As mentioned on Asa’s blog, Henrik Gemal has created a Mozilla Related Blogs page. All the usual Mozilla blogs are there (BlogZilla, Hyatt, and so on) and, much like DFWBlogs, they’re listed in order of how recently they’ve been updated.
Month: June 2003
Best 50 Magazines
Via MediaBistro, the Chicago Tribune has an article on the Best 50 Magazines. At the top is Cook’s Illustrated:
1) Cook’s Illustrated. The measure of a magazine is how well it covers its chosen field, and in that regard, Cook’s is a gem, notable both for the quality of its recipes, for its testing of kitchen gadgets and for the obsessiveness of its recipe testing (“Now I had solved the problem of the soggy crust, but there was still work to do. The egg wash had proven only deflective, not impermeable…”). Even if you’re not a foodie, this magazine’s tart, skeptical prose is well worth reading, and its product reviews are as trustworthy as can be, given its exhaustive testing and the fact that it doesn’t take any ads. […]
Cook’s Illustrated really is good, and I had a trial subscription for a while (I let it lapse only because I didn’t have enough time to read it). The Tribune’s description makes the magazine seem almost esoteric, but it’s very down to earth. Most useful are their tests of common kitchen tools and everyday food items (one issue had a comparison of a few dozen supermarket cheddars, for instance). Hmm, maybe I should give it another try.
A Broken TiVo
Christopher Blizzard, of Mozilla fame, has an unhappy TiVo. Stated simply: “A Severe Error Has Occured&rdquo. It continues:
Please leave the receiver plugged in and connected to the phone line for the next three hours while the Receiver attempts to repair itself. […]
Yikes. That must be the TiVo-equivalent of the unhappy-Mac.
Silly Greek Ferries
My family took the Jet One ferry from Crete to Santorini last Friday (both of which are islands in Greece). It seemed like a good idea at the time, especially since it would have taken about nine hours by plane (because there are no direct flights, we would have had to fly to Athens and from there to Santorini).
However, we later learned that the ferry nearly sank on its very next voyage:
The stranded holidaymakers were transferred to life rafts and other ferries from the Jet One catamaran by coastguards in a nine hour operation.
Merchant Marine Minister Giorgos Anomeriti said: “It was a difficult operation because the waves were big and it was difficult to approach the catamaran. Thankfully, everything went well.”
Two rescue helicopters, a military transport plane and more than a dozen vessels were called up for the rescue, about 20 miles south of Santorini. […]
Yikes. Perhaps I’ll take the plane next time.