In the 99 days since Firefox 1.0’s launch, 25 million users who got tired of Internet Exploder’s BS (myself included) have downloaded this slick, fast browser and more are downloading every day!
It’s gotten to the point where Microsoft had to respond...and they have in announcing IE 7. We’ll soon see if they can live up to Firefox’s challenge!

...which I most assuredly would NOT want to be, my name could stand for:

Want to generate your own Cyborg name? Click here.

Are you still having problems putting your frustrations over the result of the election into words? Then you need the Autorantic Virtual Moonbat, courtesy of Sean Gleeson!

I downloaded Mozilla’s Firefox 1.0 open-source browser last night and installed it on my computer…AND I LIKE IT! Here’s a screenshot. Click on it for a full-size view. So far, it’s a lot smaller than Netscape. Try half the size. But then again Netscape has all kinds of stuff jammed into it too. There are quite a few elements in Firefox that also show up in Apple’s Safari browser (which I also use), and that’s because one of the guys who worked on the initial development of Firefox went to work for Apple. USA Today has a story on the initial surge for an alternate browser.
If you want to improve your web browsing experience and you can’t stand how Internet Exploder has become shot full of security holes, or if you don’t like how bloated Netscape is…then go for Firefox! You won’t regret it!

A few years ago when I was still living in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti, MI area I stumbled (with help from the saurusmeister) upon a WEIRDDD online cartoon called “Badger Badger Badger.” Now the guy which created that sensation has a bunch of others, and the three I’ve seen so far are “Choccy,” “Breadfish,” and “Kenya.” Be prepared.

SpaceShipOne lands safely after reaching space for the second time in less than a week. It WINS the Ansari X Prize of $10 MILLION to the first private spacecraft which can complete two spaceflights within a two-week time frame. The photo here is of SpaceShipOne landing after completing this historic flight. ONLY IN AMERICA!
CONGRATULATIONS to Burt Rutan, Paul Allen, pilots Michael Melvill and Brian Binnie, and the entire SpaceShipOne team on this magnificent achievement which not only puts it on the same historic par as Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, but opens up an entirely new era of manned spaceflight by private firms!

A Princeton physicist loves M&Ms. OK, no big deal. But when his students present him with a 55-gallon drum of the stuff he goes to work on it and discovers something very interesting about them….

Chris Muir, creator of the Day by Day online comic strip, is endeavoring to get it syndicated. YOU CAN HELP by clicking on the graphic above. It will take you to the strip’s web site for more instructions. It is also a good chance for you to read just how fun this strip really IS!

I couldn’t resist…this was my result. Try it yourself!

Sometimes I find myself smacking my own forehead: why the heck did I toss…er, give to my cousin actually…my Hot Wheels collection when I was 14? Man, these were way cool back then and they’re still way cool today! Some of the models I had would be worth quite a bit of money these days.
Then again, I could start collecting them again. Who knows?

Check this out. I’ve recently found a new pen-pal in Russia, and it’s an international exchange. I’m teaching her English, she is teaching me Russian. I admit I have the tougher part of the bargain because it’s generally agreed that native English-speakers find learning Russian difficult, but not as hard as, say, Arabic.
So here is my name, as rendered in Russian:

Translated back into English, it means Dzosh Robertovich (Son of Robert) Spenser. Cool eh.

Found this interesting little billboard generator (click on the sign):

Hey I never said I was perfect….

I somehow ended up as Joey Bishop. Interested? Go take the test.