Various non-news, non-link musings follow<\/p>\n
How other people see the ‘Net<\/strong><\/p>\n So there I was last night, all set to prep a links post for today. And — boom! — down went Firefox, taking with it all my tabs.<\/p>\n Maybe the Intertubz is trying to tell me something, eh?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Firefox started going wobbly about a month ago — very unusual for anything on Linux — but I was always able to recover. Sometimes I needed to reboot or wipe out the session. Once I had to reinstall the browser. But I was always good to go. Not yesterday evening. Opening Firefox and closing it became one continuous operation. Open — boom! Open — boom!<\/p>\n I finally reinstalled again and this time the new Firefox allowed me to start by “refreshing” — that is, wiping away all my settings and all add-ons. No NoScript. No ad blocker. No pop-up blocker. No deleter of flash cookies. No anti-tracking devices. <\/p>\n Also no crashes, which was good. But I glimpsed how Other People see the ‘Net and eeeeek I did not like it. <\/p>\n How does anybody stand video ads and “news” clips that start up by themselves the instant a tab is loaded? How does anybody even think (or not think) to allow sites to control their Internet experience so obtrusively?<\/p>\n I lasted about 30 seconds before slapping NoScript back on and restoring sanity. So far so good. One of my add-ons was probably the culprit, but thank heaven it wasn’t NoScript.<\/p>\n Another blessing. Although Firefox took away all the news tabs I’d planned to use and reset all my privacy settings, it managed to keep my history, bookmarks, and the few passwords I allow it to save.<\/p>\n Back in business!<\/p>\n If you have to have a war …<\/strong><\/p>\n This is the way to do it<\/a>. With whiskey.<\/p>\n Alas, I’m sure there are countries that could start a real<\/i> war if they didn’t approve of the brands of whiskey. But these two nations are — as nations go — so civilized.<\/p>\n (I said Firefox wiped all my news tabs, but that one was sitting quietly over on my alternative browser. Thought you’d enjoy it. Not exactly news, is it?)<\/p>\n That Joel<\/strong><\/p>\n He did it again.<\/p>\n You may remember that I first noticed Joel online when he consistently said everything I was going to say<\/a>. Only quicker. And with more wit.<\/p>\n So this weekend I was mentally composing a post on the theme of “just start — even if you’re not sure how you’ll get there, make a start.” Naturally, Joel wrote freakin’ prose-poetry<\/a> on the same topic. Or at least on the topic of how he<\/i> did it. And by damn, did he ever do it. <\/p>\n I’m proud to know you, Joel, even if you still<\/i>, after all these years, have that annoying habit of being both quicker to post and better than I.<\/p>\n Maybe I’ll still take up the topic later. My approach was much more humble than Joel’s and in fact was going to start with me cleaning junk out of the back room for the next phase of The Great House Project. But the truth is the same: even if you can’t see the turnings in the path, head out — and unexpected ways will open.<\/p>\n Speaking of The Great house Project …<\/strong><\/p>\n The official name of Ye Olde Wreck is now (thanks to the Commentariat) … [drumroll] … Mo Saoirse.<\/p>\n Pronounced mo seer-sha. Suggested by Pat. Meaning “my freedom” in Irish Gaelic.<\/p>\n Unofficial names (sort of like calling your dog Jake or Dimwit when his real name is Sir Galahad’s Flowering Knighthood of Whitherington) will be Dripping Cedars (inspired by Kent McManigal) and Mo Daoirse (“my bondage” (and other equally unpleasant conditions<\/a>) suggested by Dana and generally pronounced in English: “*&^%$#@!ing house!”). <\/p>\n There were so many wonderful, evocative (and sometimes hilarious) suggestions<\/a>, it was hard to choose. I loved “Solana,” “Nestledown,” “Shadowleaf,” “Chrysalis,” and a number of others. If any of you Backwoods Homians reading this are into house naming, I hope the original contributors won’t mind if you put some of those other names<\/a> to good use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Various non-news, non-link musings follow How other people see the ‘Net So there I was last night, all set to prep a links post for today. And — boom! — down went Firefox, taking with it all my tabs. 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