http://www.micahville.com Living the Digital Life Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:50:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently, I was gazing at the overly cheery angelic mug on my chat window, and I thought, "Who in the world would create such syntactical abomination?" But seriously, I really wanted to know. After digging through the all knowing hive mind known simply as Google, I happened ... http://www.micahville.com/2008/01/07/the-inventor-of-emoticons/ I just downloaded the latest Firefox trunk, and for me (on Linux), it got a new icon theme.  If I change to a different GNOME theme, Firefox seems to adjust to the new theme based on specific GNOME settings.  As of December 2, 2007, the Windows version of the ... http://www.micahville.com/2007/12/02/firefox-is-finishing-up-new-theme/ I chuckle: from Koffi Anan <unitedsection-nation1@hotmail.com> reply-to secretary.anan1@sify.com, to date Nov 24, 2007 4:22 AM subject US$ 500,000,00 BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 mailed-by hotmail.com Attention:My good friend, How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you. No, I don't. Why would Koffi Anan contact me, worry about my family, and call me ... http://www.micahville.com/2007/11/24/kofi-annan-wants-to-give-me-money/ Just a quick post to tell everyone to try out the latest build of Firefox 3 that incorporates many new features, security, and bug fixes. More information here: http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2007/11/20/firefox-3-beta-1-ready-for-testing/ http://www.micahville.com/2007/11/22/firefox-30-beta-1-released/ The great people over at Google Operating System have released a screenshot that shows a testing version of Gmail that includes the default Google Talk panel on the left, but also with AOL Instant Messanger Integration. Here's the screenshot: Here is the post http://www.micahville.com/2007/11/10/gmailgoogle-talk-to-integrate-aim-soon/ It seems like the tubes were clogged. However, now I am back. Due to some foreseen interferences with my life, also known as Marching Band, I had to take a hiatus from publishing amazing articles. Yet, now I am back. Aren't you happy? In addition, there will now be more ... http://www.micahville.com/2007/11/09/in-the-tubes/ Meet ColorWare, a company that specializes in altering the color of existing products. Here's an example of 'their version' of the iPod Classic that is available for purchase: http://www.micahville.com/2007/10/28/colorware-not-done/ Some of you might have heard about Google's move to place ads on YouTube. Although reports about mandatory pre roll advertisements have been discredited, I am still opposed to any mandatory ads on my internet TV "network". This revenue model just alienates viewers like me, and hence many of ... http://www.micahville.com/2007/09/29/watch-internet-video-untainted-by-obtrusive-ads/ I just received my beta invite to GrandCentral, a company bought back in July by Google. Read more about it here and here. More importantly, I have some invites if any of you would like one; if so, then leave your full name and email by commenting ... http://www.micahville.com/2007/09/25/grandcentral-a-google-company/ For months, I had been searching for an adequate solution to my social networking disconnect. In the last couple of days, I believe that I have discovered a solution to this problem. I received an invite to a new service called Mugshot, which aims at rectifying Web 2.0 detachment. ... http://www.micahville.com/2007/09/23/mugshot-streamlining-your-web-identity/