http://www.rare-it.com/blog Whatever keeps me busy, annoys me, what I like and love or just find interesting, but often a place to put my mind at rest. Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:34:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tuesday I was in the hospital for my final checkup. So I hoped. The neurosurgeon thinks my pain is not coming from another hernia but from a nerve. He thinks one of my nerves has been damaged, which basically means I will have to learn to live with this amount ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/19/still-in-pain One of the add-ons still not modified to work with Firefox3 is Zombiekeys. But I found that this inconvenience can easily be fixed. Download the xpi, and open it in your favorite archive manager. Extract the file install.rdf and find the line in the Firefox section that reads: 2.0.0.* Change the 2 ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/09/zombiekeys-with-firefox-3 Tomorrow I'll be having an interview to get back to work. Finally, after almost a year. It's nearby, it's a job I can handle and they don't mind if I can't show up on occassion when I'm experiencing too much pain, so the conditions look promising. I'll keep you posted. http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/09/interview My Windows machine (which else!) seems to be infected with Srizbi. The machine is protected by Trend Micro OfficeScan, by AVG Free, it runs SpyBot and I manually run Ad-Aware. They all say the machine is clean (now). Still, both SpamHaus (CBL) and SpamCop put me on their blacklist as ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/23/dear-lazyweb-srizbi-anyone Firefox 3 has been released and finally I can use the Del.icio.us buttons and more importantly the Google toolbar again. Why these people didn't release a beta/RC-compatible version of their add-ons I can't understand. Like they think nobody uses beta/RC versions? http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/19/finally My sister has a Jura espressomachine. It does everything automatically, so you only have to put in coffee beans and water, and then select the amount (30-240ml) of coffee and how strong (normal, strong, extra strong) you like it. That's it. She and her partner tried a lot of different ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/06/02/coffee I have a good camera (a Canon 350D) with a decent set of lenses and a good flashlight. When I go on vacation, I take it all with me. But I also do that when visiting a restaurant, or when doing some other trip or going to an event. It's ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/27/extra-camera Yesterday I went to the neuro-surgeon because my after-surgery-resting-period was over and he needed to check me out. I already knew things were not what they should be, since I'm in pain all day again since about 1.5-2 weeks now. He prescribed the original medication again, and another 7 weeks ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/09/7-more-weeks A couple of days ago I upgraded my desktop to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, also known as Hardy Heron. I not sure if I like it all. There is no Firefox 2 anymore, only the beta of Firefox 3, which basically means 90% of the plugins don't work. No Google toolbar. ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/05/05/ubuntu-hardy-heron Can you imagine what that is like? Two (2) whole weeks without an internet connection at your fingertips? Just Opera Mini on my cellular, but that's about it. Don't think too long about that question, because I already know the answer. It's what some people would refer to as "hell". ... http://www.rare-it.com/blog/index.php/2008/04/18/two-weeks-without-internet