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Dec. 3rd, 2007
Geek weather
Dec. 3rd, 2007 01:13 pmI am a very happy user of FireFox by Mozilla and have recently discovered my newest favorite add-on: ForecastFox.
It doesn't eat your PC resources like the weather.com thing that sits in your task bar. And if you have a browser window open all day (like I do as our support software is browser based), it's conveniently right at the bottom of the window all unobtrusive-like.
Our friend Gary is an IT guy and he was playing with Tim's new laptop this weekend (and broke it, hehe). Anyhoo, he was asking why anyone would want to use up memory on a second browser app like FireFox when the operating system already comes with a perfectly good one like Internet Explorer. (I'm all geek proud of my husband for knowing good reasons why). Tim said it was because most of the malicious security bugs prey on IE primarily, so using FireFox helps reduce that risk. I like it because it makes sense to me and I don't feel like it is secretly watching, tracking, and reporting on my every move. Plus, the fact that it is Open Source gives me minor warm fuzzies. And it is becoming more and more rare that I find a site that doesn't render or function just as well (if not better) than IE.
I do have to write the disclaimer that I have not done any extensive testing, but I haven't had any reason to, either.
It doesn't eat your PC resources like the weather.com thing that sits in your task bar. And if you have a browser window open all day (like I do as our support software is browser based), it's conveniently right at the bottom of the window all unobtrusive-like.
Our friend Gary is an IT guy and he was playing with Tim's new laptop this weekend (and broke it, hehe). Anyhoo, he was asking why anyone would want to use up memory on a second browser app like FireFox when the operating system already comes with a perfectly good one like Internet Explorer. (I'm all geek proud of my husband for knowing good reasons why). Tim said it was because most of the malicious security bugs prey on IE primarily, so using FireFox helps reduce that risk. I like it because it makes sense to me and I don't feel like it is secretly watching, tracking, and reporting on my every move. Plus, the fact that it is Open Source gives me minor warm fuzzies. And it is becoming more and more rare that I find a site that doesn't render or function just as well (if not better) than IE.
I do have to write the disclaimer that I have not done any extensive testing, but I haven't had any reason to, either.
dog adventures
Dec. 3rd, 2007 09:25 pmMe = dumb puppy mom
So, today I forgot my backpack at home when I left back for work after lunch. So, en route to school after work, I stopped by the house to pick it up - sneakily using the front door, thereby not alerting the dog to my presence so she does not start barking and whining and the such.
Except as I got my keys out and put them in the lock, she greeted me.
As in, she was on the step below me.
In the front yard.
Not in the backyard in the kennel we built for her this summer.
Completely untethered and happily wiggly her butt about.
Arooo?
As my brain tried to wake up from the "it's past 5pm and I was shut off for the past half hour at work" to comprehend the "oh shit my dog has been running around the neighborhood for the past three hours", I somehow managed to get myself and the dog in the house, put the dog's bed in the crate, lock the dog in the crate, give her a treat, and still get my backpack and get to class on time.
So I come home from class and let the dog out of her crate in the house. She kinda looks lost for a while before I realize that I threw her chewy squeak ball away yesterday as she had ripped it open and was tearing out the stuffing. She lives for this ball (and its predecessor) so I thought I'd go into her kennel and get a chew toy for her until we get her another ball. She gets all excited to go outside again.
Stupid me thinks that since she greeted me at home, that would mean she'd stay home with me if I let her out.
Flash forward 40 minutes (did I mention it is only 9 degrees outside?) to me wandering through the alleys, back yards and side yards of the neighbors the next block down chasing after a dog that will let you get within a foot of her before she takes off to sniff the next garbage pile. I finally give up as my ears are frozen, my face is starting to hurt and I can't hear her jingling tags any more. I shlup down the alley and up the block towards my house. And see the dog sitting under her tree in our front yard waiting for me. She runs up to me and lets me grab her collar.
So much for studying for tomorrow's midterm all night tonight.
Obedience classes at the humane society start Wednesday night. Thank goodness for that!!!
So, today I forgot my backpack at home when I left back for work after lunch. So, en route to school after work, I stopped by the house to pick it up - sneakily using the front door, thereby not alerting the dog to my presence so she does not start barking and whining and the such.
Except as I got my keys out and put them in the lock, she greeted me.
As in, she was on the step below me.
In the front yard.
Not in the backyard in the kennel we built for her this summer.
Completely untethered and happily wiggly her butt about.
Arooo?
As my brain tried to wake up from the "it's past 5pm and I was shut off for the past half hour at work" to comprehend the "oh shit my dog has been running around the neighborhood for the past three hours", I somehow managed to get myself and the dog in the house, put the dog's bed in the crate, lock the dog in the crate, give her a treat, and still get my backpack and get to class on time.
So I come home from class and let the dog out of her crate in the house. She kinda looks lost for a while before I realize that I threw her chewy squeak ball away yesterday as she had ripped it open and was tearing out the stuffing. She lives for this ball (and its predecessor) so I thought I'd go into her kennel and get a chew toy for her until we get her another ball. She gets all excited to go outside again.
Stupid me thinks that since she greeted me at home, that would mean she'd stay home with me if I let her out.
Flash forward 40 minutes (did I mention it is only 9 degrees outside?) to me wandering through the alleys, back yards and side yards of the neighbors the next block down chasing after a dog that will let you get within a foot of her before she takes off to sniff the next garbage pile. I finally give up as my ears are frozen, my face is starting to hurt and I can't hear her jingling tags any more. I shlup down the alley and up the block towards my house. And see the dog sitting under her tree in our front yard waiting for me. She runs up to me and lets me grab her collar.
So much for studying for tomorrow's midterm all night tonight.
Obedience classes at the humane society start Wednesday night. Thank goodness for that!!!
