Archive for the ‘The Internet’ Category

  1. May
    27

    FedEx.com Says “Not You” to Linux Users?

    While getting a new PC ready to ship today I ran into a popup message at www.fedex.com when trying to use our Ship Manager account to make and print labels:

    Looks to me like yet another large corporate site checking for the operating system under the browser. As if that matters at all if they would [...]

    Filed under Linux, The Internet
  2. Apr
    28

    Guess What? Fox News is Responsive to the Linux Community.

    The Linux community spoke and foxnews.com listened. I received a polite message late today from Mr. Dave Denis the Director, Product Development at Fox News. Mr. Denis stated that Fox News is now aware of the problem with their Video page and is working with Maven Networks to get it fixed. Mr. Denis also stated [...]

    Filed under Linux, The Internet
  3. Apr
    25

    Does foxnews.com Hate Linux Users?

    (See this follow up article: Guess What? Fox News is Responsive to the Linux Community.)
    This will be a short web log post. Try to view the Video page at foxnews.com from a Linux system using any browser and see what happens. http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html
    I see these results. The first is Firefox on Linux the second is Opera [...]

    Filed under The Internet
  4. Apr
    15

    Google Sucks! (And Google Can Be Wrong)

    I really loathe the fact that Google has decided to be Net Nanny for all of us. Go ahead and try this even if you dislike Google as much as I do. Go to the Google main page and type in, including the quotes, “blog.eracc.com” and click their [I'm Feeling Lucky] button. Did you see [...]