mundell.org » Uncategorized http://www.mundell.org A little of this, a little of that Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:12:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 My new photo blog http://www.mundell.org/2006/10/16/my-new-photo-blog/ http://www.mundell.org/2006/10/16/my-new-photo-blog/#comments Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:28:25 +0000 Carrick http://www.mundell.org/2006/10/16/my-new-photo-blog/ Feeling the need to kick my photography habit up a notch, I’ve started yet another blog. This time it’s a photo blog. The intention is to focus my attention on crafting images worthy of their own place. Flickr is a great way to share lots of photos, and I will continue to post lost of photos to Flickr. But the new blog will be my place for highlighting the cream of the crop, such as it is. My hope is this will make me a better photographer. God knows there is plenty of room for improvement.

The site is a work in progress. Come by for a visit and let me know what you think.

Update: OK, so it really is a work in progress, which means it’s going to have a few issues. Like the feeds are little wonky and it’s a little slow to load. I’m working on caching and other tweaks to make it perform better. And navigation needs some work. I may even switch platforms mid-stream if this WordPress hack doesn’t hack it. Stay tuned.

]]> http://www.mundell.org/2006/10/16/my-new-photo-blog/feed/ 0 Google Desktop Search and using Firefox as your default browser http://www.mundell.org/2006/02/10/google-desktop-search-and-using-firefox-as-your-default-browser/ http://www.mundell.org/2006/02/10/google-desktop-search-and-using-firefox-as-your-default-browser/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:33:11 +0000 Carrick http://www.mundell.org/?p=309 For the longest time Google Desktop Search always displayed my search results in Internet Explorer rather than Firefox, my default browser. Try as I might I could not make GDS understand that my default browser really is Firefox and not that blasted IE.

It turns out GDS looks for browser handling instructions in a dimly lit and dusty corner of the Windows Registry, a place not subject to the commands sent from the “Set Program Access and Defaults” applet or “Tools | Options | Default Browser” setting. If you would like to sever ties completely between GDS and IE, here’s how:

  1. Open the registry editor: regedit
  2. Find: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\htmlfile\shell\open\command
  3. You will likely see a string value with the full path to iexplore.exe. Replace the value with: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -nohome
  4. Enjoy GDS once again.

I found this solution in the archives of the Google Desktop Google Group. Thanks CB!

One final note for those who’ve installed the latest GDS v3 beta, do not enable “search across computers.” At this point, it’s an unnecesarry privacy and security risk. More on that here and here.

]]> http://www.mundell.org/2006/02/10/google-desktop-search-and-using-firefox-as-your-default-browser/feed/ 0 Yes oh yes we like the beach http://www.mundell.org/2005/07/25/yes-oh-yes-we-like-the-beach/ http://www.mundell.org/2005/07/25/yes-oh-yes-we-like-the-beach/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:47:19 +0000 Carrick http://www.mundell.org/2005/07/25/yes-oh-yes-we-like-the-beach/ Yes oh yes we like the beach
Having a great time. Wish you were here.

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See more progress on: Use backpack

]]> http://www.mundell.org/2005/04/30/backpackin-it/feed/ 0 NHM RIP http://www.mundell.org/2004/04/21/nhm-rip/ http://www.mundell.org/2004/04/21/nhm-rip/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:44:53 +0000 Carrick http://www.mundell.org/2004/04/21/nhm-rip/ Granddaddy died this morning. He was 94. He taught me many things, most of them silly poems and games, some of which I’m teaching to my children. He was a storyteller. He was always kind and patient and in good spirits. He was a true gentleman and will be missed.

]]> http://www.mundell.org/2004/04/21/nhm-rip/feed/ 0 The barefoot boy with shoes on http://www.mundell.org/2004/03/09/the-barefoot-boy-with-shoes-on/ http://www.mundell.org/2004/03/09/the-barefoot-boy-with-shoes-on/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2004 16:14:17 +0000 Carrick http://www.mundell.org/2004/03/09/the-barefoot-boy-with-shoes-on/ Here’s a variation on a little poem my grandfather would recite when I was a boy. It always made me crack up.

Twas midnight on the ocean
Not a street car was in sight
The sun was shining brightly
For it rained all day that night
Twas a summer day in winter
And the snow was raining fast
As a barefoot boy with shoes on
Stood sitting in the grass

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BTW, the Bible forbids eating or even touching the dead flesh of a pig (Deuteronomy, 14: 8), however, most Christians do not observe this particular stricture. Muslims are generally more rigorous in following this, and other, divine laws. According to the Koran, it is alright to eat pork if you find yourself in a helpless situation, like say, starvation brought upon by war, therefore, being a pig in, say, Afganistan these days doesn’t by law make you any less likely not to get eaten.

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