Last month, we covered the dismal time in Web History known as the first Browser War. This was to prepare you for the new dark times which approach. The second Browser War is now underway. Beware, my fledgling geeks. Something useless this way comes. In 2004, Mozilla, initially backed by Netscape, released 1.0 of a new project, Mozilla Firefox. Firefox was constructed to put behind the corporate pressure for features, and focus on function. Firefox came as a stable and secure web browser . . . [More]
I woke up too damn early for a Saturday. I had burned a bit of midnight oil last night and the last thing I wanted to do was roll out of a warm bed this February morning. The weathermen had been beating the cautionary drum for the last twenty four hours, a rare thunder-blizzard was in-coming with all the bells and whistles, rain, snow, hail and tornados. Who needs that shit at 0700? This would be my 5th Mission and I figured no one would miss me if I sent my regards from between warm sheets. . . . [More]