recreation of a post eaten by the internet gremlins
I had this really long post typed up about how great the Opera browser is because of it's mail and news clients, but when I went to submit it blog.com apparently hiccupped and now it's totally lost. So here's the quick version of that post, which will still be pretty long.
1. Opera has a built in mail client that is awesome and checks mail automatically whenever Opera is open. Reading mail is just like opening webpages, uses the same window, new tab, same commands.
2. Opera also has a news reader that sets up RSS subscriptions to various sites and opens the articles in new tabs. The rest of this post was generated from the news client, with one exception.
3. This article about Barack Obama reminds me to say "Don't nominate Hilary Clinton you dumbshits!" Could anybody possibly mobilize the Republican hordes more than her? Let's get it right this time. Had General Clark gotten the nomination last time Bush might have been relegated to the single term bin of presidents where he belongs. For the record, I'm not endorsing Obama. I don't know enough about him or any of the other potential candidates. I just know there's no way in hell Clinton could win.
4. Netflix will dominate the home movie landscape for the next few years. I think that kiosks where films are downloaded to thumb drives is a better solution than online downloads or streams of movies because of fewer security concerns and people without access to high speed internet could still access the product. But what do I know?
5. China has a state-sponsored Catholic church? How many Hail Mary's do you give for suppression of the Tibetan people? Just curious.
6. [deleted for not working. i hate this freakin' internet!]
7. This article on evolution and carnivores is pretty interesting, but I think they gloss over the enormous predatory dinosaur problem too easily.
8. When did Venezuala elect Rush Limbaugh? Now that's statesmanship!
9. Meanwhile, in the forgotten war ...
10. Stuff like this is why I have often thought of moving to Canada.
11. Not to totally rehash the debate that raged through this digital space several months ago, but here's more about antibiotic resistance in the news.
1. Opera has a built in mail client that is awesome and checks mail automatically whenever Opera is open. Reading mail is just like opening webpages, uses the same window, new tab, same commands.
2. Opera also has a news reader that sets up RSS subscriptions to various sites and opens the articles in new tabs. The rest of this post was generated from the news client, with one exception.
3. This article about Barack Obama reminds me to say "Don't nominate Hilary Clinton you dumbshits!" Could anybody possibly mobilize the Republican hordes more than her? Let's get it right this time. Had General Clark gotten the nomination last time Bush might have been relegated to the single term bin of presidents where he belongs. For the record, I'm not endorsing Obama. I don't know enough about him or any of the other potential candidates. I just know there's no way in hell Clinton could win.
4. Netflix will dominate the home movie landscape for the next few years. I think that kiosks where films are downloaded to thumb drives is a better solution than online downloads or streams of movies because of fewer security concerns and people without access to high speed internet could still access the product. But what do I know?
5. China has a state-sponsored Catholic church? How many Hail Mary's do you give for suppression of the Tibetan people? Just curious.
6. [deleted for not working. i hate this freakin' internet!]
7. This article on evolution and carnivores is pretty interesting, but I think they gloss over the enormous predatory dinosaur problem too easily.
8. When did Venezuala elect Rush Limbaugh? Now that's statesmanship!
9. Meanwhile, in the forgotten war ...
10. Stuff like this is why I have often thought of moving to Canada.
11. Not to totally rehash the debate that raged through this digital space several months ago, but here's more about antibiotic resistance in the news.
4. For some reason in my mind Blockbuster is lumped in with Wells Fargo, Time Warner, SBC, and all the utilities companies who fuck people over.
10. Another reason I'm ready for the political pendulum to swing. Shit like the environment, health care, and education need to get back in the limelight. (Comment this)