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“How do I make that funky green raining code that you see in the Matrix, the Matrix Reloaded and the Matrix Revolutions?”

NewsForge: Finding it difficult to keep track of all your usernames and passwords on Web sites, forums, and portals? Don’t start writing them down on scrap paper — get help from a password manager application. I found three open source candidates for this task: Password Gorilla, KeePass Password Safe, and Oubliette.

NO, seriously, that’s what it’s called. don’t blame me. Blame Maddox. Hilarity ensues.

Pictures that were found on P2P networks.

The purpose of this site, is to show you what people are sharing on the internet but probably don’t know they are sharing it. Duh. It’s kind interesting. This site is just wierd, it is kind of interesting but really boring at the same time.

Isn’t it very easy to see that your sharing a directory that has private stuff in it?

YouSendIt lets you send files up to 1GB; your recipients get an easy download link by e-mail. YouSendIt can send securely and scans files for viruses

This hack shows how to upgrade Firefox toolbars and use the new features added. There are many extensions that can be usefully put on toolbars, but currently few extensions do this automatically. This hack focuses on two example extensions that benefit from toolbar icons: InfoLister and Gmail Notifier.

A nice visual java applet that shows you your download and upload speeds. Also tells you your Quality of Service, Round Trip Time, and Max Pause.

There’s a lot of variation depending on the server being used. I got completely different results from the above test, DSL reports and pcpitstop with multiple tests on each.

Google now offers personalized searches, and apparently gives you more accurate results the more often you use it. You use your google account to login, and it tracks all the searches you have made. Snappy calendar included. Google soon to track everywhere you have been, what you have eaten, and what random thoughts you have.

Yep. And “all your searches are belong to us”…

Just because they now allow the user to use this information, doesn’t mean they weren’t using it before. So by definition different users see different search results: there’s no such thing as being “first” or “on the first page” overall in these search results.

I am sure they did this prior to making it a public option, but not near as much as to know exactly where every single person went. Way to many people use Google for them to track individual results.

“In January of this year, I was pulled over by a traffic officer for ‘disobeying a steady red’, a.k.a. running a red light. I pleaded ‘Not Guilty’ to the charge, and today I went to court to find out the fate of my ticket violation. Check out how Google Maps saved me some serious cash, and points on my license!”

Urges Microsoft as the Beta release of the new browser closes in. Some tests are being recommended to be run by developers so that they do not face any trouble when IE 7 does release this summer.

Oh great, time to prepare for adding another string of CSS hacks to my site to prevent IE7 from screwing it up. If activeX is on by default, and you don’t have a list of allowed web sites for installing software in the browser… what is the point? It’ll be as flawed as ever.

The best way to test your browser on IE 7 is to, get this: run the browser and see if it works. Just being “valid” doesn’t mean it’ll show up right. I can’t believe that want the developers to religiously follow a stupid “IE Blog” for updates. Anyway, if IE is supposed to have a better rendering engine, why would the User-Agent string matter? It sounds like this is their way of trying to further force people into using their proprietary formats and other garbage while further alienating themselves from every other OS and software online.

Now, the common masses will finally enjoy tabbed browsing and integrated pop-up blocker, while still enduring spyware. Web development 101: Never ever ever ever EVER rely on the User Agent string for anything.

To prepare for IE 7 I install the latest version of Firefox. There I’m prepared.