Bryan Quigley

Browsers and how I think they should show Trust and Encyption

Bryan — Tue, 01 May 2012 03:49:10 +0000

A follow up from my previous post; Firefox 12 Currently …has something like this to show trust and encryption (the colors are off but hopefully you get the idea, the actual blue and green are much nicer on the eyes): …

Browsers and how they show Trust and Encyption

Bryan — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 04:58:31 +0000

Firefox is moving ahead with a new way to convey the security level of websites…See the differences for yourself. Also including Chrome and Opera for comparison. Key: HTTP is the plain old web, no guarantee of well anything really security …

IPv6 Comments..

Bryan — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:48:10 +0000

I just noticed that I had my first comment by someone using IPv6 (they used a cell phone network). I expect IPv6 adoption to jump after worldipv6launch.org. I’m hopeful that comcast will get me on IPv6 by then… Some great …

Boot a USB Drive from GRUB.. or what to do when your computer can’t boot from USB

Bryan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 03:12:49 +0000

I’ve ran into this situation before.. Had Linux installed on a machine and needed to reinstall/or install another distro. Fine, should be easy right? Load said distro on a USB stick and away we go. Unfortunately some (mostly older) machines …

Google Fail

Bryan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:52:38 +0000

I just sent myself and a larger email group a message from Google Reader using the built-in email functionality. It asked me a captcha which I thought was strange, but filled it out anyway. Then I didn’t receive the message… …

Hiccups?

Bryan — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:57:19 +0000

Search deep with in yourself and say, “I am not a fish!”. This actually worked for me. I am aware that appears to make no logical sense. At least we are getting a better idea of where hiccups come from: …

Help end the US Corn Subsidy

Bryan — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:16:58 +0000

The White House website has been down for the first 8 days of my petition being on it. It only has 4 days left to get 25,000 people to sign. If the petition page doesn’t load, please comment on my …

On Google AdWords and Politics

Bryan — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:58:27 +0000

One confusing use of Google AdWords is for searches like this, if you Google “firefox aurora”. An ad comes up which points you to the first search result. This seems like the most useless advertising ever. This includes many presidential …

1 Week with Opera follow-up

Bryan — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:14:47 +0000

A follow up to my 1 week with Opera Unfortunately I didn’t make it. I’m used to an unstable browser (I run Firefox Aurora normally), but recurring crashes are never fun. In fact while writing this post, Xorg went a …

1 Week with Opera

Bryan — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:11:56 +0000

I’ve been testing Firefox Aurora almost since the new release cycle. This release seems quite stable and fast.. So I need something different… I’ve decided to try Opera (stable) for 1 week. I’m on the hunt for websites that don’t …