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Wii Fit Leg Extenders

I discovered that the Wii Fit has leg extensions that attach to the bottom of the balance board. The Wii Fit works on nearly any kind of surface, including carpet, but when using it on carpet, you may want to use the extenders for better accuracy. With long carpet, the game might otherwise report too…Continue Reading…

Firefox could not install this item because of a failure in Chrome Registration

First, today is Firefox Download Day. Get Fx3 if you haven’t yet. On my laptop, opening Firefox would show me a “Chrome Registration Failed” error. Firefox could not install this item because of a failure in Chrome Registration. Please contact the author about this problem. OK It would show me the same error 2, 3,…Continue Reading…

Firefox 3 Download Day is Tuesday

Take a look at all of the great new features coming in Firefox 3! Tuesday is the official Download Day for Firefox 3, so read more about it and sign up. I still have lots of Firefox pins to give away, so if you’d like one… just let me know! :)

DreamHost Promo Code

I have five exclusive DreamHost Promo Codes which give you: 4 times the normal disk and bandwidth $150 off their 5-year plan, or… $200 off their 10-year plan. They’re limited, so contact me or leave a comment to get one.

Rent Control Causes Housing Problems

On Tuesday, June 3, 2008, I voted in the California Statewide Election. The results are online now at the Secretary of State’s website. For the U.S. Congress, District 26 voted for Russell Warner over Cynthia Matthews on the Democratic side, and David Dreier over Sonny Sardo on the Republican side. Walnut is in the 26th…Continue Reading…

jQuery Pause or Delay for Live Ajax Search

This was fairly hard to find, so I’ll post it here for reference. The idea is that, for live search input fields, we want to delay the Ajax call so that it fires only if the user hasn’t typed anything for half a second or so. This is because we don’t want to waste bandwidth…Continue Reading…