Best geek news in quite a while: the Mono project has finally released version 1.00! It’s always great to see open source projects get to that first big milestone. For those of you who aren’t in the know, Mono is an open source implementation of the Microsoft .NET framework. This is because even hardcore, anti-Microsoft, open source geeks had to admit that .NET was a pretty amazing accomplishment. Although I’m not one of those hardcore geeks, I don’t like Microsoft’s implementation. If you like to code, check out SharpDevelop — it’s a wicked awesome IDE that is modelled pretty closely on Microsoft Visual Studio. However, it uses Mono.
HP was kind enough to return my computer yesterday, so I’ve spent most of my free time since then getting up to speed. Both of the Mozilla projects I follow, Firefox and Thunderbird, have released new versions. As far as I can tell, the only change is fixing that shell: protocol security issue that was discovered a few days back. Speaking of new versions, a while back Firefox gained the ability for users to customize what search engines they can access through the search box. I just added IMDB, freedb.org, and Dictionary.com. Try it out.
And speaking of IMDB, I’ve got the strangest urge to watch Detroit Rock City, which is a few years older than I remember. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it — who wants to watch it?
In other news, I got an email letting me beta test w.bloggar 4.00, since I’m a special member or something (I donated a few bucks through PayPal). The verdict? It seems to be exactly the same. Well, that’s not quite true — it will finally open links in the default web browser, instead of Internet Explorer, and there’s an option to insert XHTML compliant tags. However, it still doesn’t let me edit extended text. However, that’s not a real big shortcoming.
From the big shortcomings department, however, have you noticed that Windows will complain about not being able to find “www.whatever.com” when you enter an address into the Run box and Firefox is your default browser? I’ve found the solution to the problem on JonGalloway.ToString(). The solution is pretty simple, so if that’s been bugging you, fear not.
Anyway, I’m off to play with the GMail account Pugsley gave me (so far, not really impressed). Later.
Comments
Keddy@home
mark you home?
I got what ya been lookin for…..Wooooohhhooooo baby i got ya need….
Mark@Couch
Creepy.
Mark@Giggling
We should all pool our money together and open up a stand on the Halifax waterfront that sells bags of peanuts. We can call it the Nutsack Shack.
Who’s in?
Janet@Russell-s
First of all. what exactly does Keddy have that you need? i am more than a little creeped out.
as for your idea i am in but i have two suggestions for the name
suggestion the first "Mark’s Salty Nutsack Shack"
suggestion the second "Nut’s Galore"
"come to Halifax and eat our Nuts"
Have fun at work.
Keddy@home
mmmmmmmmm nuts… TILLY IS DOWN….
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Mark@Work
Salty nutsack…haha.
I just ripped a keyboard apart. I’m bored.
Russell
Great find with that firefox fix, it’s about time. Also regarding open source projects reaching 1.0, the <a href="http://www.xboxmediacenter…. Media Center Project</a> (XBMC) recently reached that milestone as well (on June 29th). Which means that almost all bugs have been worked out (only a few minor ones left) and the feature freeze has finally been lifted!
Russell
well that link is gross… let’s try that again: http://www.xboxmediacenter.de
Keddy@home
new layout isnt completely functional
Keddy@home
my Quote was from a song.
Tony
erm.. I don’t like how the comments aren’t seperated.
Tony
test
Tony
woah. Something flashed after I clicked ‘Add Comment’. It was a page full of text. I dunno what it was. weird.
Mark@Work
It was FOUC. Unfortunately, this new layout suffers from an Internet Explorer bug that causes it to show the page without any CSS for a split second. It’s easy to fix, I’ll do it on my lunch break.