A couple years ago I used a password manager for Firefox aptly named "Password Hasher". It let me use a master key to log into all of my website accounts and it was pretty handy. Nowadays I use Chrome and I've changed most of my old Password Hasher passwords, but there's still a few sites in which I haven't. For these, I use an HTML file sitting on my computer that mimics the same functionality as the Firefox extension, but it's clunky and not very handy at all. So since Chrome extensions are so wicked easy to build (being only Javascript and HTML), I figured building a Password Hasher Chrome extension would be an easy project. It was!

Download the latest version here

It auto-fills the "site" field with the URL of your current opened tab, and there's an options panel to tweak how your passwords are hashed. It basically has the exact same functionality as the original Firefox extension, with a few minor exceptions.

Of course, though, I didn't check to see if anyone else had created one before I started. So there's already an extension for Chrome that does this, but it's kinda ugly, and I trust mine a lot more! So use mine!

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It all started on March 25, 2008. I had a domain and I needed to put it to use. I set up a humble wiki and let my friends and coworkers create pages and upload photos. It was pretty alright.

Since then, TOTALLIES hasn't changed much. Until now. I figured since the wiki was really only used for uploading silly images, that I should reduce some of the unnecessary load on my server and switch to something a little more appropriate. So I set up a Tumblr account and changed my domain's name servers, and said goodbye to an old friend.

Say hello to: TOTALLIES 2.0

I decided to take the website in a new direction as well; All of the images I am uploading are going to be weird/and or gross. Yep. Sorry if you don't like it (not actually sorry). I hope everyone still finds it entertaining. 

I also created my own theme because I wasn't 100% happy with any of the ones they let you choose. I looked through a lot. I like the one I made and I am going to improve on it over time. I still need to find a place for the TOTALLIES mascot, happy cat.

Enjoy.

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So bookmarklets are all the rage these days. There can be some pretty useful ones like Readability, which strips non-useful information from any webpage, leaving you with nice easy to read text. There are of course the less useful ones, such as Cornify, which covers any webpage with unicorns and rainbows. 

Over lunch today, I (with a lot of help from Brent (thanks Brent!)) created Papmic Sansrus. Papmic Sansrus has the ability to make any webpage the most offensive webpage in the world... but only if you are a designer. It will replace the font of every word to an alternating combination of Comic Sans and Papyrus.

Click here to see Papmic Sansrus in action, or drag the link to your bookmarks bar for easy use on any website. (If you are reading this in a feed reader, you might need to visit my actual website to witness the glory.)

My original intent was to alternate fonts between every letter, but for simplicity's sake, I decided to make a lite version that limits it to every word instead. Through a happy mistake, however, we got it working the way I originally wanted. Click here to see the ultra version, though you might want to refresh the page if you're reading this with the lite version active. This ultra version works well in Firefox, Chrome and Safari, but has some trouble in Internet Explorer. It also might break some page layouts slightly, but I feel it only adds to the effect. It will also cause your browser to chug/crash if you try it on a very text-heavy site.

Brent is also the author of another fun bookmarklet called 3D. Using this without 3D glasses will probably induce headaches. A couple more hideous ones I've found add drop shadows to everything, or add drop shadows to just text. I am unaware of the author of these gems.

Combine Papmic Sansrus with 3D for the ultimate web experience.

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Anyone with an internet connection for more than a few days has probably come across a parked domain. There are so many parked domains now, legitimate websites are forced to accept ridiculous alternate spellings like Flickr or Digg or whatever else. Today at lunch I went to fun.com to find that, surprise surprise, it was also parked. I decided to perform a little experiment by pretending I was a completely ignorant internet user who was innocently looking for some free music. I clicked the first drop-down and selected "free music". Oh dear.

I eagerly clicked the first result that was presented to me and it brought to FreeMusicConnection.com. I was greeted with a very low bitrate song playing in the background and an animated Flash intro. After clicking "Skip Intro and Take Me to My Music!", I suddenly had a form to fill out. I'm sure they just need a little info and I would be on my way to FREE MUSIC.

So secure.

I guess now everybody knows my password is "Gordon". Please don't tell anyone, guys. Also, at least they're up front with you about how little they respect your privacy!

After filling out the form with fake information, I came to a screen asking to verify my phone number. Rats. I guess they're too smart to let bogus sign-ups get past them. The scary part, though, was in the fine print:

The Service is available to customers of Rogers Wireless, Bell, Fido, Sasktel, Telus, MTS Mobility and Virgin Mobile for a monthly fee of $5.00/week.

Yup. $20/month for FREE MUSIC if you weren't careful enough to read the fine print. Sadly, my relationship with FreeMusicConnection.com was at an end, but I wasn't ready to give up my search.

Back at fun.com, I found another site offering free music, this time it was EZ-Tracks.com. Upon clicking, I had to mute another low bitrate song playing in the background of a flash animation. EZ-Tracks didn't force me to fill out a form before I knew what my options were, which was nice, so clicked a few songs in their "Top Song Downloads" section. Before attempting to download, I checked out some of the comments at the bottom of the page. This was for Snoop Dogg's "Drop It Like It's Hot":

wow i would like to drop it like its hot too. because i am hot and sexy

Sounds reasonable. This one was for Queen's "We Are The Champions":

I think this song is very cool to listening to if you are happy

I was sold. I clicked "Download Now" and I was prompted to enter my email address. I gave them a fake one, and I was brought back to the exact same screen that FreeMusicConnection.com sent me to earlier, asking me to verify my phone number. I guess I wasn't getting any free music today.

Just out of curiosity, I clicked their Terms & Conditions and I found this gem:

Many of the songs available through the Service are performed by their original artists. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you understand and agree that most of the available songs are performed by other musicians in the style of the original artists.

I am pretty certain that the only people that get reeled in by these offers are naive moms that just don't know any better. I weep for them.

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I got a comment on an older post of mine from somebody named Piter Kokoniz. The comment was simply this:

Hello !!!! :) I am Piter Kokoniz. oOnly want to tell, that your posts are really interesting And want to ask you: what was the reasson for you to start this blog? Sorry for my bad english:) Thank you! Piter.

That's it. No links to follow, nothing. I googled his name, and it turned up several posts on other blogs with the exact same comment from Mr. Kokoniz. Either he's new to the internet and doesn't "get" the whole spamming business, or he is legitimately curious as to why I created this blog. If the latter is true, then Pitir, let me tell you:

I started this blog because I am a web developer and I love the internet and technology. I wanted a place to share interesting things I find, and sometimes talk about little things that happen in my life. That's it, really. A simple answer.

So there you have it, Piter. I hope that answer was satisfactory. And don't worry, your english is fine.

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