Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 7

The new version of Internet Explorer 7 will be installed as an automatic upgrade using Windows Update after the browser moves from Beta to Production. I haved tested IE7 and thought the browser was very clunky to use. It was not fairly intitutive to add RSS feeds. Also something as simple as adding your favorites took way to many clicks for me. So knowing that many web sites are not working correctly in IE 7 you have to wonder why is Microsoft making this an automatic update? To read more about Microsofts spin on this click on the link below to read about it on Microsoft Technet.

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My Favorite Extensions

As I have mentioned in the past I am big fan of using Mozilla Firefox to search the Internet. It is much better the Micosoft Internet Explorer. Why you ask? Here are a few of many reasons.

• The browser takes up half size of disk space and memory to run the Explorer and is twice as fast.
• It is less of a security threat then Explorer by hackers.
• The benefits is a tremondous amount of add-ons available because the browser is open source.

The add ons in FireFox are called extensions. I use a few extensions that are amazing. This includes writing to my blog from any web site, RSS Ticker that scrolls headlines across my screen, and a tool that will quickly create a hyper link from any word highlighted. I am not the only one who is a fan of extensions. Above is a screenshot of PC Magazines favorite extensions for Firefox.

V Foundation for Cancer Research

This Sunday the ESPY awards are on ESPN. It is an annual event where voters get to vote for their favorite althlete. Every year the ESPY is on I think back to 1993 and the fabulous speech given by Jim Valvano. The speech he gave was given two months before his death. It was amazing talk about familyand courage. You can read the transcripts of the speech by click the URL below. Please read it and send it to others.

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Mike and Jess video

This is a test video of Jessica and me. I used my webcam. Their was not much lighting in the room so the quality is poor. I am sure this is much better with a digital camera or camcorder. Let me know what everyone thinks? Isn't Jessica a ham!

Mike Wish

Was the Wicked Witch really Wicked?

Until Thursday I thought so. I went to see Wicked the Musical. I went to the show knowing very little about the music and the story. The only thing I knew is that the story took place before the little girl from Kansas landed her house in Oz. The first and remaining thought that has been stuck in my head since I saw the show is that their is always more then one way to look at almost anything. Seems cliche I know, but the show really explains the motives behind the actions of the Wicked Witch of the West. I don't want to give to much away for those of you who have not read the book or seen the show. If you do won't to learn more I recommend these sites. The official site at http://www.wickedthemusical.com/ and also the Wiki on Wicked found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicked_(musical).

I have been on vacation this week and didn't do much. The plan was small family adventures as money is tight. Jessica and I went crabbing a few times at the shore. She really loves it. The second time we went we caught 18 crabs. They were nice size crabs around 5-6 inches long. Also thanks to my buddy Frank we got invited to the party deck at the LakeWood Blueclaws. The BlueClaws are the single A minor league team of the Philadelphia Phillies. If you have not been to a minor league game it is plenty fun. General admisson tickets are around $5.00 and always a good seat in the house.

We also went to Great Adventure. I am not a big fan of GA. It is over crowded and the people can be interesting at times. They do have a great selection of kids rides. So I guess I shouldn't complain since Jess loves it and GA is only 10 minutes away.

I have great news about Rachel. She has officially began walking! I call it the Frankenstein walk. She holds her hands out in front as she walks. I can't believe how time just goes by. It seems like just recently she was born. Well I am off from work until Tuesday then back on Wednesday. Vacations are always way to short.

Mike Wish