Monthly Archives: December 2006

First look at Thunderbird 2.0

Posted on December 21, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Thunderbird 2.0 beta 1 is finally out (why is Thunderbird lagging so far behind Firefox?) so I decided I’d try it for a while in my continuing quest for a decent mail client. The writeup is on Linux.com. 2.0 has … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird shortcuts?

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Does anyone know of a good way to add shortcuts to Thunderbird? And why the bleep doesn’t Thunderbird include this functionality natively? (Note: needs to be compatible with Thunderbird 2.0.)

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Moved to VPS

Posted on December 18, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

If you’re reading this post, then DNS has propagated, and you’re reading this post on my Ubuntu Dapper VPS rather than my old dedicated server. If you’ve left any comments in the last, oh, 12 hours or so they may … Continue reading →

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All mail clients suck…

Posted on December 12, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Mutt just happens to be one of the mail clients that sucks less. I’d been getting tired of Sylpheed lately, so I decided to try out several text mail clients and see how they fit my email volume. Part of … Continue reading →

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So much for “protecting the artists,” huh?

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

Remember when the RIAA started going on its anti-filesharing rampage, under the guise of “protecting the artists”? It turns out, they’re finally admitting they’re really looking out for the record companies: As quoted by The Hollywood Reporter,”Mechanical royalties currently are … Continue reading →

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He, she, or they?

Posted on December 8, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I like today’s Grammar Girl’s post, about whether you should use he, she, or they, when referring to a person of unknown gender. Though it’s grammatically problematic, I’m firmly in the they camp. Taryn from Evansville, David from New Jersey, … Continue reading →

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I must love ellipses

Posted on December 8, 2006 by Joe Brockmeier

I just noticed that my last three posts had ellipses in the subject. I definitely tend to abuse ellipses…

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