My car’s power steering started groaning the other day, which is the classic sign that the power steering fluid is low. So, I stopped by Napa and picked up a small container of Power Steering Fluid.
BMW, in their infinite wisdom, positioned the E36’s power steering fluid reservoir under the engine. This means that, to [...]
I was logged into my blog with IE (I usually use Firefox) when I noticed the following button at the bottom of every admin page:
This takes you to a page that declares, “Internet Explorer can make your computer unsafe. Why not switch to a browser that’s more secure?”. This button only appears when using WordPress [...]
In FireFox (and Internet Explorer 7 as well), you can open a link in a new tab by clicking on it with the scroll wheel. Similarly, you can close an open tab by scroll-wheel clicking it. (Push straight down on the scroll wheel rather than rolling it; it functions like a middle, or third, mouse [...]
Today, while looking at one of my old posts, I discovered that RoadFly’s boards — previously a BMW-oriented site, and the home of bimmer.org — have been completely fucked up by some sort of corporate sell-out. This is quite annoying, and naturally broke the link in my old post.
After some digging through the new [...]
In addition to Windows Vista, we also have Microsoft Office 2007. I fired up Word, and my first thought was:
Where’s the damn menu bar?!
Hmmm. Obviously I need to play around with it more.
Continue reading about Microsoft Word 2007: first impression
I have just upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.0.1. The upgrade has overwritten some of the custom tweaks I added to my previous installation, so you may notice some minor differences (date format, etc). I plan on re-tweaking the .php files again, so things should return to normal soon.
The upgrade was performed with DreamHost’s Web [...]
I reinstalled and updated McAfee VirusScan on my mom’s computer today, and made some annoying discoveries. First, the update functionality is implemented as an ActiveX control. Second, the main interface itself (the SecurityCenter) is also implemented with ActiveX controls, cleverly displayed in a disguised Internet Explorer window.
Now, am I the only one who finds it [...]
I’ve noticed that when I place an em-dash in a post, which is typically represented by two hyphens on the keyboard, WordPress substitutes a single hyphen.
Example:
thought one–thought 2
results in:
thought one–thought 2
But if I add spaces around the –, I get what I want:
thought one — thought 2
results in:
thought one — thought 2
That is a correct [...]