonable price, but they add a little more uniformity.
Comment spam is the bane of any blogger's existence. I, personally, don't get nearly as much as others I know get but it's still very annoying. I complained about it to Skadz and he told me how to tweak the SpamLookup Keywords plugin. He did not, however, mention what to tweak it with. Unlike mt-blacklist, there's no file (that I've found) filled with keywords and URLs to block. But I did find this. It's an extension to the SpamLookup plugin, and it's got some pretty cool little additions to it like the ability to block by url, content, email address, etc. Check it out.