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Scoble says AutoLink is evil. For the record, I fully accept that this is Scoble's heart-felt opinion on right and wrong for the web. I just think he's misguided.How different is this than the right-click functionality in Firefox ("Web Search for..."), or other extensions. For instance, a Map extension that lets you highlight an address,...

This is my current biggest complaint with the TiVo interface. If I have a show I want to record, and there are multiple showings, why do I have to manually check each to determine if they conflict with stuff I already have scheduled to record? How hard could it possibly be to check for the...

CuriousKitten.net has a new site design. It may look suspiciously familiar. Permalink pages aren't styled because it's creating them as .htm files, not .shtml, so the included page for the header that defines the style-sheets isn't being included. This isn't a problem on my blog, but I can't find the option that changes this in...

I just received my wedding ring. Yes, I know I've been married over 18 months. Hey, there's something to be said for getting your wedding bands in time for your second Valentine's day. Uh, really!

I'm so funny...

I've written before about the unofficial toolbar before. Now Yahoo! has released an official Firefox toolbar. Gervase Markham points out some interesting notes.

Google just gave us a new one. And boy is it good. First, it gives us what Google does best: a simple search. You can simply type the whole search in the single simple input field and get your results. Second, it gives a very slick interface that allows us to interact with the map...

Scorers of New SAT Get Ready for EssaysReading this article felt remarkably similar to watching a horror movie. Revulsion and helplessness top the list of emotions that hit me as the writer banged home the subjectivity of the scores for these essays. I'm glad this came after my time for the SATs, and I pity...

"How can you call yourself a political party?". Ann Althouse provides an excerpt from last night's Hardball.MATTHEWS: Yes. Well, that's why you're losing. Why you're losing. now is, you can't even point to your leaders.At least George Bush is the leader of the Republican Party.GOODMAN: It's not about my leaders. It's about...To be fair, reading...