And there was a great rejoicing.

After months of trying to decide whether to go ahead and use the beta version of the next big release, fans of the Firefox browser can at last go ahead and upgrade: The Mozilla Project has officially released Firefox 1.5, the patiently-awaited "almost major" upgrade to the popular Firefox browser.

What's included? See for yourself. And if you're still

using Internet Explorer (snicker), I have to ask: What the hell is wrong with you? Don't you realize IE 6.0 is sooooo 1990s? (Not to mention riddled with an ever-increasing number of backdoor exploits).

What are you waiting for? Go get Firefox.

I have to confess to a weakness in my geekness: Although I readily admit to being a geek of the first magnitude, I cannot be considered — in any way — to be an "A/V geek."

I simply have no knowledge of — and really, no interest in — whether the Tritanica XLG AirWoof 9000 Multimedia Transceiver with Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Steel-belted orange peeler is really any better than the second generation Blastfactory OmniHD

Pro Z3 Handheld Video Duplitasticator. But sometimes I want to know.

That said, anybody got any preferences when it comes to choosing between Tivo or ReplayTV (or some other DVR technology) for recording reruns of House and 24? I'm not looking for the latest, greatest thing; I just want to come home and watch Monk on those occasional nights when I forget to program the Betamax.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

About three years ago, I made the switch to OS X for my personal computing system. I've never regretted it, and I've been looking forward to the new Intel/Apple machines for months now. So why does Apple choose the holiday season — the time I'm actually considering the purchase of a new machine — to flat-out piss me off?

Just in time for holiday traveling, the AC adapter (aka the "plugger inner") for my iBook decided to quit working on me. This shouldn't be

a big deal, but as the adapter is less than three months old, it rather irks me (The fact that it's the second adapter I've purchased in the past year makes it even more irksome). No problem, though: I have an Apple Store in my hometown, and I can simply trade it in there, as it does have a one-year warranty. Right?
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On behalf of your captain and the rest of the flight crew, I'd like to apologize for any incovenience the up-and-down motion of Turdhead.com may have caused today.

After spending a day recovering from a hacking attempt — and updating several Wordpress-based modules along the way — I think we've got Turdhead.com back together again. It's been a while since the blogspam defenses have been down, though, and I was blown away by the sheer volume of spam I received

in the few minutes shields were lowered. More than 200 messages in 30 minutes. There's got to be a way to beat these idiots; I'm leaning toward mallets and sledgehammers, myself.

Regardless, I think I've got the shields back up again; I just hope I haven't barricaded myself too heavily against the onslaught of the spammers. If anybody wants to offer a hand, I'd appreciate you're leaving a comment here — just to make sure you still can.

Thanks!