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Dear Microsoft: This is how it's done

Dear Microsoft: This is how it's done

For some odd reason if you want to watch the following video from Microsoft at the Channel 9 site about the IE 9's support for standards and interoperability, you are prompted to install Silverlight. I just thought I'd post this to show them how it'

By Christopher Horrell 19 Nov 2009
Kanye Bomb

Kanye Bomb

You may have heard about Kanye West storming the VMA stage during Taylor Swift’s speech. To mark that event I bring you the Kanye Bomb, an easy way to add an interrupting Kayne to your site. Download the file below, follow the README and enjoy! kanye_bomb_1.0.

By Christopher Horrell 14 Sep 2009
A few of my favourite iPhone apps

A few of my favourite iPhone apps

I bought the iPhone 3G S on the day it came out on June 19 and I’ve been pretty happy with it. Granted, I went from a Motorola Razr 3.0, probably the worst off all the cell phones I have even owned and I've owned about

By Christopher Horrell 27 Aug 2009
Squirrel Pop

Squirrel Pop

A new phenomenon has hit the web: Squirrel Photobombing. I first discovered this on Cute Overload and Intelligent Travel. It's taking over! To join in the fun, I've created Squirrel Pop, an easy way to add the Banff squirrel sitebomb (yes, I just made that up)

By Christopher Horrell 22 Aug 2009
citytv.com: Remove Comments

citytv.com: Remove Comments

citytv.com: Remove Comments is a Greasemonkey user script for the Firefox or Safari web browser. This script removes comments from the citytv.com website. To use this script you first need to make sure you have Greasemonkey installed and enabled for Firefox or GreaseKit installed and enabled for Safari.

By Christopher Horrell 17 Aug 2009
thestar.com: Remove Comments

thestar.com: Remove Comments

thestar.com: Remove Comments is a Greasemonkey user script for the Firefox or Safari web browser. This script removes comments from the thestar.com website. To use this script you first need to make sure you have Greasemonkey installed and enabled for Firefox or GreaseKit installed and enabled for Safari.

By Christopher Horrell 17 Jul 2009
CBC.ca: Remove Comments

CBC.ca: Remove Comments

CBC.ca: Remove Comments is a Greasemonkey user script for the Firefox or Safari web browser. This script removes comments from the CBC.ca website. To use this script you first need to make sure you have Greasemonkey installed and enabled for Firefox or GreaseKit installed and enabled for Safari.

By Christopher Horrell 08 Jul 2009
Moving!

Moving!

I know, it's crazy, right? After waiting so long for my loft in the Toy Factory, and (blogging about it frequently) I’ll be moving to a new place next week with my girlfriend. BUT, the new unit is also in the Toy Factory, just waaaay bigger (1300

By Christopher Horrell 02 Jun 2009
Three More Domains

Three More Domains

I just bought three more horrell.* domains last week: * horrell.ws * horrell.tv * horrell.me All of them redirect here, naturally.

By Christopher Horrell 15 Dec 2008
President Obama

President Obama

Well, that turned out well, didn't it? Congratulations America.

By Christopher Horrell 06 Nov 2008
Real-time election results from Google

Real-time election results from Google

I'm looking forward to checking in on this later this evening.

By Christopher Horrell 04 Nov 2008
Halloween 2008

Halloween 2008

This past Friday I dressed up for Halloween in what I think may have been the first time in over 10 years. Not sure if you can tell from the photo, but I’m supposed to be a grey-bearded cyclist, the kind you usually see downtown. It turns out I

By Christopher Horrell 03 Nov 2008
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