Matt Ebert

Just a boy with a dream….of pirates and moon ships

Monthly Archives: February 2005

FireFox Speed Tweak

As if FireFox was not fast enough, below is an easy tweak to help render pages quickly.

Note: Only use if you have a high speed connection.

1.Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
network.http.pipelining
network.http.proxy.pipelining
network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true”
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0″. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!

She's got to be somebody's baby

Today at lunch I found myself crossing the parking lot for the guilty pleasure of Long John Silvers.

I had never ventured into one of these joints until this past October. Mainly out of fear of the complese grease-laden aftermath it would make for the rest of my day. Now I have dined at fish and chips joints all my life, such as Skippers and Spuds. But those places are primarily in Seattle, where they do not have any Long John Silvers. I remember seeing the commercials as a kid on WTBS and wondering why I never saw one. But as I grew older and ‘wiser’ I tended to steer clear of places where the primary cooking apparatus is the deep fryer. (WingDome excluded)

How wrong I was. Not only is this place somewhat clean, but it is mighty tasty….and easy on the wallet. However, whenever I dine there I cannot help but have flashbacks to Fast Times at Ridgemont High. They always have some really bad classic rock musak station in the background, and I half expect to see Brad come walking from behind the swinging door in his pirate uniform, with the cruising vessel parked out back. As I sit there munching on my fish filet and hushpuppies this song always plays in my head, no matter how hard I try:

She’s got to be somebody’s baby.
She must be somebody’s baby.
She’s got to be somebody’s baby.
She’s so fine.
She’s probably somebody’s only light.
Gonna shine tonight.

I have not dared try the pineapple cream cheesecake though.

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea….

I swear to god I have never seen a single episode of this cartoon, but for some forsaken reason I have the theme song stuck in my head:

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Sponge bob square pants
Absorbant and yellow and porous is he
Sponge bob Square pants.
If nautical nonsense be something you wish
Spongebob square pants
Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Spongebob Squarepants Spongebob Squarepants
Spongebob Squarepants Spongebob Squarpants!

Let’s just hope this does not make me gay.