August 2009
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Why is nonsense like this still happening?
As previously noted, I had been watching
Castle reruns on
TV. This was going well until
ABC simply decided to stop after
six of ten episodes. I had previously seen episode seven, but this still left
me with episodes eight through ten. ‘Aha!’, I thought — ‘thanks to the magic of
the internet I can simply watch this online!’. Turns out that both Hulu and
ABC’s own player only offer episodes 1–6...
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Quick Tip: Stop Auto-printing with GlimmerBlocker
As part of my high-volume web reading habits, I click through to the print
versions of articles whenever possible. Annoyingly, sites will often use
JavaScript to automatically make the page print. Here’s a simple way to stop
it.
Download and install GlimmerBlocker.
Create a new Filter group (top left of preference pane).
Add a new Rule.
Set the Action to “Whitelist URL, optionally
modifying...
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Tasteful
Four years ago when I was in college I’d regularly play the radio while driving
to and from campus, primarily listening to oldies (which had already shifted to
mean ’70s and ’80s rock) or the local NPR
affiliate. When I liked a song that had played, I’d make a note of the defining
lyrics, a necessity as DJs seldom report track
titles and my memory is rather poor. Note-taking was accomplished by...