I’ve noticed for the past couple days, there seems to be a constant read/write with my HDD when I open up Firefox. After trying to find out what it was, I decided to do a Google search for it, which brought me to a post on gHacks.
There is a fix for Linux where you set the Urlclassifier.updatecachemax from -1 to 104857600. When it’s set to -1 it means the cache is unlimited, now set to 104857600 it means it’s limited to 100 Megabytes.
To set it, open a new tab in Firefox and in the address bar type in about:config then in the search bar at the top, type in Urlclassifier.updatecachemax. When you see the result, double-click on it and change it from -1 to 104857600.
I hope this helps. I will monitor my HDD usage over the next couple days and see if it fixes it.
Update: Well, it seems setting the Urlclassifier.updatecachemax helps a little. I can still hear/see the HDD reading/writing from cache, but only lasts about 40-60 seconds, instead of a couple minutes.
Well, I was going through my comments that Akismet happened to catch. I am suprised at the amount of garbage that would get through if it wasn’t for Akismet.
Just going through the comments, there is things in there that are quite strange, like:
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Okay, so if there isn’t enough spam emails going around for penis enlargements, now bots have to attack comment fields too.
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Now this one is quite strange. I can’t believe people actually look at that kind of stuff, like breeding dog forced and everything. Whatever tickles your fancy I guess, but I’m sure you should put yourself into a mental institution.
Now I am wondering, how many of you people actually find these bizarre comments on your blog(s) that have been blocked?
Microsoft have released English, German, Japanese and Simplified Chinese beta 2 versions of Internet Explorer 8. The installer weighs in at 23.1 MB and users will be required to remove beta 1 before it can be installed.
As per the previous releases of Internet Explorer 8, there is compatability mode which allows the sites to render as if they would if you were viewing them in Internet Explorer 7.
One of the things I noticed during the install, is you can import settings from other installed browsers, which was neat.
View: Internet Explorer 8 Screenshots
Download: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2
Remember, it still is a beta, so there will be bugs. If you happen to find any bugs, please comment and let me know what you find.
I was just sitting here thinking about the things I have to pay next week, and how it leave’s no money left over — but that’s life, right?
I remember a little quip my accountant told me, that made me think, it goes like this:
Two things you can never avoid in life is Tax and Death.
Now, whilst this may be true, I beg to differ. One of them you can avoid, which is Tax. If you think about it, people like me work, and pay tax. That tax goes to the Government, which goes to police/hospitals e.t.c. but it also goes to the people not working; people living on the dole.
Which got me thinking, why don’t the people that are on the dole pay tax? The people that work have to pay tax to support the people on the dole, so they should have to pay tax to support the Government, right?
So I think the line should be:
Two things you can never avoid in life is Tax and Death, unless you live on the dole, then your tax-free.
Well, that’s just my little rant for the day, what do you think, should people that are living on the dole pay tax too?
I just got the following email, from admin@microsoft.com with the subject Internet Explorer 7. Now the contents of this email seems legit, but is totally fake.
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I thought I would let people know, that the final build of µTorrent is officially out now. It comes in as v1.8 build 11758. The first thing I noticed about the new build is a new icon, aqua-ish, whilst a minimal change, it still is nice.
You can download µTorrent over here, and for the people that like change logs, it’s also available here.
Well, that’s all for now, happy µtorrenting. Now remember, stay legal 
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The other day Chell and I watched a movie called Next. It stars Nicolas Cage and Jessica Biel.
The movie is about a man that can see into the future, but the catch is that he can only see his future, it involves action, murder, suspense. The plot on IMDB states:
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling “winnings.” But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
I would recommend you see this movie, and I would give it 4/5 stars. If you have seen this movie, let me know what you thought.
On Saturday evening, Chell, me and the boys decided to watch The Dark Knight. Matt got almost half way through it, but fell asleep so he went off to bed. Chell watched 3/4’s of it, and got bored of it.
I watched the whole movie with Jacob, but I must say that it isn’t as good as what it is made out to be, sure Heath Ledger played a great role as The Joker, but the movie itself went nowhere.
Throughout the movie it’s the same “Batman must catch The Joker”, and you get to see Two Face again, but he dies in the end (sorry if I spoiled it). But the whole story line is indeed quite boring, some of the action is good, but that would be all.
I think if I had to rate the movie, I would give it 2.5/5 stars. If you have seen it, tell me what you thought.
Here is a funny clip I found on YouTube, about being beached. Thought I would share it with you.
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