Interesting pages on shopping additions. Sounds like we may need an intervention for some mother in law…
How to manage compulsive shopping or spending addiction
‘SHOP ‘TIL YOU DROP’: A HOLIDAY TRADITION FOR SOME, AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR OTHERS
What is Compulsive Shopping and Spending?
Is compulsive shopping eating up your wallet? – Today: Money – MSNBC.com
Since I have some free time at work, and I don’t use Windows at home, I decided to try out Internet Explorer 7.
After a 14 meg download, 15 minute install, allowing Microsoft to examine my computer, and a reboot, I was greeted with possibly the ugliest web browser I have ever seen!
Don’t believe me? This is what the main menu looks like: (Click to see full sized.)
What the hell is that? The only setting I changed was to show the menu bar (file, edit, etc.) By default it was hidden.
The new tab button has no indication of what it is. (It’s the smooth, gray button next to the Cyberphreak.com tab, in case you are looking for it.) The interface is not customizable, as far as I can tell. You can slide around the tool bars, slightly. It just makes it uglier. The home button is off on the right. Who knows where the stop/reload button is? I don’t.
Edit: There is the stop and reload button to the right of the address bar, of course. Why is it two buttons? I don’t know.
Compare this to the Firefox:
Simple, clean, and customizable. The new tab button actually has an icon on it so I know what it is. It may be a little “old school” but I prefer my cars with a steering wheel, gas pedal on the right, brake on the left as well.
Not a rudder, a gas pedal on the passenger side, and the brake hidden under the rear seat. That is what MS did with IE.
Another problem, the anti-aliasing of fonts sucks ass in IE 7. It makes my LCD monitor look like I have it set on the wrong resolution. I have not bothered to try to fix it, either.
Way to win me over, I gotta tell ya. I will remove my Linux installation, buy a legal copy of Windows (you can ONLY install IE 7 on a legal copy of Windows.) and install IE7 for the sheer user experience.
Edit: Using IE 7, it crashed within 2 minutes of using it. Way to go. Luckily I am using Firefox to post this.
Added a few hundred more Glenn photos:
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
And a go to the Video section to see the first video of Glenn laughing!
Went out and took some Fall photos today. I will post them when I get a change. I also want to add a “what the hell?” section to the be blog for some bizzare things I run across during my travels.
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Poor Republicans
Aw, shucks, looks like the GOP lost at least the house and probably the senate as well. Such a shame.
With our tremendous economy, job growth, integrity, and the war going so well in Iraq, one would of thought they were a gonna ‘stay the course’ for another 2 years. Oh wait, they suck on all counts, never mind.
As a liberal atheist, I am happy.
In other news, Glenn is eating more solid foods. He has been sleeping well lately. Though, tonight is my night if he wakes up during the night. We shall see.
Work is going ok, but I have discovered if I leave 15 to 20 minutes later, I get home at the same time or earlier. Go figure, Chicagoland traffic.
Posted by admin on November 9, 2006 in General Comments
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