Some interesting (or perhaps not so) findings over the weekend…

For the Firefox users out there, try this little gem that I discovered at Mozilla Tips.

“…Type “about:config” in the addressline, and you will be taken to a page listing several hundred options. Some of them are very useful. Bold lines indicate that their settings is different from default.

You can disable functions that websites use to close, move or resize windows, remove your toolbars or the systembuttons (maximize, minimize etc.). You can unfreeze frames and a lot more.”

Very cool! In the same vein, if you normally use about:blank for your home page, try about:mozilla. Works in IE too, though I’m sure you aren’t using that anymore.

I spent the weekend nursing a really stiff neck; I always enjoy that. Nothing like not really being able to turn your head without moving your shoulders.

I also tried, unsuccessfully, to set up an NIS server. “Unable to mount the NFS entries from /etc/fstab” in case anyone has any ideas… I get a real kick out of it and it doesn’t piss me off when it doesn’t work. I just go off and try to find an answer. I’m really liking Linux even though I feel like its 1997 again, and I’m staring at Windows 95, thinking “what the hell is going on?”

I’m back to work tomorrow and truthfully feeling a bit indifferent to the idea. The people are great and so is the company but I’ve noted that I’m not getting the same charge out of it any more. After all I’ve been through in the past four years, I guess it’s amazing that I even try. Financially, the tech years have been a disaster. But I did it and have no regrets.

That company in Richmond had me down there three times in five days and now I haven’t heard much from them in two weeks. As I understand it, it’s the dreaded ‘management approval’ stuff again.

Maybe I’m just frustrated. Actually, I know that I am but something needs to happen soon. Like August soon or I might call it a day. I have insurance for seven more months but you barely exist on it. No way will I be as patient as last time.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about all this crap, particularly this weekend. I find it ironic that the things I value the most now, are the very things that I gave up so readily in 2000. The things that I used to dismiss as ‘part of the game’ are now real issues (blocking, as we say in the biz) and frankly, viewed as a downside.

So now what’s the next move? That’s a really good question…