Archive for May, 2010

Testing Out DDG

Friday, May 28th, 2010


This is a link to DuckDuckGo

Sometimes things bug me… OK, often things bug me. Google might be a decent search engine, but it just bugs me how they want to rule the world. They want to make people as dependent on them as possible and then that'll put them in a position to dole out the information the way they see fit. Most people don't give a shit, but then again… most people are complacent as all fucking hell and that's why our planet sucks donkey balls.

I occasionally look for a better engine, and today I ran across DuckDuckGo. Yeah the name is fucked up but it seems to work pretty well so far. I had some trouble integrating it into SeaMonkey though, seems that SeaMonkey sucks for adding in new search engines. Here's some tips:

1. Seriously, if you are not using SeaMonkey you're missing out. IE is a pig, FireFox has that craptastic bar, and Opera is out to lunch. Go get SeaMonkey.

2. You need to go to the searchplugins folder in your SeaMonkey directory and put in this little PNG file.

3. In that same directory, create a text file called iduckit.src and put the following crap in it

# Mozilla/Duckduckgo plug-in
#
# I just copied shit from the existing plugins and modified them to
# point me to duckduckgo.com instead.
# Last updated 2010-05-28 – Snorkasaurus

<search
name="DuckDuckGo"
description="DuckDuckGo Search Engine"
method="GET"
action="http://duckduckgo.com"
queryCharset="utf-8"
>

<input name="q" user>
<inputnext name="page" factor="1">
<inputprev>

<interpret
browserResultType="result"
charset="utf-8"
resultListStart='<html>'
resultListEnd='</html>'
resultItemStart='class="L4"'
resultItemEnd='class="T1"'
>

</search>

4. Open SeaMonkey and go to Edit -> Preferences. Under the Browser section you'll see an entry for Internet Search. There is where you can select DuckDuckGo as your default search engine.

5. Open SeaMonkey and go to the URL about:config. This may give you a warning telling you to be careful. This URL shows you a whack of configuration options for SeaMonkey. In the search bar at the top you should type in browser.search.defaulturl. You should see only 1 entry, and you should double click on that entry so you can change it to say http://duckduckgo.com/?q=.

6. Now type keyword.URL in the search bar and change that one to http://duckduckgo.com/?q= as well.

Now go use DuckDuckGo and see how you like it eh.

A Fire In The Woods

Thursday, May 27th, 2010


There was a fire here recently. That may not be a big deal to some folks but here in the woods it can be a bitch. I think if I had not called the FD, it would have been quite devastating. It was pretty harsh anyways I guess. I went in Tom's plane and got some shots that can be found on my pics website which is powered by Plogger.

Yeah… The Bike Is Pretty Sweet

Monday, May 24th, 2010


I was taking some shots today so I could post some crap on usedottawa.com when I decided to snap one of the bike. Pretty booyeah I'd say.

Click on me for larger image

Click on me for larger image

Honk Honk!!!

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010


Why can't I just post more shit here? Have I just run out of shit to rant about? Is this just a diary of the stupid things that fill my life up with whatever my life is full of? Anyways, tonight we took the boat out for the first real spin of 2010. Boo fuckin' yeah.

Or Does It?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010


So yesterday I got my first freephoneline.ca number… I screwed around with it and decided that it was good enough to continue testing today. So today I deleted my account and I created a new one. This time I did my best to get a number that I liked. Then just a couple short hours after I got my new number I got a call from 9794460366 telling me that I had won a vacation. I pressed 1 to learn more and some chick identified herself as being from "Sunset Group". When I asked about their wardialer instead of my vacation I got a recorded voice telling me that I had been put on their do not call list. Now is this just a really really strange coincidence or perhaps these fucks just happened to have the 613-366 exchange in their system? Either way, fuck you Sunset Group. Fuck you.

This Free Phone Line Thing Rocks

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010


So on the advice of a couple of people, I went to FreePhoneLine.ca and signed up for a free line. It turned out to be pretty bitchin' I think. Here's the deal… you give them a regular phone number to call you at and register for a free line. At the end of registration it gives you an email with a 3 digit code. You login to their website and click the "call me" button which of course gets their system to call you. Punch in the 3 digit code and you now have a phone line that an be used with their software. It includes free calling to a number of cities across Canada and does not require payment of any kind.

What's the catch? None really… if you want to pay for SIP credentials (so you can use regular phones instead of their softphone) it is $50, if you want to buy an ATA off them it is $79, and if you want to port your current number to them it is $20. I wouldn't really call any of those "catches" though. If you need long distance service because you make calls to places that are not on the list, you can get unlimited Canadian calling for $4 a month and unlimited to 50 countries for $14 a month. now that has gotta beat Bell eh?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_telephony_adapter

Fuck You WMG

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010


So I tried to watch something on YouTube recently and got the following little popup bullshit

WMG [Warner Music Group] Sucks Cock

Warner Music Group Sucks

Well fuck you Warner… fuck you.

Tryin' Out PGP Again

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010


That's right, I figure I may as well try out PGP again. If you wanna send me a nifty encrypted email you can use PGP v5 to make some keys and then you can send to my shiny new key. How ya like them apples?

Politicians Suck

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010


Can anyone name me a Canadian politician who has done what he or she said they would do? Please, I'd love to hear about it.

Movies Just Ain't The Same

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010


They sure don't make 'em like they used to eh?

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PS: I can't believe I have a YouBoob account… what is this planet coming to?

Today Was Carboy Day

Monday, May 3rd, 2010


Yeah I have been sleepin' pretty rough lately… maybe I just have lots on my mind. Anyways, I almost forgot about the batch of beer in the basement tonight. So I was driftin' off to sleep when I finally remembered and this is what I went downstairs to produce:

carboy-photo

Here it is!

I'll keep an eye on the lock and see when it slows down significantly, then it'll be 3/4 cup sugar, and into the bottles she goes. I may as well throw out an estimate of May 13th right now, but that's just 'cause I like the number 13.