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FeedFry.com

SushiRose — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:04:00 +0000

I created a news website called FeedFry. It helps you find the news that you're interested in no matter where it's published. And, if you know what RSS is you can subscribe and get it delivered straight to your newsreader.

My current favorite Fry is the Dallas Cowboys newspage. What's yours?

Intelligent Bacon: 16 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog. Tips for Terrific Telephone Interviews.

SushiRose — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:48:00 +0000

Sweet! I need to do all of these. I really do.

Firefox Speed Tweaks

SushiRose — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:04:00 +0000

I got this email from my brother:

Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries and alter them as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

2. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages MUCH faster now!

Ben says: I tried it and it works! Wow! Why don't they just ship Firefox this way?

Circumcision may offer Africa AIDS hope / Procedure linked to much lower rate of new HIV infections

SushiRose — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 13:50:00 +0000

I guess God knew what he was talking about:
Circumcision may offer Africa AIDS hope / Procedure linked to much lower rate of new HIV infections

Video gamers may have quicker eyes - Yahoo! News

SushiRose — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:57:00 +0000

Video gamers may have quicker eyes - Yahoo! News

Three studies suggest TV hampers kids' academic skills - Yahoo! News

SushiRose — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 14:55:00 +0000

Three studies suggest TV hampers kids' academic skills - Yahoo! News

Voice of Reason: Exposing the Da Vinci Hoax

SushiRose — Thu, 26 May 2005 22:06:00 +0000

Voice of Reason: Exposing the Da Vinci Hoax

I am constantly reminding people, especially Christians, that The Da Vinci Code is FICTION. And, I might add, a great read...if you accept that it is FICTION. I also like the new Battlestar Gallactica tv show and The Lord of the Rings books. ALSO FICTION. Whew.

The article above says "... is apparently unrepentant..." about smudging the facts a bit. I wonder: Does that help him sell less books...or MORE BOOKS. Hmm.....

Star Wars Episode Three: A Lost Hope [Revenge of the Sith parody preview]

SushiRose — Tue, 17 May 2005 14:24:00 +0000

SEQUENTIAL Pictures \\\ Star Wars Episode Three: A Lost Hope [Revenge of the Sith parody preview]

This is the funniest thing I think I've ever seen on the 'net. Easily passing the election "This Land" parody. I laughed until I cried. It was better than Cats.

Prayer effective as painkiller?

SushiRose — Tue, 10 May 2005 15:37:00 +0000

Americans have found a no-cost painkiller they say is as effective as prescription drugs: prayer.

Test

SushiRose — Sun, 08 May 2005 04:17:00 +0000

First test post.