J.D. Falk's "don't cross the memes" http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/ we all know it is not quite prose we speak en Serendipity 1.1 - http://www.s9y.org/ Tue, 13 May 2008 05:40:58 GMT http://www.cybernothing.org/http://www.cybernothing.org/jdfalk/pix/chillits-2005-100x100.jpg http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/333085http://www.feedburner.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with RojoSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with FeedLoungeSubscribe with Live.com how to convince firefox to download mp3s instead of playing them in-browser http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jdfalk/~3/288855576/282-how-to-convince-firefox-to-download-mp3s-instead-of-playing-them-in-browser.html geekery http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/282-how-to-convince-firefox-to-download-mp3s-instead-of-playing-them-in-browser.html#comments http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/wfwcomment.php?cid=282 1 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=282 nospam@example.com (J.D. Falk)
Solution, maybe:
  1. install the MIME Edit add-on (you already know you have to restart firefox, and all that)
  2. in that add-on, add an audio/mpeg MIME type with an extension of mp3, telling it to save to disk (you'd think this would work, but it doesn't)
  3. go to preferences (or options), then the content tab, then the "Manage..." button down near "File Types"
  4. there should now be an MP3 file type. tell it to save instead of opening quicktime.
This appears to work, but then the MP3 file type disappeared, so I'm not sure if it'll stick. You'd think Firefox would make it easier (or at least possible) to change file associations for plug-ins....
]]> Mon, 12 May 2008 11:05:48 -0700 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/282-guid.html annoyances firefox geekery mp3 quicktime http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/282-how-to-convince-firefox-to-download-mp3s-instead-of-playing-them-in-browser.html $180.65 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jdfalk/~3/284950844/281-180.65.html society & politics http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/281-180.65.html#comments http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/wfwcomment.php?cid=281 3 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=281 nospam@example.com (J.D. Falk) My allotment of the Bush bullshit "stimulus package", received today:$180.65 My latest donation to the Obama campaign, sent today:$180.65
'Nuff said.
]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 15:33:40 -0700 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/281-guid.html activism election 2008 government obama society & politics taxes http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/281-180.65.html the flow, and of going with it http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jdfalk/~3/266547623/280-the-flow,-and-of-going-with-it.html spirituality http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/280-the-flow,-and-of-going-with-it.html#comments http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/wfwcomment.php?cid=280 0 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=280 nospam@example.com (J.D. Falk) ]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:12:28 -0700 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/280-guid.html action inaction ocean perspective spirituality waves zen http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/280-the-flow,-and-of-going-with-it.html crime is stupid and annoying http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jdfalk/~3/265845478/279-crime-is-stupid-and-annoying.html society & politics http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/279-crime-is-stupid-and-annoying.html#comments http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/wfwcomment.php?cid=279 3 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=279 nospam@example.com (J.D. Falk) Macarthur & Athol, waiting for the NL transbay bus. 10:10 AM, nice spring day, and it's a quiet residential neighborhood, though -- like most of Oakland -- it's just a few miles from some crummier parts of town.

A guy walks up to the bus stop, and I can see right away that he's in a bad mood. (He's also black, early twenties, maybe 5'6", wearing a black hoodie and black pants.) After a few minutes he asks if I've got change for a five -- I don't, I only had enough $1 bills for my own bus fare.

A few minutes later, he walks over and pulls a big boxy-looking black gun partway out of the back of his pants, and says something like "give me everything you've got."

I had to laugh and ask if he was serious -- I wasn't feeling any real threat from this guy, but maybe he was scared enough to shoot anyway, so I offered him the $3.50 in my hand. We conversed a bit more, and I stayed with the attitude that I didn't think he could possibly be for real. Finally he insisted on taking my phone (but not before I removed the SIM -- "I'll give you the phone, but I'm keeping the data") and walked away without the cash as a bus was pulling up. I couldn't resist yelling after him: "It's gonna come back on you. You know it is." Maybe it was my imagination, but I think his gait changed -- I think he looked kinda sheepish.

This idiot didn't ask for my wallet (which has money in it, but I wasn't going to offer it), or my backpack (which contains my laptop and my iPod and other goodies, but I wasn't going to offer that either.)

I got on the bus (wrong route, but that's okay), told my story to the driver and the primarily elderly riders, and got off a couple blocks later to call 911 on a pay phone.

The police responded quickly -- there was an officer there to take my statement within a few minutes. I got to my meeting only 45 minutes late.

I've been paying T-Mobile for loss & damage coverage, so they'll ship me a new phone (which is silly 'cause I've already decided to drop 'em when my contract runs out in June), and I even have an unlocked phone at home for emergencies & international travel. So, my loss is minimal, and the criminal will be lucky to get $50. It's just annoying.
]]> Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:02:46 -0700 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/279-guid.html crime hiptop oakland society & politics http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/279-crime-is-stupid-and-annoying.html san francisco, february http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/jdfalk/~3/239151682/278-san-francisco,-february.html poetry http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/archives/278-san-francisco,-february.html#comments http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/wfwcomment.php?cid=278 0 http://www.cybernothing.org/thunk/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=278 nospam@example.com (J.D. Falk) a bag from City Lights marks me as a tourist.
when will I live here again?
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