I've been using Netscape 4.7 for a long time now, all the while knowing I shouldn't. It mainly had to do with being familiar with the way the browser behaved and wanting to continue my own particular style of browsing. Unfortunately, this also meant being thoroughly familiar with the buggy Javascript engine that enjoyed freezing the whole browser up so completely that it couldn't just be closed, it had to be killed from the task manager. And then there are all the HTML rendering engine problems, such as its inability to set frames to the exact size specified or its.... anyway, I'll just say it had lots of problems. It was mostly inertia that stopped me from going to IE completely, plus it also lacked some of the things I could do in Netscape.

Now, though, I've switched to Mozilla, which has been a wonderful change. The functionality is basically that of Netscape Navigator 4, but it actually works.... well, mostly. It's a 1.1 version, so there are still a few bugs, but I haven't encountered anything on the level of Netscape 4.7's problems. The tabbed browsing looks very interesting (you can dock different pages into the same window, letting you hit tabs to switch between them, similar to the tabbed worksheets in an Excel document), though I haven't made a lot of use of it yet.

Mayhem of the Mooninites

Anna Nicole Smith is a fat, ugly, stupid skank. I can't imagine why anyone would want to see pictures of her, nevermind watching an entire show about her. I mean, it's fucking ridiculous. But we've entered the familiar pattern of success-and-knockoffs. An original idea became a success (The Osbournes) and now we must suffer through the cheap hacks and their attempts to duplicate that popularity. But was it really necessary to go straight to the absolute bottom of the fucking barrel? I mean, who the hell thought that Anna Nicole Smith was the ideal candidate for her own "reality" show? Gah. The whole concept makes me sick.

Yesterday was sad day for the gun industry, as Bill Ruger, the man behind Sturm & Ruger, passed away. Whether or not you liked Ruger guns, it's still impossible to deny that Ruger was a giant in the modern gun industry. A company built upon a simple .22 autoloader grew into an amazing enterprise that put out practically every kind of firearm you can imagine. Single-action revolvers, double-action revolvers, target pistols, defensive pistols, semi-auto rifles, bolt-action rifles, lever-action rifles, single-shot rifles, and double-barrel shotguns. It's the only modern gun company that's remained in the black (made a profit) for every single year of its existence. Rest in peace, Bill.