Here is a new extension for firefox / gmail. I’m going to have to give it a try.
I found this blog from slash dot the other day. This girl from Australia is going to sail around the world, alone, with no resupply. If accomplished, she’ll be the youngest to sail around the world. She is a few weeks in and is blogging each day on her journey. Read here blog here.
Getting back to basics, time to review the This is Why You’re Fat web page. Every time I view the web pages full of dinner ideas, I have the feeling of throwing up in my mouth. 
Lots of new posts in the past year, one of my favorites is:
Eggs inside individual bologna cups topped with mayo and Velveeta cheese.
(Submitted by Brandon)
I think I know someone named Brandon, and perhaps he has some extra bologna cups in his refrigerator.
Since I have a minor in CS, work in computer technology, and am a nerd, I seem to get the dreaded chore of helping people with computers. All part of the fun, is being the recipient of all those crappy emails from people. To define crappy, I should explain that the majority of these are email hoaxes. Emails about Walmart perfume, famous paintings and stupid email chains.
Before you forward another email to anyone, you really should check out these websites to see if they are hoaxes:
http://www.sophos.com/security/hoaxes/
I’ve never let anyone email me too long before pointing out these hoax websites. If they continue they get one last warning, then if there is another violation, they get the world famous “Don’t email me again” email. It is always a good idea to let them know if they want to send pictures, or have original stuff that you’ll love to receive it.
The only thing worse than hoax emails, are the stupid political / abortion / immigration / anti-Muslim / hatefilled / closeminded emails. I cannot stand closed minded people, which means I’m closed minded about them, therefore I can’t stand myself. Anyways, I educate myself with the facts for which way I vote, I don’t plan on having an abortion anytime soon, I don’t fear other races or their culture, I don’t hate any religion, and I have time to formulate my own opinion. So no need to send me pre-processed opinion, the emails have little fact and usually only appeal to emotion. It is too bad that people still spread these types of emails, as it does not help resolve any of the topics they discuss, usually they only anger people further, indoctronate the simple minded, and create more hatred about topics that need a solution better than angery people.
Found this cool sight with top ten lists about all kinds of topics. Here are some of my favorite ones:
Here is some simple steps to give you a filedownloads.yourdomain.com feature to share files with others. This example is for Debian setup, but can easily be ported over for other linux flavors.
Setup folder in your home directory:
mkdir /home/yourname/filedownloads
add index.php file to it: ( from here )
<?
$filepath = “/home/yourname/filedownloads/”;
$dir_handle = @opendir($path) or die(“Unable to open your $filepath”);
while ($file = readdir($dir_handle)){
if($file == “.” || $file == “..” || $file == “index.php” )
continue;
echo “<a href=\”$file\”>$file</a><br />”;
}
closedir($dir_handle);
?>
append to apache setup file at /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
# public file download
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /home/yourname/filedownloads
ServerName filedownloads.yourdomain.com
</VirtualHost>
Restart apache daemon
/etc/init.d/apache restart
Everything you put inside the folder /home/yourname/filedownloads will now show up as a link on the web under filedownloads.yourdomain.com.
One valuable thing that I’ve learned in my life is that it never is good to wait on an apology. When I was younger, it never seemed important to have quick timing to say that I’m sorry for something, as I knew it would have to happen anyways, so what’s the rush. Sometimes we also think that if time just passes by, that somehow it is equivalent to apologizing too. But this is all wrong, the apology needs to be said, and it needs to be said quickly.
One good example happened just this summer at church. I told someone that they really should be a better example to their brother, mostly in a joking manner, to try to get them ( he and his brother ) to be a bit more faithful at reading the scriptures. The older brother took offense, as I was out of bounds. I did not even know the heartache that I caused, and was surprised to here from someone that what I said did damage. When I heard of my mistake, I immediately drove over to his house to make things right. I didn’t wait a week, or even till the next day, or one hour. The quick timing helped quickly heal the trouble, and really helped square things up. I’m glad that someone had the guts to tell me there was trouble, as sometimes people only delight in the error, rather than really fixing the problem. Good news is that both of the brothers are doing a bit better in their studies.
I’ve found that married life is no different, it is always good to be quick on the, “I’m Sorry”. Also having an attitude to be quick to forgive makes all the difference. There is no need to hold onto the past, being angry for a week, or days at a time. Learning to forgive quickly is important in any relationship that needs to last a long time. I’m always amazed when I hear couples arguing, bringing up problems from that past, as if they are stockpiled ammunition. There is not mutual hope for forgiveness, as neither are willing to forget the mistakes from the past.
Hopefully we all can put a bit more effort into getting the courage to quickly make amends, and quickly forgiving those that have caused us harm in any way. We will all be better for it, and will be able to make life better for everyone involved.
I got my hands on a MacBook Pro a couple weeks ago, so it is time for a review. First of all, I’m not a master of any operating system, but I am at least familiar enough with them to make a pretty good judgment. First the things I like, then the ones I don’t.
Like:
1. Really fast boot and shutdown time. The laptop only takes a few moments to start up, comparable to stripped down version of linux, or at least a linux server. The shutdown time is amazing, like 2 seconds.
2. Eye candy – The icons are cool, and you can tell someone really has spent some good time making application icons look really nice. The dock is nice for the application you always start up.
3. Terminal – The blessed terminal, with all of its wonderful powers. I was able to run most all the commands I use regularly, and found myself at home with it. VI, nano, ssh and sftp all installed and ready to go, what else do you need.
Dislikes:
1. Application UI handling. I’m not sure of all the correct names for part, but that top tool bar sucks. If you click the ‘X’ at the top of any form, the application does not really close, all the menu stays at the top, the icon stays in the dock. You exited nothing, and that is stupid. I should not have to go into the menu to close an application.
2. Apples web site and tech support suck. Believe me.
3. Costs money, pseudo open source, not a lot of apps ported from windows / linux. I got Subversion and Git installed, command line only. ( Which is really fine by me ) I couldn’t find a tortoise type application, built in text editor sucks, no notepad++ 
4. Everything starts with a lower case i, and that is also stupid.
