Archive for January, 2009

Firefox Memory Hack

  • January 28th, 2009
  • Posted in Stuff

Seriously, the memory hack from the post below is fucking awesome. Minimize your browser with a current memory footprint of 120MB and then BAM!, 10MB. That should be a default, right there. DEFAULT! *** And here it is again for posterity: This little hack will drop Firefox’s RAM usage down to 10 Mb when minimized: 1. Open [ READ MORE ]

FasterFox and tweaking Firefox yourself

  • January 28th, 2009
  • Posted in Hacks

I was disappointed when I upgraded to Firefox 3 and found that one of my favorite extensions was killed. FasterFox was one of those tweaks that really made a difference in browsing speeds. Then I stumbled across this today. Reduce the amount of RAM Firefox uses for its cache feature Type “about:config” (no quotes) in [ READ MORE ]

I wonder

  • January 26th, 2009
  • Posted in Rants

Sometimes I wonder what it would take to get a glowing approval rating from my coworkers, my boss, my peers, my clients. I mean, seriously, what would I have to do? What would it take? What kind of person would I have to be to accomplish such a feat? I think no matter [ READ MORE ]

Garfield I ain’t

  • January 26th, 2009
  • Posted in Stuff

But I love lasagna. Out of all the foods out there, lasagna has to be my #1 comfort food. Which is odd, since my mom never made it. Or that I had very rarely as a kid. But as an adult, a steaming hot pan of lasagna is like love covered in a sauce [ READ MORE ]

Installing HP Insight Management Agents on ESX server

  • January 22nd, 2009
  • Posted in Hacks

Why there is not a definitive guide on the Internet I do not know. HP’s site for the install is horribly vague, and the VMware site is similarly vague, referencing the HP site. Oh yeah that helps. Since I am not a linux geek by any measure, it was a bit [ READ MORE ]

Tech slang

  • January 14th, 2009
  • Posted in Stuff

It is interesting how you get steeped in the job/life/stuff you do. You start to use slang that is straight from your experience and not really remembering that most, if not everyone, outside of your profession or hobby, will have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. I personally love my vernacular. I [ READ MORE ]

Charlotte

  • January 12th, 2009
  • Posted in Stuff

I spent a week in Charlotte, and I now know of another place I rather not live. It has it’s upsides, I am sure. And it has its downsides, no doubt. (Shit load of cops – never a good sign.) But I love where I am from and where I live, and there is just [ READ MORE ]

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