LifeHacker told me to use it to change Firefox 3's chrome. I messed around with it for a while, but changing Firefox's chrome wasn't really my cup of tea.

Recently, I read an article by Jon Hicks (who I've always looked up to as a web-designer). For some reason after reading his article it clicked.

Now I'm changing styles left and right. I can't help myself. I used to get annoyed when websites did something slightly silly, or something I didn't like. Now, I just change it! Problem solved.

Hi, my name is Josh, and I'm addicted to Stylish.

(Airbag)

<ThinkingOutLoud>Hmmm... maybe I should make a link board so I can post random links on here. Then again, maybe I should get ruby on rails running on hostrocket first...</ThinkingOutLoud>

Nobody was ever in line. It was new and confusing to most people, and like other new confusing things... people avoided the U-Scan. This meant that I could bypass all of the long person-powered lines, walk right up to a machine, scan my three items, swipe my credit card, and be on my way.

Last summer, I actually had to wait in a line for a U-Scan once. It wasn't that bad though; everyone who used the U-Scan was an early adopting, technology embracing 18-26 year old. They moved through the U-Scan process quickly and effortlessly. Sadly, I fear the glory days of the U-Scan, have come to an end. Why?

Old people have overcome their fear of the U-Scan! I saw some of them in the U-Scan line yesterday. Yes, you read that correctly, the U-Scan line. One was digging for her savings club card the entire time I was in line. She was still there when I left. Holding one U-Scan machine hostage for more than ten minutes.

What can be done about this epidemic? Bump up the number of U-Scans per store from four to eight? Card people before they use the U-Scan? You must be this old to buy alcohol, and this young to use the U-Scan?? I don't know. I don't have all the answers.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6067

In the release notes the band writes: "Now that we're no longer constrained by a record label, we've decided to personally upload Ghosts I, the first of the four volumes, to various torrent sites, because we believe BitTorrent is a revolutionary digital distribution method, and we believe in finding ways to utilize new technologies instead of fighting them."

Check it - via The Pirate Pay

I just figured out how to give ssh hosts "nicknames". If you put a file called config in the .ssh directory of your home folder (~/.ssh/config) then you can specify lots of different options for your ssh connections.

The options I'm interested in right now are Host and HostName. If you specify these, you can essentially give your ssh hosts nicknames. So, open up your favorite text editor and type the following:

Host nickname HostName somereallylongservername.com Host iphone HostName 192.168.1.69

PS - Make sure the file is in the ~/.ssh/ directory.

Ok, that's great. What does giving an ssh host a "nickname" do? It saves you time when you're typing out somereallylongservername.com or an IP address numerous times each day. Essentially, it turns this:

ssh user@somereallylongservername.com ssh somebody@192.168.1.69

Into this:

ssh you@nick ssh me@iphone

If you feel like it, you can set the User option to save yourself even more typing (ssh x). You can also specify the type of encryption to use, and all sorts of other things. Right now, I'm only interested in HostName, but you can find out about all the other options if you RTFM ;) Happy ssh'ing!

The book basically talks about... well, like the title states, "The Design of Everyday Things." Take a door for example. When you come across a door, you need to successfully accomplish one task and one task only, you need to open the door. Once it's opened, you pass through and go on with your day. However, designers everywhere seem to over complicate this very simple object.

Think about this: How many times have you come across a door that required an instruction manual? "Never," you may say to yourself. Think again. You do almost every day. Most doors have their instruction manual printed in large lettering and in plain view, for everyone to see.

The door may have a sign attached to itself that says "PUSH" or "PULL". This is the doors one word instruction manual. Don't you think society could design such a simple object in a manner that it did not require an instruction manual? So do I, and that's why I can't wait to get my hands on The Design of Everyday Things.

]]> 2008-02-27T11:48:00-05:00 http://jish.lubaway.com/permalink382 http://jish.lubaway.com/comments382 What is Twitter and why do people use it?

As far as I can tell it's just like updating your status on facebook, but that's all it does...

Oh yea, speaking of facebook, what the hell is this beacon thing?

Wow, this post sounds angry. I promise I'm not in a bad mood or anything... it just seems like that for some reason! =o

PS - note to self: enable comments again sometime so people can actually answer these random questions I ask.

Cannot send mailThe connection to the outgoing server "smtp.gmail.com" failed.

Here is an explanation of what happened, and how I remedied the situation:

When I composed the e-mail in question I started to type my friend's name into the 'to:' field, like I normally do when sending an e-mail in my browser of choice. Soon, his name popped up on the screen, just as it would if I were composing the e-mail in a web browser. So, naturally, I clicked on his name, and went on my merry way composing my message.

After spending way too much time trying to figure out why my message would not send, I finally figured out that it used the contact stored in my iPhone, not the contact stored in my gmail contact list. The problem with that was, I did not have my friend's e-mail address stored in my iPhone contact list, only his phone number.

So, I went to my iPhone contact list and added his e-mail address. However, the e-mail still would not send. In the end, I actually had to delete the e-mail and re-write it again after adding his e-mail address in my iPhone contact list. Once his address was added, and I deleted and re-composed the message, it worked like a charm!

Yes, I know, a silly mistake. Hopefully this post can save someone out there the headache I just went through.

(or you can just go to http://jish.lubaway.com/iphone/).

Like I said, it's not the greatest thing in the world, but it does the trick for now. A real light weight page, and all you have to do is poke, hit the back button, and repeat. Happy surfing!