The Tweezer's Edge v3Blogging the thoughts and adventures of TweezerMan!Keeping tabs on Abe Vigoda- February 25, 2005 Happy birthday, Abe Vigoda! (It was yesterday.) For those of you who want to keep track of whether Abe is alive or dead (and use Firefox), there's an extension that displays Abe's current status in your browser: There's something odd about a browser showing any status as "alive". I wouldn't be surprised if Abe outlived Firefox. (Hat tip: A Small Victory)http://tweezersedge.com/archives/2005/02/000540.html New TCH Family Forums moderator - Me!!- February 25, 2005 Earlier this week, I accepted an offer to be a moderator in the TCH Family Forums. Bill Kish (General Manager and CEO of Total Choice Hosting) said he knew of me from my posts in the Movable Type support forums and wanted to bring my knowledge and skills TCH's users. I am extremely flattered to be a part of the TCH team, and look forward to working with the TCH staff and moderators. While offering my help and advice on the TCH forums, this will be a great opportunity for me to expand my...http://tweezersedge.com/archives/2005/02/000539.html Killing a Zombie- February 17, 2005 Rhye's niece wasn't sure exactly what was wrong with her computer - her main complaint was that it was running very sluggish (and had been for the last several months), and the computer was almost unusable now. She dropped off her computer here so I could take a long look at it and try to fix whatever was wrong with it. If it wasn't just too much junk running on the machine, I suspected that there might be a virus or trojan on the machine, but I wasn't sure until I turned it on. Something...http://tweezersedge.com/archives/2005/02/000534.html Carding senior citizens- February 10, 2005 Jim Leitzel at Vice Squad notes some grocery stores in Wisconsin are carding any and all customers attempting to purchase alcohol or tobacco - including senior citizens. Jim predicts, "that they will stop caring about carding those senior citizens soon, if the clerks haven't informally repudiated the policy already." Maybe - assuming that the clerks can actually tell who should and should not be carded, and that store management has not threatened to fire employees who don't card everyone. I.http://tweezersedge.com/archives/2005/02/000532.html |