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Firefox: how to disable the backspace keyboard shortcut

July 3rd, 2009 · Comments

Ack, don't you hate that? You're working on the best blog post you've ever done in your life, then you hit the backspace key to correct a typo, and because you accidentally clicked outside of the text editor before hitting backspace, Firefox thinks you are a retarded Internet Explorer user trying to go back, and [...]

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Tags: Firefox · How to · Software

Dear leader beneficient Kevin Rudd

May 31st, 2008 · Comments

I love the ABC's new Q&A program. The public Q&A with Kevin Rudd was one hour of thoroughly interesting watching (and it also made obvious how good an orator Kevin Rudd is, but how that is also married with intellect and logic… and the fact that he has the guts to get in front of [...]

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Second most embarrassing tech video of all time

April 19th, 2008 · Comments

"Vista — I've got to get me some of that!". Yes, this is a real internal Microsoft motivational video… embarrassingly it is current day era.

Microsoft in the poop over blogger 'bribes'
Microsoft uses penis to advertise Zune
Broke Mac Mountain
If you thought blogging was self indulgent
Stupid, mean, American managers…

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Tags: Funny-haha