Thomas, Author at TwisterMc

Groundhog Day – What’s the Point?

2 Feb, 2006

Today is Groundhog Day and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That means that there is six more weeks of winter. But what’s the point? Actually, what I’d like to know is what happened to winter? Here in Minnesota we just ended the warmest January ever and we had more days in the 40s than we […]

Mozilla SeaMonkey 1 Review

1 Feb, 2006

I’ve downloaded Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0 and I’m using it right now. I was all excited as I thought SeaMonkey would be Firefox+Thunderbird+Nvu all rolled into one. Not Quite. First off, SeaMonkey has an identity crisis on it’s hands. I started it up and it felt like 1997 with Netscape 4.7. Seriously people, either make a […]

Writely – Social/Web Word Processing

30 Jan, 2006

Recently I’ve been using a free service called Writely. Writely is a web based word processing application that is amazing. Features include: Full WYSIWYG Editing (in browsers that support it) Import abilities for Microsoft Word (.doc), Rich Text (.rtf) OpenOffice (.odt, .sxw), HTML, Text (.txt) Export abilities for all the above and PDF Sharing abilities […]

iPox Gets Big Buttons & Shine

27 Jan, 2006

Now, shinner than ever is iPox v0.35! New in this release is the return of the much missed big buttons and some makeovers. The tabs and main toolbar background have gone from the ‘two tone’ kinda shine, to the full glossy look. So sweet! 🙂 Oh, and for the third time, the main buttons got […]

iPox Feedback – Lets Talk

26 Jan, 2006

I’ve been getting a lot of feedback at my website and on the Mozilla site. So much that I keep hearing the same things over and over. So I thought I’d address a few. Large Icons Yes, I see that removing them made some unhappy people. Don’t fear, they are coming back. When? Well I […]

Easy WordPress Upgrade

26 Jan, 2006

It’s true, there is even an easier way to upgrade your WordPress install. Note: This has worked for me but I’m not promising anything. Always backup your data. The worst part of upgrading WordPress is that you have to first delete all your old files. Ok most of your old files. Then upload all the […]

WordPress 2.0 – Installed

25 Jan, 2006

Here it is, in all it’s glory, WordPress 2.0. 🙂 Granted, you probably can’t tell a difference, but that’s a good thing. The upgrade seemed to go just fine. Granted I haven’t check it on a PC in IE yet, but that’s a chance I’m willing to take. My plug-ins are all working too except […]

WordPress 2 Coming

24 Jan, 2006

Part of me really wants to upgrade to WordPress 2 while a part of me doesn’t. I’m afraid of screwing anything up but I really want some of the features!! So I’m going to go for it soon and just upgrade. If my blog has issues in the next couple days, you’ll know why. 😉

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Gold

23 Jan, 2006

We finally got to play RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Gold over the weekend and it’s as addicting as ever. The main downfall in the game is that it’s a system hog. I couldn’t get the Mac version because my computer is no where near what is needed. My wife’s PC was closer and we found out […]

iPox Tweak

22 Jan, 2006

Yes, iPox is taking up quite a bit of my free time right now, but it’s fun to see it evolve. I’ve uploaded a new version to Mozilla’s site based on some feedback. Version 0.31 is a small update with the secure URL background color switched from red to green based on some upcoming standards. […]