Every time I use OSX my arm hurts from all the mousing I have to do — and that’s not because I don’t know the Mac keyboard shortcuts. The culprit is OSX’s mouse cursor acceleration logic, and here’s how you can fix it to be more Windows-friendly.
Category Archives: Asides
Bad news out of Bombay
Within hours of reading about the Blank Noise Project, I read this. Sick. Sick. Sick. Looks like Bombay is picking up where Delhi left off.
Great 24 Double Episode Yesterday
To the immense relief of Dave Barry and thousands of other 24 fans who wondered if he was getting mellow, Jack returned to fine thigh-shooting form last night. Me, I never doubted him for a minute.
Blondes are an Endangered Species
Blondes are an endangered species: too few people now carry the gene for blondes to last beyond the next two centuries. A study by experts in Germany suggests people with blonde hair are an endangered species and will become extinct by 2202. I suspect gene therapy and designer babies will make the problem moot by then.
The Christian, the Muslim and the Jew
Belmont Club: “The code-poem he wrote and gave to Violette Szabo on her wartime mission is a memorial to a time when a Muslim, Christian and Jew could find it in their hearts to fight Hitler with one word upon their lips: Liberte.”
Movie Trailer Mashups
Movie trailer mashups are going to be the next big thing after Photoshop contests. Check out the hilarious Sleepless in Seattle recut as a horror movie and Back to the Future inspired by Brokeback Mountain.
SmallWindows, Open Source Exposé for Windows
SmallWindows is an excellent open source Exposé-workalike for Windows. It’s still in beta and has some some rough edges, but it’s a snap to download and use. Recommended if you (like me) have 20+ windows open most of the time. (via)
Chaoszone Now Features Asides
The format of a weblog dictates its writing. I’ve tweaked my software so that I can write shorter posts and not feel compelled to Write Substantial Articles every time I want to update the blog.
Google Talk now supports XMPP Federation
Google Talk users can now connect to other Jabber/XMPP users.