Acts of Volition

There has been lots of helpful feedback to our public beta of the new Mozilla.org website.  •  We’ve fixed many of the issues that arose during the beta and we’re aiming to launch the new site tomorrow evening (Tuesday, Aug 31). This is a final call for critical issues before we launch. Feedback …

I was contacted this week by Alexander Klimetschek, who has built on the work of Hal Hockersmith to get finally get out a version 0.3 of the Luna Blue Theme for Mozilla Thunderbird.  •  My motivation for working on this theme was purely selfish, and now that I’m running Linux instead of Windows, I …

The excellent instant-messaging program/project, Gaim, could use a new logo. It would need to be something simple and elegant that works well as a little 16-pixel system-tray icon, as a full-size application icon, in larger spots (login screen, about dialog, etc.) and in other locations with …

This month in WIRED Magazine’s Wired/Tired/Expired:  •  Wired  •  Firefox  •  Tired  •  Mozilla  •  Expired  •  Explorer

I've written a review of the McSweeney's book, The Future Dictionary of America, and the accompanying CD, Future Soundtrack for America.  •  As I state in the review, I’m a bit creeped-out by the politics and slightly-too-hip-ness of it all. That said, this is a good CD.  •  Here's a sample …

View the full-size annotated photo  •  A kindly office-mate commented that with the twelfth session of Acts of Volition Radio, it has crossed the threshold of novelty. It is now all about the music and commentary, not so self-conscious about being a new medium. Perhaps like when webloggers stop …

In the twelveth installement of Acts of Volition Radio, I draw heavily on a mix by my friend Dennis Arsenault. Also, thanks to Timothy Chaisson for permission to include his track.  •  Acts of Volition Radio: Session Twelve (31MB MP3)  •  Songs recommended by my friends. Recorded Sunday, August 22 …

The marvelous Wikipedia has a collection of the origins of company names. A few that I found interesting (all quoted from the Wikipedia page):  •  adidas - from the name of the founder Adolf (Adi) Dassler.  •  Cisco - short for San Francisco. It has also been suggested that it was “CIS-co …

The team at silverorange has been working on a redesign of the mozilla.org website. We’re keeping most of the content as it is (especially historical content, like documentation, etc.). We have a new visual template and redesigned some of the key top-level pages. We call the new style: Cavendish …

Not really an original thought, but a thought none the less, it occurred to me this week that some of the primary sponsors of the Olympic games are pushing products that actual Olympic athletes could never actually use.  •  Do you think someone setting a world track-and-field record would have …

I leased this 2004 Toyota Echo Hatchback last year, but now I’m getting married and don’t need my own car anymore. You can take over lease for the remaining 24 months. It’s a great car, but I barely ever drive it!  •  I’ve written quite a comprehensive review of the car. Here’s a photo of the …

Update: this amp is now sold.  •  I’m looking to sell a 60W Fender Hot Rod DeVille 410 tube amp with four 10” speakers. The amp is in great shape, looks almost like new, and sounds great. It’s powerful, loud, and the tubes sound great (it has lots of great reviews). The original tubes have been …

The Mozilla team is looking for some help with some design work. The work would involve a variety of design tasks for the web and for print. For example, banner ads, small HTML page designs, print ad layout/design, etc.  •  What we’d like to do is assemble a loose team of people to whom we can …