Great! Finally I can add video to Skype... Haven't tested it yet, I will try as soon as I can install it on Brandi's Laptop.

video4skype

Courtesy of Skype Video over IP - The New VOIP

Brandi should consider this if she wants her Ben & Jerry's safe from me...



Ben & Jerry’s Pint Lock keeps your ice cream safe - Engadget - www.engadget.com

To Wish List or not... That is the question...

Amazon.com: Toys & Games: Star Wars 500th Figure - Darth Vader

Thanks to theForce.net for the information.

This is taking it a little to far...

TheForce.Net - Latest News - Star Wars Fans Hopsitalized After Lightsaber Accident

For those who read....

Brandi forwarded this to me and it looks legit...

We're conducting a survey of our members regarding their recent experiences with us. Depending upon your responses, the survey will last about 20 minutes. We are asking for members to provide input by Monday, 5/23. Upon successful completion of the survey, you will have the option to choose a $20 gift certificate from Amazon.com* or the Gallery. Your $20 coupon code will be emailed to you by Wednesday, 6/1. Please follow the link below to take the survey: http://smile.kodakgallery.com

Late Night...Star Wars!

Not since Empire Strikes Back with my dad have I stayed out so late to watch a Star Wars movie. Though I was not one of those represented in the 16.5 million dollars of the Midnight Show, I did venture out at 10.30 PM (thanks to my class) to see thefinal episode in the saga that shaped my childhood.

Does that mean my childhood is officiallyover? Well, it probably should have been years ago, but in reality I doubt that Revenge of the Sith really is the end. I will still have the months of watching it in the theater (probably at least 2 more times) and then the DVD. The question is can I manage to buy any toys without looking silly?

This is a very cool program! I love my command prompt and now I can have it with my computer and it travels with me! I have only had it since this morning so no issues yet, but you might want to wait a few more days before downloading it yourself.

The Code Project - Command Prompt Explorer Bar - C# Programming

Well, even though the Internet has made the world a smaller place, it appears that WalMart couldn't enter this community and take over like it has in so many other places.
Netflix takes over Wal-Mart DVD rental business - Engadget - www.engadget.com.

As for Netflix, I loved the service as a single, but Brandi and I don't watch movies that often anymore.

Interesting timeline (real - not Star Wars) that describes the events of the world as
Star Wars movies where made and released during 70s through today.

HoustonChronicle.com - Good time for Star Wars fans to reminisce

Thanks to Philip Eye for the link.

Star Wars is the new "Fahrenheit 9/11"? George has been pretty good at keeping direct political commentary away from his work, but I guess eventually everything comes to light. I don't think this will effect my viewing plans for Thursday, but it is always interesting to see how the US is one step away from a dictatorship. I guess all that remains is a upstart liberal to kill (politically of course) Dick Cheney and replace him as the VP of the Empire of the US.

Japan Today - News - Lucas jabs at 'Bush's empire' - Japan's Leading International News Network

Though I found it on Slashdot the update is out to fix the security issue with Firefox.

New Firefox, Mozilla Versions Fix Open Browser Holes

Firefox & Greasemonkey...Oh, crap!

Once again thanks to Eric Larson (of emlarson) for pointing out a mistake or error in my judgement. According to Eric and eWeek there is a new security hole in Firefox that makes it unsafe to install extensions (like greasemonkey) and to run javascripts (like greasemonkey does). So don't use Greasemonkey as I mention below. And though I didn't imply it, don't use Firefox, because it is more secure then IE. Firefox like IE has security issues and the more people that use it give more reason to find and exploit these issues.


When the dust settles or if you are adventours and feel comfortable trying it anyway...

Ok, if you aren't using Firefox for your Internet browsing yet, my question is why?

If you need another reason, here you go greasemonkey . With the greasemonkey extension for Firefox you can run DHTML (scripts) on other web sites. The coolest one I have seen so far, but I just started looking was the Amazon price comparassion from book burro:

overstimulate | Greasemonkey - Book Burro - find cheap books

Thanks to Geek News Central for mentioning greasemonkey and linking to it.

Accidents are bound to happen in life and this is one video taped for your horror or amusement....The Miles Todd Crash Video.

Courtesy of emlarson.

By the way, there is some inapproraite language.

I discovered this a day to late... Well, I always have next year. So I am marking the calendar for May 5h (Cinco De Mayo and now No Pants Day!)

No Pants Day is May 6th

This critical information was courtesy of ChuckChat and on his Podcast

Not sure what the story is with this, but set the Tivo.
LEGO.com Star Wars Homepage

Roblog has moved...

I have moved the Roblog to crawfordalley.com and the new RSS Feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/crawfordalley/roblog.

Sorry if this causes problems for anyone.