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I dislike pop-up windows cluttering my screen but thanks to Firefox and the mighty mighty Proxomitron, I almost never see them.

I was taken aback to find I was getting pop-up windows on some web sites after I upgraded Firefox from version 1.0.7 to version 1.5 a few days ago. This was all the more surprising since I had configured Firefox to open a new tab in the existing browser window instead of a pop-up window.

It turns the developers had changed the default action for the option in about:config that governs this behaviour in Firefox 1.5. Once I had tweaked that, I was pop-up-free once again.

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By Gobi – Thursday, December 8, 2005

Elsewhere on the web

ChoroQ K.I.T.T.

Sneaky, professor, very sneaky.
“One lecture consisted of us watching our professor play WoW, ostensibly to showcase narrative techniques in MMORPGs but really just because he needed the Whirlwind Sword.”

Superman Returns.
The costume seems off somehow.

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By Gobi – Wednesday, December 7, 2005

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Blog inspires PSP game.
If that’s not unusual enough, the blog in question is about an abused husband. You may commence shaking your head now.

The CD Stripper.
Apparently, removing the plastic shrinkwrap on CD cases is a herculean task which necessitates the purchase of a ten-dollar device.

The FBI on porn detail.
The Memory Hole: “Remember, when 9/11 happened, the FBI was busy trying to take down a whorehouse in New Orleans. If another terrorist attack happens in the US, we can rest assured that the FBI was dutifully watching Anal Intruders #45.”

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By Gobi – Tuesday, December 6, 2005

MMM Gundam

MMM Sword Impulse Gundam

Another shot of Bandai’s MMM Sword Impulse Gundam from the Gundam SEED Destiny series. This one’s a little dark. Like most of my photos of action figures, I took this one indoors and the lighting wasn’t too good. It would be better to set up the figures outdoors and take advantage of sunlight but I’d rather not have to explain my action figure collection to my neighbours. Those kinds of conversations tend to be a tad … awkward.

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By Gobi – Tuesday, December 6, 2005

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Card sharks. [via]
Six players suspended for assault, 22 suspended for bribery and four suspended for theft. Did I mention the card game in question is Magic: the Gathering?

Hung up on hanging.
All Singaporeans are banned from a file uploading service because the providers consider hanging to be a barbaric form of the death penalty “which can take up to six minutes to painfully execute the victim.” Yet Wikipedia notes, in modern times, “the average time between taking a victim from the cell and death was around fifteen seconds.” This is an absurd move all around.

Don’t do the crime ….
“I am obviously extremely upset & nervous about this.”

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By Gobi – Monday, December 5, 2005