Dream with Our Eyes Open

keyboard test

Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:17:36 GMT

Testing my tiny new bluetooth keyboard for my ipad mini.

It feels a little flimsy, and things are in odd places, but it beats the hell out of the soft keyboard, especially for typing a post in HTML.

I keep hitting the slash instead of the space bar, though.

The manufacturer is Anker.

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The Solution to the Firefox URL Bar Issue!

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:09:18 GMT

This is about the issue that was freaking me out last night, after I upgraded my browser. The http:// protocol prefix wasn't showing in URLs (it did show https:// though) in the location/address field.

So I found this last night just before I logged off, but I was feeling hyper and cruddy and didn't trust myself to deal with it. (Today I'm sick - just some cruddy little bug, I think, exacerbated by stress.)

The solution is from Nicole Cozma at CNET, here. I'm going to put a summary in this post, just in case they rearrange their site so I can't find it again when I need it. (These things happen.)

( Cut for a summary of the CNET instructions )

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Help! Who Here Knows Firefox Really Well??

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:18:58 GMT

I just upgraded to Firefox 10, and it seems to be allergic to URLs and stuff!

The location bar doesn't have the http:// prefix, so if I copy that to make links, they're borked. Plus, when I hover over a link on a page, I can't see the URL anywhere! (I'm used to having it show up at the bottom of the page.)

I'm looking for fixes, but I'm not finding them!

HELP! I want to know where links are before I go to them! I want to be able to copy and paste URLs without having to type in the protocol prefix manually!

ETA: OK, I found the URL hover ... it's floating off at right bottom. Still can't find the solution to the http:// in the location field.

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Behold the Awesome Power of the INTARWEBZ plus Democracy!

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:59:03 GMT

SOPA, PIPA lose support from lawmakers on Capitol Hill amid blackout

Co-sponsors who say they can no longer support their own legislation include Senators Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, Roy Blunt, a Missouri Republican, and Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat ... .

- Washington Post

Ben Cardin is one of my Congress-critters, and I wrote to him this morning! Yay! (Yes, I know that chances are he hasn't yet got to my message, and may never, but still - feels good, you know?)

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