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 "... the top of my head goes way past where it should."Thanks to Braden for captioning this photo from USA Today. |
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| Posted by a very amused MadDog
on Friday August 24, 2001 at 4:21 PM - 0 comments |
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I installed the latest incarnation of Netscape's web browser yesterday afternoon, and I've got to be quite honest with you here and tell you that it actually pretty good.
Netscape lost me around the release of version Nutscrape 4. It's bloated size (17MB up form 3.5MB for Netscape 3 Gold) combined with its total ignorance of the HTML standard left a sour taste in my mouth. There was great hope however for the release of Netscape 6. Unfortunately it turned out to be the biggest embarrassment Netscape has ever suffered. Well, I'm here to tell you that the Big N has heard the cry of the people and thus redeemed themselves with this latest update. Here's a quick breakdown:
- File Size: The average download is about 20MB, pretty small compared to IE's latest release.
- Combatibility: Web pages seem to be displaying reletively well. No more of this botched up tisplaying of tables and background images. It's new Gekko engine really seems to be doing the trick.
- Speed: Compared to Netscape 6.0's startup time, Netscape 6.1 starts up from a cold boot at around 10 seconds. It may seem a while, but once it's loaded, it's every bit as zippy as IE. Impressive seeing as IE is embedded into the very heart of windows.
- Features: Its skinable (the default skin is very nice), the AutoComplete is non-intrusive and FAST (quicker than IE's), Netscape Composer is still one of the best free webpage editors around, AIM and Google is nicely integrated into the side-bar, and a whole bunch of other surprises.
I dont know if I'm going to be using it instead of IE, but I do know that you shouldn't be writing Netscape off just yet, and if you already have, maybe you should reconsider after giving this a go, especially if you used to LOVE using Netscape before they went askew. I don't know who started the rumours that Netscape were out of the Browser Wars, but it couldn't be further from the truth at this stage. |
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| Posted by a very surprised MadDog
on Friday August 24, 2001 at 10:26 AM - 0 comments |
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Hi... You might remember me. MadDog? I'm the guy that runs this here website. Yeah, well sorry for the lack of updates recently. I've recently aquired a new workstation PC for myself here at work. A lovely machine: Dual 1Ghz Pentium 3 CPUs, 60 Gig of ATA100 HD, half a Gig of RAM, 3 Voodoo3s outputting to 3 17-inch monitors... Awww yeah... I'm feelin' the breeze... However, this has meant that everything has had to be reinstalled from scratch, so that would explain the downtimes to Planet MadDog recently. The main pain in the side to fix was the News updating script. I finally (2 minutes ago) figured out that it was having problems with the fact that I've moved it onto a new drive. I think it's about time I upgraded to a new one. Fixed now though. Phew... Well, what's new for me? Well most of the wedding plans have been organised. Apparently, all thats left to start on is the flowers and those little booklet thingies you get at the church. The suits have been chosen, and us guys have the fittings on the 20th of October (jot that down in your diarys, guys). The honeymoon has been chosen. At the moment we're looking at a 10-day tour of England, including 3 days in London, then 1 week driving around doing the tea-towel tour of Ireland before spending a week with rellies. We then leave for Bangkok where we'll spend New Years Eve. Then home :(. All we're waiting for before we book it in is confirmation that we can stay with my rellies over in Ireland over the week of Christmas. My cousin, Julie, is getting married at the end of November (I think) so I'll have to see what's happning first before I book anything.
 Me, accepting my award
from Mr. Don McPherson | Oh yeah, and Saturday was the 2001 McPherson Media Group Annual Awards Night, and from ALL of the THOUSANDS of other web developers in the company I picked up the award for "Website of the Year 2001" for my work on the Taco Bill website. I also won the award last year for my work on the Flash intro to the Australian Airbrush Art website. I got a framed certificate and a nice boxed pen with "Website of the Year 2001 - Michael McCorry Taco Bill" written on it. Still with me? Good... Hmmm... what else has been occupying my time... Hmmm... Well games-wise, I've been playing Monkey Island 4 on the PC and Grandia 2 on the DC. I've also been toying with M.U.G.E.N. which, for those who don't know, is a kick-ass, free vs-fighting game engine which allows you to download from a selection of hundreds of characters and background stages to form your own super fighter megamix. Mine's looking at having about 156 characters now, with about twice as many backgrounds. I'm currently filling in the gaps with missing characters, while searching for the right music to accompany the many, many stages. I tell ya, it's gonna be kick ass. Mail me for more info if you want it. It think I'll wrap this up now. My intention is to inform, not bore, so I'll leave you with a little news that my domain name comes up for renewal in January 2002, so I'll be planning a complete revamp of the website in time with that. Also, I've found a good use for my AYBABTU.org domain. What, exactly? You'll have to wait and see. |
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| Posted by a very relieved MadDog
on Wednesday August 22, 2001 at 1:08 PM - 0 comments |
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Yesterday just after lunch I installed a new stats package on Planet MadDog to replace the old ex-snazzy TheCounter.com I used to have. I now have site-wide statistics about nearly every aspect I could want to know, the most interesting of which being the most popular referrers. This shows me how people are getting to my site; which search engines they're using, and the keywords they're typing. Therefore, I'm proud to present a list my favorite search engine keywords used to find Planet MadDog from the last 24 hours.
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| Posted by a very insane MadDog
on Wednesday August 1, 2001 at 2:08 PM - 0 comments |
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This is a little story started by me many many moons ago when something strange happened to the OzChat Posting Board. All of the the posts disappeared for some bizzare reason, so while the board was totally void of posts, I decided to have a bit of fun. While I wrote most of it, there were a couple of additions by Tank and Digger which helped keep the story moving, so some credit goes to them. In the end, we just sort of got a bit sick of it, so thats why theres no real ending. Check it out in the Output section. |
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| Posted by a very ambivalent MadDog
on Monday July 23, 2001 at 5:48 PM - 0 comments |
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JOTA!!!!As much as I was hoping Ben would win, I was almost certain that Blair would be the winner of Big Brother, but hey, I didn't pick Sara Marie to be the one evicted on Sunday night either. Wow, surprises all round. A huge congratulations to Ben. You're the original grouse Aussie bloke and I don't think the prize could of went to anyone more deserving. You were yourself the whole time, and that just shows what a great bloke you are. All the best. |
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| Posted by a very envious MadDog
on Tuesday July 17, 2001 at 2:05 PM - 0 comments |
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Like you really needed any more proof, but it's been a while since I last updated the news on here, so I thought, what the hey. Back when Braden was working with me at McMedia he often had to make a trip to go out to the site of one of our points-of-presence to fix some techy-type-doohickie-whatsits (its a technical term, you wouldn't know it... don't feel too bad...), and sometimes that would mean getting up early in the morning to leave. One morning I came in to work to find the following message in a Notepad window.
G'day Michael,
just thought I'd send you a big message before I pop off to work today. Cause ya know what, its 6:30 in the morning right now.. look... I'm looking at my watch at it says 6:30... see, if you look at yours right now you'd see I'm not lying, but of course, you will be asleep, because you're not as tough as some people around here. As im here by myself for the moment, and you will be the only person getting this message, I am going to say something that has been taxing me for years and years now. I am going to admit my undying love for cheese wiz... Do you realise how hard that was, I bet you don't, but I totally understand your feelings on the subject, but don't tell Kylie, cause she will think you are weird, and we don't want anyone thinking you're weird, cause people like Kylie might already have some thoughts on that issue, if you know what I mean. But she is kinda weird too, but in a good way, if you know what I mean.. psst psst.. hehehe.. don't tell her that bit, cause she might want to smack you in the chops, but if you decided that the
earth was green on the outside, while the middle of the apple core was somewhat placid in the inside, they cry when they all die blonde, if the actual shape of the undecided object that was round around the outside, but quite frilly without the cake of joobunga, if you know what I mean. *taps side of nose with a knowing smile* Yes.... I know that you're thinking about how delicious a big fat meaty bonafide grande taco burger would taste right now, but if you're like me, you will go for the side of a small sheep, with wool of course, but with out woolworths.... hahaha I knew you'd get the joke.. awww you're so good that way, cause you know how berzerker a large apple-o-rama is.... hehehehe.. interesting revalations...
outta here..
enjoy your day without my input... I know you will miss me grundy mudda.. :-) 'Nuff said. |
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| Posted by a very confuzzled MadDog
on Monday July 16, 2001 at 10:02 AM - 0 comments |
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Most of you already know this, but so far I've met two of the Big Brother evictees, namely Todd and Lisa. I've had these photos for a few weeks now, and I thought it was about time to share them with the world before I get too far behind in updating this page. Check them out in the Output section. |
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A philosophy professor in Washington stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2 centimetres in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The students laughed. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. "Now," said the professor, "I want you to recognise that this is your life. The rocks are the important things - your family, your partner, your health, and your children - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else. The small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical check-ups. Take your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal. "Take care of the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand." But then ... An Australian student then took the jar which the other students and the professor agreed was full, and proceeded to pour in a glass of beer. Of course, the beer filled the remaining spaces within the jar making the jar truly full. Which proves: that no matter how full your life is, there is always room for a beer. Thanks to 1959 for that one. |
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I haven't remembered a dream in ages (at least not one worth putting on this site) so when I woke up this morning I made sure that I kept the image of last nights dream fresh in my mind. I've also added an older dream that I forgot to actually publish. Check out the Dreams page. |
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