Entries from November 2005 ↓

Still busy hiding pr0n but I had a few URL’s I wanted to post. So much easier than an actual entry…

1. del.icio.us has come out with a new extension that makes posting a one click affair. Just like del.icio.us post but a bit more intergrated into Firefox.
2. speaking of Firefox, 1.5 is now out. I’ve been using rc3 for a while now and it’s great on Windows but still a few bugs in the Mac version, even with the Final release.
3. a new site was launched a while ago which aggregates digg.com, slashdot and del.icio.us/popular. If you are a fan of any or all of these sites, have a look at diggdot.us
4. finally, if you’re feeling a bit restricted by your own living situation, have a gander at the Architecture of Density. Your feelings of confinement should pass shortly…

Sunday evening and I’ve finally found some time to post. Normally I have little to say but the past few weeks have been crazy busy. So there you go, my official excuse.

I’ve pretty much wrapped up the site I was working on. Next weekend it goes ‘live’. That’s what people in the business say; “when’s it going live?” It was an interesting project to work on. Not so much the work but working for someone else. There was really no design work; it was just backend grunt work. A theme was selected and I hacked and tweaked it a little. No biggie.

I wasn’t hired to give design input, just to do it and it was odd. I would have done it differently had it been for me but it wasn’t. In any event, the client is always right. Right? With that being said, it was a cool experience and I learned a lot from doing it. Hopefully I can do a little more of this in the future.

While all this was going on, I was continuing to test Flock when I had some time to spare. Flock had taken a back seat to the website but once I had that wrapped up, I was back to it. That also has been a very cool experience and I’ve been learning a lot. Lloyd is all things QA at Flock and he seems like a pretty good guy. I’d love to be on that project officially but I’m not sure about the hours he works. Maybe if I were a few years younger!

With MiHwa due here next week, there are a ton of things to get ready. Clean the apartment, hide the pr0n, make room in the closet and bathroom for her stuff. Things like that… She’ll barely be adjusted before we’re off the the L7 xmas party. So much for the long evenings sitting in front of the computer. Which is a good thing…

Changing XP start menu delay

I found this tip on TipMonkies. You can change the delay setting for the Start menu when it opens. The default delay setting is quite slow, even more so on older systems. This tip will make it so the menu will open faster or slower depending on what you want.

[notmyfault] Editing the Windows registry should only be done if you have made a backup first and you feel comfortable editing the registry. If you bugger up the registry you could render your machine unusable.[/notmyfault]

Here?s how:

* Open the Start menu, click on Run, then type regedit and click OK.
* Find the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop.
* Find the string value MenuShowDelay, then right-click Modify and edit the value.
* The default value is set to 400, you can change this to whatever you like. The lower the number the faster it will open.

I did this registry edit to my own system and set the delay value to 50 on mine and it opens quite fast now with no lag. You should notice a sizable speed difference after this hack.

Now if you are one who is fond of pranks, this hack would work the other way as well?

* select your favorite victim
* set value to 40000
* patiently wait for hapless computer user