Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3.

Internet Explorer 7's third and "final beta" is here. Among other things, this version shows the URL destinations of some buttons in the status bar when they are hovered over. Toolbar buttons have more consistent looks also.

Aina, a model from Norway.

Look, I don't care if her last name's Tambini or Timbiani. After seeing this post and a little searching, I'm betting a 50/50 chance of me changing my gravatar very soon.

Aina, it was love at first sight.

More student aid, yay.

I'm glad the US is now offering two special grants.

Still, if it's about national security, they should've offered it five years ago. You know, when we needed it. I'd pay any amount to defend the country I govern.

Consolas.

Microsoft is offering its Consolas font for download.

digg has a story on this and other fonts.

Font handling in browsers.

In Windows, try downloading Neuropol X from Typodermic. Put it in your Fonts folder. Notice the change on the top of the page?

Even if IE sucks rocks, it at least knows when new fonts are installed. Opera can't do this (when Neuropol X Free is deleted, hovering over the heading changes its font to Arial—ugh!) but at least it works on almost any OS. (I'd say something about Firefox or Bon Echo...but their shills just scare me.)

I'm trying to make a better version of Easy Notify Icon Maker (Roxio didn't warn me or anything, but the original name did sound like one of their works¹). Stay tuned. http://gamekid.notlong.com/easyicon/2/ will get you there once it's up, http://gamekid.notlong.com/easyicon/1/ will get you the original, and http://gamekid.notlong.com/easyicon/ will get you the latest.

¹interestingly, there is not a single trademark with "Easy [blah-blah-blah] Creator" listed on their site. I'd rather not test their legal prowess in any case.

I probably won't restore the Icon Maker download for a while.

YeAAAAAuh.

I put up a second version of the Icon Maker, with full source code and installer sources.

Use 7-Zip, TUGZip, or other programs that can work with a 7z file, to unwrap my gift to you. ;)

See this previous post for more info.

The easy way to heaven (or as some call it, ABA Games).

You're welcome.

Grid Wars.

Via Shoot the Core's "PC database", I found a nice shooter called Grid Wars. I love it.

So how do I thank the author? Simple: I create my own Gfx Set for the game based on The Guardian Legend.

The set is in gwtglgfx.zip, an 88.3 kilobyte zip file. (Usage instructions are included in its "readme.txt" file. Check the download for viruses before further use.)

This whole freaking post is out of date. Grid Wars was taken down after an e-mail from Bizarre Creations of Geometry Wars fame, and I probably won't restore my download either.