Robert Accettura's
Fun With Wordage

I’ve said it before. Site Finder sucks. It’s a violation of standards, and privacy. Not to mention business ethics (hijacking web traffic with a monopolistic position to increase revenue at a cost of user privacy).
It may come back.
Here’s to hoping Verisign goes out of business.

I’m pledging to average a minimum of 2 KB articles per week to the new Mozilla Knowledge Base, which resolves bug 229502.
I’ve already done a quick one on installing Mozilla PalmSync for Thunderbird.
I figure if I sit down and write 2 a week, over a year that 104 articles. If a 10 people held [...]

I believe enough is said.
I’m not particularly fond of the name change, though I guess it was necessary. After a stream of good press for “Firebird”, this will be a step back, but hopefully 2 steps forward for every 1 step back.
New logo is spiffy. Would be nice to see them link back [...]

According to this CNN article, Janet Jacson’s Superbowl stunt was the #1 Query.
Being that I posted on the topic, I took a bit of that traffic. Held up alright, no problems. But it was evident in particular for a few hours the other day. It’s amazing how quickly search engines can update [...]

As ISP’s and webhosts are starting to offer alternative ports for SMTP, some may ask how to change the port in Mozilla/Thunderbird. So here is a rundown step by step (don’t worry, it’s really easy).

That might be the best picture taken by the AP in years. It completely captures the moment. From that evil look on Justin Timberlake’s face… to the sheer embarrassment of Janet Jackson’s face. Timberlake looks like he’s about to run out and molest a dozen cheerleaders.
Well, another Jackson who feels the need [...]

This guy is even more of a geek than me.
Anyone who names their child “Mozilla” and proves it to me (a hoax works, provided it’s well done), will get their kids picture and a link to their website (if you name a kid Mozilla, at least make it a website too, and make [...]