Phoenix Rising

Another version of Phoenix (0.4), with slightly improved ad blocking.

I hope the improvements get merged back into the Mozilla tree, because I’m starting to use its mail client…

In other news, AOL is going to make AIM interoperable with ICQ.

One day, I’ll only need to use iChat (ooh.)

Locust World has a bunch of news about Meshed Networking, including a MeshAP. If you want to know the future of Wireless Lans, this is the place to start looking…

• Are you such a Geek that you’d rather recompile the kernel than tidy the living room?
• Can you implement complete provisioning systems with just vim, but struggle to programme the washing machine?
• Can’t find a clean plate to save your life?

Then call Geek Maids and take advantage of their services. From cleaning to gardening, they do everything, including Web Design, networking, anti-Spam and cable reorganisation. :)

OK. In VB6, doing old-school window subclassing (SetWindowsHook and the like) was straightforward (once you knew how, which I happen to know…). In VB.NET, ooh. The syntax changes and new IDLs alone complicate more than they help. Yes, I like strong typing. But today, just today, I wanted to be able to do a callback the old-fashioned way…