Nick Adenhart dies in a drunk driving hit and run.

Nick Adenhart and 2 others were killed early this morning allegedly by Thomas Gallo while driving under the influence through a red light at the corner of Orangethorpe and Lemon St. in my home town of Fullerton, CA. Thomas Gallo was driving with a suspended license from a previous DUI.

This just reminds me of how seriously selfish drink and driving is. I personally have given up drinking because of the stupid things people do while doing it in excess. I could have just as easily been driving down Lemon last night, crazy stuff.

Nick Adenhart dies in a drunk driving hit and run.

How to disable the mailto links in Firefox 3

Time to remove the mailto links from Firefox 3

1. Enter "about:config" into the address bar
2. When you are told "This might void your warranty!" click "I'll be careful, I promise!" because you will be careful.
3. Type "mailto" into the filter
4. Select "network.protocol-handler.external.mailto"
5. Toggle to false

That is all. From now on whenever you click on an email address nothing will happen. No more worries about that bloated new Outlook Express email window popping up and wasting a valuable minute of your time.

You can also Set Firefox 3 to Launch Gmail for mailto Links

Fight Back Against Spam

Got to the FCC website to fill out an online complaint form for all sorts of spam or harassing behaviors.

Issues range from

1. Disability Access to Communications Services and Equipment
• Closed Captioning
• Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS)
• §255
• Hearing aid compatibility
• Emergency broadcast information
2. Junk Fax
• Unwanted/unsolicited fax to your residential or business fax machine
3. Telemarketing, Prerecorded Messages and Do-Not-Call
• Do-Not-Call
• Wireless spam
• Calls or messages to residential lines, business lines, wireless devices, emergency lines, patient rooms, and toll-free numbers
4. Wired Telephone
• Telemarketing (including Do-Not-Call)
• Prerecorded messages
• Billing
• Service
• Privacy
• Identity theft
• Disability access
• Number portability
• Unauthorized switching
• Unlawful advertising
5. Wireless Telephone
• Telemarketing (including Do-Not-Call)
• Prerecorded messages
• Billing
• Service
• Privacy
• Identity theft
• Disability access
• Number portability
• Unauthorized switching
• Unlawful advertising
• 911 calls
• Tower Light outages
• Signal interference to other devices

6. Internet Service and VoIP
• Unsolicited emails on cellular phone
• Billing
• Service
• Availability
• Number portability
• Unlawful advertising
• Disability access
• 911 calls
7. Broadcast (TV and Radio), Cable, and Satellite Issues
• Obscene or indecent programs
• Unlawful or illegal advertising
• Disability access
• Emergency alerts
• Unauthorized/unfair/biased/illegal broadcasts
• Cable modem or signal issues
• DTV issues
8. Tower Light Outages and Signal Interference

What the font?!

Check out this cool tool. Take any picture and it will help you discern what fonts they are using in it. Pretty cool, huh.

Master your Sleep Cycle

I have been doing a lot research looking for ways deal with little sleep without using caffeine or other stimulants to artificially maintain focus at work. I learned that a good way to do this is to plan out a good nap cycle. Here is an easy to understand diagram that describes the natural human sleep cycle and how you can use that to get the most out of your day.

Free Online School from Stanford Engineering

The Stanford Engineering Everywhere program has full courses online FREE. This includes Introduction to Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Linear Systems and Optimization. All free with videos, readings, and even tests. Pretty cool eh?

Google Chrome Comic Book?

Google explains why its new browser Google Chrome is so awesome in a neat little comic book. I actually think it is done quite well. Created by Scott McCloud.

The Google Chrome Comic Book