Tone Parsons

I guess I can announce what’s up, now that I have to talk to my boss about it.

I’m going for the job of Senior Web Developer at my company. It’s a senior position, it pays more, and it’s right up my alley. I’ve always said “if I can find a job that lets me goof off with photoshop and make web pages, I’ll be in heaven!”.

This is that job.

I also know that the manager for that department wants me, and the job is pretty much mine.

So…. now I have to go into my managers office with an Internal Opportunity Request, convince her to sign it, and I’m all set.

That is, unless she kills me.

I’m totally psyched and somewhat terrified at the moment. I’ll let you know how it all worked out.

EDIT: My boss was totally cool.  She said that she figured I’d go for a position like this (as she knows it’s what I love doing).

Yay!!

Today is the day!

I know there are people out there who are registered to vote but don’t. “My vote won’t make a difference”, they say. Sure… your one vote doesn’t make much of a blip on the radar…. but when you combine all the people who say that, it becomes massive! Don’t be part of the silent minority…. vote! Do it now!!

Now… ok, I’ve convinced you to vote, but since you’ve been a total slacker up to this point, you don’t know the issues. None to fear, friend, I’ll tell you how to vote (if you live in Washington State, anyway).

First and foremost… if you find a “D” or “DEM” next to the candidates name, put a check in that box. I have never before voted party line (I’m a fierce independent), but American politics have been dominated by one party for so long that there have been no checks and balances, and government has run amock.

It’s time to balance the power and stop this crap.

On to the local issues (for Washington State):

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Ok… I’ve only been talking about this for 6 months or so, but I swear to you…. the time for me to rule the world with an iron fist is near.

I hope.

Promises have been made, plans have been put into play, and the freak out factor could be very, VERY high (this is the only part of the plan that scares me).

Once again… I’ll let you know more when I can, but hopefully that will be in the next week or so.

By now, anyone who’s ever been on the web (and that would mean you) has heard of firefox.

What surprises me is that more people aren’t using it.

With the release of Firefox 2.0 and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7, one thing is perfectly clear: Firefox is kicking much butt on the internets.

During the first 24 hours, just over 2 million copies of Firefox 2 were downloaded (that’s just over 23 downloads per second… PER SECOND!!). Compare that with the 0.5 million downloads of Internet Explorer 7 during it’s first 24 hours on the web, and you’ve got something that makes a company like Microsoft nervous.

Firefox is totally free, it’s a small download (5.6mb compared to IE7’s 14.8mb), and is very feature rich.

One of the new features in Firefox 2.0 that I love is the spell checker.

I’m famous for typos (as anyone who’s ever read this blog knows). Firefox has a spell checker built that shows errors on the fly (it marks them with a red underline). Simply right-click and choose the correct spelling and it takes care of it (you can also tell it to ignore the word or add it to your dictionary).

The tabbed browsing is similar to what it was in earlier versions, except the “close” icon is on each tab now, not on the tool bar (again… nice!).

Internet Explorer 7 is better than IE 6, but doesn’t have all the features of Firefox. It does have tabbed browsing (like Firefox has always had), which is a first for Microsoft, but that’s about where the advantages end. Its annoying “anti-phishing” plug-in is pretty useless (any website that has a field you can fill in will trigger it) and it slows down how fast a page renders.

Of course, Microsoft decided to fix the numbers yesterday by making IE7 a “critical update” (yup… force feeding it to the unwashed masses… how sad).

So… chose your own destiny, download Firefox 2.0 now. RIGHT NOW! You’ll thank me later! 🙂