Great news! Van Halen is back together, releasing a new album and going on tour! :yawn: This is almost as exciting as the news that John McCain has endorsed…um…I forget. Heard it yesterday, I think. I dunno. He endorsed one of those douchebag Republicans running for Preznit.

With the release of Firefox 9, I have switched back from Chrome. It seems to work better for me, with the exception of the bookmarks menu on the MacBook. For some reason, if I get into a submenu, I can no longer go back to scrolling/selecting the main menu w/o going all the way to the top or using the keyboard. The bookmarks toolbar works fine. This is somewhat annoying, and not something that happens on any version of Windows or Linux that I’ve used. It’s one of the many annoyances with the Mac OS that is so beloved by many, but doesn’t do much for me. Not that there aren’t things I don’t like about it (two, three, and four-finger gestures, for instance), but I’ve been able to get that functionality via other methods.

One thing I don’t get is what’s the point of the little red ‘X’? I mean, does it do anything different the the little yellow ‘-‘ button? Not as far as I can tell. All it does is make me think I’ve closed the program, only to eventually discover that, yes, I have 100 things running. I mean, I can always command-Q, but, still, why have both buttons if all one does is initiate the cutesy shrinky-uppy graphic. Cute, the first few million times, but after that? Meh.

And, man, I sure need to make sure I actually close down the programs, ‘cuz this thing turns into a dog if I’ve got more than a few things running. No offense to dogs, of course.

I think I need a new sittin’ & surfin’ device. Yesterday’s Woot was a Thrive tablet, refurbished for $279. Pretty good deal, with Honeycomb pre-installed and at least the promise of support for Ice Cream Sandwich on the horizon. Alas, that’s a toy I just can’t justify at this point in time.

Oh well, time to get started on Friday (it is Friday, right? Please don’t tell me it’s Thursday again) and get this week over with.