Mozilla adopts two real, live firefoxes, broadcasts live stream...

by Sebastian Anthony on December 3, 2010 at 01:00 PM

Yes, in a beautiful collision of cuddly adorableness and PR mastermindery, Mozilla has adopted two baby firefoxes. These cuties (which are actually pandas -- not foxes) were born at Knoxville Zoo, Tennessee, back in June, but as of today they're now part of the Mozilla community.

For the next few months, Mozilla will be broadcasting a live, 24-hour video stream of these two cuties. There are even six different angles to choose from (seriously -- I'm not making this up), and it's best to watch them at 9am, 12pm and 4pm EST, just after they've been fed. There's a video of them rolling about after the break.

Anyway, if watching very cute (but mostly inanimate) animals isn't really your kind of thing, you can also help Mozilla name them! Right now, in true soulless coder fashion, they're only known as "cub #1" and "cub #2" -- but if you hop over to the FirefoxLive site, you can suggest a name.

Over the following months, Mozilla plans to provide "more ways to interact with them". I'm intrigued and more than slightly concerned. Let's hope Mozilla Labs doesn't get involved... Tags: browser, firefox, firefoxlive, knoxville, knoxville zoo, KnoxvilleZoo, mozilla, red panda, RedPanda, tennessee

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The Indicator: 101 Things I Didn’t Learn in Architecture School

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My PC Has A Virus

Wheeew! I've been troubled the rest of day cleaning my personal computer. I got this autorun virus which disables me from accessing my drives c and d and all other folders. It literally deprives me from penetrating my pc. I don't know where I got this virus, but probably from my mp3 or perhaps in one of my downloads from the internet. Luckily I found my flashdisinfector cd and immediately installed it in my pc and got rid of the autorun virus.

Another lesson learned is to always always be careful in everything and anything that you connect to your personal computer.

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My New Printer and Scanner In One Has Arrived!

My old printer is not working anymore. I had negligently used it without noticing that the cartridge had already dried. Although I still refill it with ink, the quality of the print is not the same anymore. So while the printer is still usable I decided to just buy a new one. After all, it's old and has been of service to me for a couple of years already.

I decided to buy a printer with scanner in replacement of my old printer. It's manufactured by Brother, which is a good brand. I particularly like this printer scanner because of the cheap price, the established brand and because the inks are refillable individually. This means that even if one color is missing I can still use it to print. Thus, I save ink, and when I save ink I save money. In contrast to other printers, if one color is missing you can't print anymore until you refill the missing color again even if you only need a particular color.

The printer scanner is in white color with a touch of gray on the sides. I wish I had taken pictures of it. But it's still in the box and I haven't installed it yet. I will later.

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Who likes Freebies?

Who says there’s not something good that’s free these days?! We all love it when it’s free right? Free items and free services, who wouldn’t love it? How about you get a free internet connection for 30 days, risk free, no contract, no obligation to fulfill best of all no fee to pay. I just found this awesome offering from Charter internet,allowing everyone to get a high speed internet connection as fast as 5Mbps for only $14.99 a month. That’s really cheap. Now if you are in need of a good internet service provider and you’re on a low budget, you definitely should check this out. With a special offer valid only for a limited time, you can get free internet service for 30 days cost-free. Technically, 5Mbps is 3x faster than DSL. More to this is the protection against viruses, hackers and spasm, 10 email accounts, and 20 MB Web space. I’m telling you this is a super great deal. If you just want to test the service, and get a free 30 days service, you can just cancel before the 30 day period ends. How clever is that!

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Welcome

As CTO of Artemis Alliance, I want to personally welcome you to the Down to Earth Business Rules blog. If you are tired of academic, theoretical discussions on business rules and want down to earth conversations with people like you who deal with the day-to-day issues of doing real business rules work, then this is the blog for you!

The Down to Earth Business Rules blog is for both business and technology professionals faced with the challenges presented by adopting and realizing the value of a Business Rules approach. As anyone who has worked on a business rules project knows, the theory of business rules does not always match the reality. Artemis Alliance consultants will draw on their years of working in the business rules trenches to bring the issues out of the Ivory Tower and down to the earth where we all live.

Lively comments about all aspects of business rules are expected and encouraged. There are no restrictions other than the highest level of professionalism is required. The Down to Earth Business Rules blog is moderated by Artemis Alliance.

Again, Welcome. If you have topics you would like to see addressed, please contact me at mkrouze@artemisalliance.com.

Michael Krouze, Chief Technology Officer, Artemis Alliance, Inc.

Artemis Alliance, Inc (http://www.artemisalliance.com), in the trenches since 1993, is an information technology services firm specializing in Business Rules Management.

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