In its rush before the November elections…the FTC is consdering imposing a 5% TAX on consumer electronics to help out the floundering MSM organizations. They’re even extending this to broadcast spectrum and also on advertising.
What a lovely idea. NOT.
Europe is finally coming to grips with the idea that cradle-to-grave socialism, meaning taxing the s**t out of everything and foisting its Giant Government Nipple on its subjects. Оба́ма continues to push us to that model. I can see November from my house, can you?

Pardon me while I clean up my photo directories here…in the meantime, here’s an interesting article which reports that a growing number of Blackberry owners are contemplating dropping them in favor of either the iPhone or Droid, depending on which service they actually have: AT&T for the iPhone or Verizon/TMobile for the Android OS phones.
I finally got up off my a** and started putzing around with actually using my phone’s mobile browser, being driven by our need to keep a sharp eye on our balance. My contract is coming up soon, and what I can learn on my own will determine which system I go with…as long as the Android OS can also sync with The Official System. Preliminary research indicates that it can…and that is a good thing.

Decided to take a couple of days off from the blog, while my recovery from the back issue continues…it’s finally picking up steam (so to speak). So what have I been doing, besides sitting on my a** and limping around with my cane, you ask?

Well, I’m consolidating all the phrases I’ve had over the years and putting them in TextExpander. It’s definitely a work in progress. So in case you have that app, here’s a freebie for ya:

ccyh = “All of this has happened before, and will happen again…again…again…again…again…again…again…again….”

Three guesses as to where that comes from, and the first two don’t count.

For a while, The Mrs. was concerned I’d want to buy one of these. I assured her that’s not what I have in mind. She apparently was pleased with my answer.
I hope.

More troubles popping up with Safari/WebKit, so while I set up The Mrs. with Firefox, I went back to that good ol’ standby of Camino. They released 2.0 on November 18, so I wasn’t too far off.

I don’t care if it still scores 72 on the Acid3 test. So if you want to check Camino out, you know what to do.

I’m picky about my folder icons. After using another alternate design for quite some time, I find these icons from The Iconfactory, well, quite refreshing. Apparently they also work for Vista users too. Go Ye and Check these out. The Macker Commands It!

Actually, it took over for me about an hour and a half ago. But who’s counting anyway? From the wires:

IS MAC TABLET COMING? Good question. Steve Jobs is spending an awful lot of time on the subject.

PMSNBC = VOMITORIUM: I’ll have to remember that designation for those folks…It’s so apropos!

DON’T HIT THE TV: Seems that there is a slight flaw in the new Cowboys Stadium, as shore ‘nuff purty it is. Hey, nothing is perfect in this world.

This may likely be the last update before Snow Leopard is released:

O Ye Who Use and Enjoy Macs! Go Ye and select Software Update from the Apple Menu and download 10.5.8. Or go here for the manual update. The Macker Commands It!

Why it’s Reza Pahlavi, the son of the former Shah of Iran!

Great choice there!

Now here’s a unique usage for the iPod Touch:

I wonder if it’s hardened against, say, EMP….

These icons are amusing to say the least. But I don’t think he was aware of one more from the series….

This past Monday, Apple went full release with Safari 4, which addressed security concerns. I also found the tab bar was too damn dark, which for me is a major pain in the a**.
So, with a little help from this link, and about 20 minutes’ time with Photoshop (remember folks, don’t forget to save an original copy before doing this), I was able to fix this to match the rest of the interface I work with. Good thing too. I could have waited for the inevitable list of Terminal fixes, but I was actually in a “putzing around” mode for once.
A brave soul am I.

O Ye Who Use and Enjoy Macs! Go Ye and select Software Update from the Apple Menu and download 10.5.7. Or go here for the manual update. The Macker Commands It!

I sure don’t but perhaps there might be someone who does:

Dang.

Now here’s a significant new beta from Apple:

Having the navigation tabs on top is definitely interesting, as is the Top Sites which automatically pops up after launch. Of course, WebKit as well as some other extensions will have to tweak their code to take advantage of the new features.
Now where’s that Kent Dorfman sound when I need it?

UPDATE (02/25/2009; 1615 MST): You no likey tabls on top? Go here. Cut & Paste. Fixed!