Continuing with the Portal theme, my Portal Terminal.
This has to be my favorite 404 page of most recent time, if not of all time.
Safari 5 and extensions
When Safari 5 introduced extensions, it gave me a compelling reason to try it out. I have been a diehard Firefox user since mid 2005 when I discovered the browser during my Windows days, and since it was cross platform, I happily continued using Firefox on my first MacBook. With the recent releases of Firefox 3.6 becoming slower and more unstable, I began seeking out a new browser, but that’s for another post.
Here are the current extensions that I find incredibly useful for Safari 5:
AdBlock: The first extension I install in any browser to clean up the web.
SafariRestore: Restores your previous Safari sessions on startup.
Gentle Status Bar: By far the best looking and behaving fade-away status bar for Safari. Sure, it may not have any options, but it doesn’t need them.
NoMoreiTunes: Prevents iTunes from launching on preview pages.
A Cleaner YouTube: Makes watching videos an eye-pleasing experience.
YouTube Wide: Widens YouTube videos without the extra click. Absolutely excellent when paired with A Cleaner YouTube.
FaceBlock: Simply blocks Facebook ads.
Nutella merch
This makes my new favorite snack that much better.
Love Help Desk.
Looks like attending college has finally paid off
Looks like attending college has finally paid off
Free Amazon Prime for a year with a .edu email address.
Pioneer One is pretty much awesome. It’s an original dramatic series created by Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith. The pilot was shot for $6000 and is available for free download via bittorrent. If you have a free 35 minutes, watch it. It will be worth your time.
Whenever I have my MacBook Pro out in public I always get complements and comments about my wallpaper.
When it comes to them, I’m a very hard person to please. Most wallpaper, I can’t stand for more than 15 minutes. Others, I’ll use others for weeks, sometimes months at a time.
(The picture atop this post has been my wallpaper for a few weeks now).
What draws me to it is that it is such a serene place, photographed at the absolute wrong time. Most people wouldn’t want to be here with an encroaching storm and the construction that is taking place, yet I find it oddly inviting. The photo seems to be beckoning me into one of the houses on the hilltop. I find myself wanting to curl up with a hot cup of Earl Grey Bravo and a good book; to spend the afternoon reading and looking out over the ocean.
I love landscape wallpapers, but if you give me a beautiful beach with a cliché sunset I won’t be able to stand it for more than a day. Give me something like the above, and who knows when I’ll be able to find a picture suitable enough to take its place.
One of my favorite web comics.