Category Archives: Geek Stuff

Killing Google Instant (November 3rd, 2011 edition)

Posted on 2011-11-03 by Stephan Sokolow

This morning, I woke up to find that Google had made another change which broke my solution for disabling Google Instant badly enough for Firefox to give me a blank page. Since Google seems to delight in trying to force … Continue reading →

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Learning French: Qui vs. Que As Relative Pronouns

Posted on 2011-11-02 by Stephan Sokolow

Since I’ve been learning French recently, I’ve decided to start a series of blog posts to share insights I’ve had which helped me to grasp things more quickly. Let’s start with “qui” and “que” in their roles as relative pronouns … Continue reading →

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Quick Firefox Workaround for YouTube’s Over-Sensitive Flash Detection

Posted on 2011-11-01 by Stephan Sokolow

If you’re anything like me, you’ve got some mix of Firefox, the current version of Adobe Flash, and a bunch of extensions like AdBlock and NoScript which normally don’t cause problems… and then suddenly a YouTube video insists on giving … Continue reading →

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Functional Programming Concepts for the Lay Programmer – Part 2

Posted on 2011-10-25 by Stephan Sokolow

Update: Part 3 is finally available. After languishing in the drafts folder for over a year and a half,  Functional Programming Concepts for the Lay Programmer – Part 1 now has a friend. The Easy Stuff, Continued Mutable/Immutable In many languages, … Continue reading →

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Just a Few Little-Known REAL Mysteries (and other interesting things)

Posted on 2011-10-17 by Stephan Sokolow

Around the time I wrote “A Few Suggestions/Pleas to Authors of Mystery-oriented Fiction“, I started work on a little post about some of the real mysteries that don’t get much attention. It’s not as long as I’d like, but I … Continue reading →

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Floating Flattr Buttons in TiddlyWiki

Posted on 2011-10-16 by Stephan Sokolow

As you’ve no doubt noticed, I’ve started to add Flattr buttons to my various creations. However, given that none of my other attempts to get other people to pay for my hosting have worked, I’ve learned to care more about … Continue reading →

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about:config Tweaks for Firefox 7 (and up)

Posted on 2011-10-04 by Stephan Sokolow

A couple of days ago, it finally occurred to me to look for a way to turn off the sluggish (on Linux, at least) drag-and-drop previews in Firefox. So, while I’m at it, I thought I’d list a few of … Continue reading →

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