No, not talking about FNM…Incubus’ new CD, A Crow Left of the Murder, is the album of the year! I know, it’s only February, but this is the first album in a long time to make me think back to the days when albums like this were made regularly (before corporate America got involved). But that is not saying it sounds like other albums. A little Pearl Jam vibe (Brendan O’ Brien produced), and a lot of old-school Incubus, whew! This album is just amazing…
Monthly Archives: February 2004
The trial that could get overshadowed
With Wacko Jacko’s trial looming sometime in the future, there is a rather interesting one that just started involving Jayson Williams (former NBA star) and his accidental and fatal shooting of a chauffeur at his house. JW doesn’t deny that it happened, only that it was a horrible accident. Which I believe it was, but still reckless, as the guy’s got a history of playing with guns….
In a new article by CourtTV, there’s discussion of the fact that JW is going to take the stand to defend himself. What’s interesting is that there are prior incidents involving gun-play that the judge has ruled inadmissible in this case…here’s a short snippet from that article:
Before the trial began, Judge Edward Coleman ruled that prosecutors could not tell the jury about two previous shooting incidents allegedly involving Williams.
In 1994, a handgun Williams was holding in the parking lot of the Meadowlands arena went off, striking the hubcap of a vehicle. Williams completed a diversionary program of community service and charges were not pursued.
Prosecutors say the second incident occurred at Williams’ mansion just six months before Christofi’s shooting. Williams allegedly bet houseguest and former pro basketball player Dwayne Schintzius $100 that he could not drag Williams’ Rottweiler guard dog from the house. Schintzius pulled the dog outdoors, but instead of paying up, prosecutors claim, Williams shot the dog twice, killing and “almost decapitating” it, and then pointed the gun at his friend, telling him “get this f—ing dog off my porch or you’re next.”
Now the question is can the prosecutor trick JW into opening this Pandora’s box by his own testimony? Certain questions and responses could give the prosecution the ability to bring up these incidents as well. I love this ‘expert’s’ opinion on that possibility:
“Take an innocuous question like, ‘Do you know guns are dangerous?'” said Fahy, who was prosecutor during the 1994 shooting. “If he says yes, you ask him how he knows that. If he says no, you say, ‘Really? Where’s your dog?'”
Oh, and I almost forgot! JW’s wife has launched a <sarcastic>heart-warming and convincing</sarcastic> website about her husband and why he’s innocent in her eyes.
The Kids Aren’t Alright
Damn, what’s our world coming to, we need to lay this one on kids? Seems Ken and Barbie are breaking up, and she soon might have a new suitor. Geez, come on, I know that’s reality now but just leave it alone. Some of the marketing ploys companies come up with…
Best Instrumental Ever
May I just say the instrumental “Stream of Consciousness” off of Dream Theater’s newest release, “Train of Thought”, is the best instrumental I’ve ever heard. Even if you’re not a fan (to be honest I think alot of people aren’t because of the way the music sounds to them when it’s with vocals), you have to hear this song! Even if it takes more than once to get into it…an 11min.+ song that flows from beginning to end. Things Metallica used to be able to do (and still dream of)…one of the greatest rock bands of our time flying right under the radars. They just don’t get enough credit. This album is just outstanding!
This song and Korn’s (live) version of “One” get me going in the morning…
Mozilla – How to uninstall EasyGestures plugin
I keep having to do this on all the PCs I take care of…thought I’d post the instructions here since Mozilla’s sites are so slow right now with people downloading the new versions of stuff.
Here are the steps for manual uninstallation:
(If installed in the program folder)
1. Exit Mozilla Firebird
2. Go to the [chrome] directory of your Mozilla Firebird application directory
3. Delete “chrome.rdf” and the [overlayinfo] directory (they are regenerated on next start)
4. Delete the [easyGestures] directory
5. Remove every line with a reference to easyGestures from “installed-chrome.txt” (there are two: one for the content and one for the locale)
6. Open “prefs.js” file located in your Mozilla Firebird profile directory and delete all lines with a reference to easyGestures
7. Restart Mozilla Firebird
(If installed in the profile folder)
1. Exit Mozilla Firebird
2. Go to the [chrome] directory of your Mozilla Firebird profile directory
3. Delete the [easyGestures] directory
4. Remove every line with a reference to easyGestures from “installed-chrome.txt”, “chrome.rdf” and the [overlayinfo] directory. (there are two: one for the content and one for the locale)
5. Open the “prefs.js” file located in your Mozilla Firebird profile directory and delete all lines with a reference to easyGestures
6. Restart Mozilla Firebird
The Mozilla Firebird profile directory on Windows XP should be like:
[ C:\Documents and Settings\…\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\default\8vm46tqc.slt]
Firebird—->Firefox (updated)
Mozilla has released a new version of Firebird, which includes a name change: Firefox! Seems they conflicted with an existing open-source project of the same name; which was funny since alot of the developers who came up with the name suggestions also noted the conflict (later on)….
Oooooo, can’t wait to give it a whirl….getting closer to that 1.0 release!
Also, Thunderbird 0.5 has been released as well.
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