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« Louder | Main | Everybody wants some » September 18, 2002The Type Ahead FindIs anybody else using the newest version of Mozilla? I installed 1.2a last week, thinking that I'd play with it a little here and there, but it's quickly replaced galeon as my browser of choice. Now, don't get me wrong. Galeon is a fine browser. It's a fine browser, Stuart, does lots of spiffy things, but it doesn't have the type ahead find, Stuart.
Anyway, for his tenth birthday, all he wanted was a Burrow Owl. Kept bugging his old man. "Dad, get me a burrow owl. I'll never ask for anything else as long as I live." So the guy breaks down and buys him a burrow owl. Anyway, 10:30, the other night, I go out in my yard, and there's the Wurster kid, looking up in the tree. I say, "What are you looking for?" He says "I'm looking for my burrow owl." You know what, Stuart? I like you. You're not like the other people, here on the Internet. Trackback Pings TrackBack URL for this entry: Listed below are links to weblogs that reference The Type Ahead Find: » Stuart from The Long Letter » Stuart from The Long Letter Comments
Wil you're a dare devil just like your old man. Ahhhhh, reminds me of my first show. Posted by: valis at September 18, 2002 07:26 AMHeh. Dead Milkmen? Another obscure reference I understand. What's the score now? Wheaton 2,113, Shell 28? (No, I'm not using the new Mozilla.) Posted by: Shell at September 18, 2002 07:27 AMAnd to think I use to be able to relate to (or even understand) the things you wrote.... Posted by: Zadecko at September 18, 2002 07:28 AMburrow owl? what the hell is a burrow owl? you americans are weird Posted by: jack at September 18, 2002 07:30 AMJack, check here: who loves the internet. i do. Posted by: jack at September 18, 2002 07:35 AMy'know, If I was an owl, I wouldn't be burrowing, I'd be like, "hooo hooo I ain't no burrowing owl, hoo hooo" Posted by: jack at September 18, 2002 07:36 AMactually, if I was a Wil Wheaton, I'd be like "wooo wooo I'm Will Wheaton, I rule woooo wooo" Posted by: jack at September 18, 2002 07:40 AMBurrow owl? We don' need no steenkin' burrow owls! Posted by: jeffroDOH at September 18, 2002 07:40 AMburrow owls stink? man, if I was a real owl, I'd be like "hooo hooo, I ain't no burrowing owl, they smell! hoo hooooo" Posted by: jack at September 18, 2002 07:45 AMDeja Vu - Burrow Owl. Posted by: ze-mag at September 18, 2002 07:47 AMKeep your hands inside the Mangler,Wheaton.The snow cone guy can't take much more Posted by: Dank at September 18, 2002 07:49 AMWTF? My head hurts. Posted by: Pmacca01 at September 18, 2002 08:01 AMIt's all fun and games until someone loses an owl. Posted by: dwyerdawn at September 18, 2002 08:06 AMNow, Wil, do you think an audience like that is going to know what the queers are doing to the backbone? Posted by: Bandit at September 18, 2002 08:13 AMFirst it's Soul Coughing, now its Dead Milkmen. I am just proud in your taste of music. Posted by: Nick at September 18, 2002 08:21 AMALL MONKEYS: Read Stuart in Announcements and you will see the type ahead... Posted by: ze-mag at September 18, 2002 08:33 AMOH MY GOD WIL!!! Finding this website a few weeks ago boosted my respect for you a LOT. You are a whole lot cooler than one might expect. But THIS? The Dead Milkmen???? Oh god, I think my respect just doubled. I haven't even HEARD that album in over ten years. Amazing Posted by: Stak at September 18, 2002 08:41 AMYou know.....It's hard to come up with a witty reply, when you can't remember most of the lyrics to that damned song. Now I gotta go listen to the album again. Posted by: Dingo at September 18, 2002 08:43 AMOK I have never posted here, just vicariously read it, but I had to say thanks for making my day with the Dead Milkmen bit there. Hey, remember-- Stuart was a daredevil, just like his ole man... Wil Your Fans In Seattle Whats Mozilla? Posted by: Chelsey at September 18, 2002 08:54 AMUnh, my hed hurtz. Why the F is he STILL LOOKING for the DAMN Burrow Owl. He shoulda found that a while ago. Did i mis it? And to think some of us are just content to catch a little Mork and Mindy while drinking our Coors cool 64 ouncer.......I guess I'll have to switch from publications from Pueblo to here =) Posted by: Ash at September 18, 2002 09:04 AMThe lyrics have taken over the blog now. I thought we were shot of them, but they're back... *sigh* Wil's obviously having a relapse, everyone. Posted by: NickW at September 18, 2002 09:06 AMYou'll dance to anything by De Pecka Mode/You'll dance to anything by Naked Truth... Posted by: Nekromantik at September 18, 2002 09:07 AMTHEY ARE BUILDING LANDING STRIPS FOR GAY MARTIANS!! I SWEAR TO GOD!!! Posted by: Jacob Metcalf at September 18, 2002 09:13 AMWil, I know I know I saw da Burrow Owl in this Blog before, but I just searched all the archives and I CAN'T FIND IT. WTF? Are you playing funny games with my head Wheaton? Have PITY! AAARGH! Later. Posted by: Drakensykh at September 18, 2002 09:14 AMthe dead milkmen kick ass Posted by: collin estell at September 18, 2002 09:22 AMAhhh...good old Dead Milkmen. When I was in high school, a friend and I tried to do this in the school's "lip sync" show. We were told that since the song contained a reference to beer ("Throwing back a Coors 40 oz"), we couldn't do it. But "Sex Shooter" was ok. Yeah, right! THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE QUEERS ARE DOING TO OUR SOIL!!! Posted by: Shannon at September 18, 2002 09:23 AMWil, for once I must admit it, I am completly stumped by your post.....but on a good note you are posting. whooo whooo goes the owl, best to you and your family, until your next post...... Matt...... Posted by: matt at September 18, 2002 09:32 AMI like you, Will, you are not like the other people here in this trailer park Posted by: Dave at September 18, 2002 09:42 AMMozilla is my browser of choice. I've been using it since it's beginning...milestone 5 or 6, before that it wasn't really a browser, just the Gecko engine. Posted by: James at September 18, 2002 10:01 AMI would like to thank Google for helping me to understand this entry and for possibly increasing my level of cool (but probably not). Let's all go to Des Moines. Posted by: Gaea at September 18, 2002 10:13 AMcheck this out http://homepage.tinet.ie/~ournexus/jumpjez.html Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick Posted by: Beth at September 18, 2002 10:25 AMGlad to see you like Mozilla.... I'm running Netscape 7.0 and thankfully Moz addons work with it... however I cannot seem to make heads nor tails of the instructions... perhaps you can explain "Accel+/ (Find as you type) and Accel+' (Find as you type links)" business??? THANKS! ***THE BEEJ*** Posted by: THE BEEJ at September 18, 2002 10:28 AMI was using Mozilla for awhile, but some of the buttons in Moveable Type weren't showing up and that really bugged me. Otherwise it's great. Posted by: brendoman at September 18, 2002 10:28 AMWil, just when I think you can't get any cooler, you go and quote the Dead Milkmen. You rock. Posted by: Scrumpy Jack at September 18, 2002 10:32 AMBurrow Owl!! Burrow Owl!! Burrow Owl!! Posted by: RevXaos at September 18, 2002 10:44 AMWil, I thought my wife and I were the only people that still knew about the Dead Milkmen! I am posting this comment using the Mozilla browser, a product that I think was made in a large underground installation near Des Moines -- A U.S. city with a large underground homosexual population... Love to see references to the Dead Milkmen man, love em! Keep Smokin Banana Peels, Okay that was tooo weird- LOVE DM- but that song was one of the first my (now DH)and I listened to while dating..scary I know...and I used to call him Stuart..so the weird part is today is his birthday and last night we had some folks over for dinner/cake/etc and I wrote Stuart on his card That Wil. I stop by his web site today, hoping for some of his usual Epic Tales Of Adventure. I get burrow owls. Burrow owls? At first, I think, "Moron. I Hate You, I Love You." Then I Hate Myself for thinking that. After all, Wil is like God's Kid Brother. He's the man. He makes this Big Scary Place called the Internet feel like Beige Sunshine and fuzzy pink rainbows. I feel bad for my traitorous thoughts. I think, "Why, If I Had a Gun... maybe the Little Man In My Head would stop talking..." and I would be able to appreciate him better and be worthy of understanding his blog entry today. So, I take a walk around the room to clear my mind of unpure thoughts and think more deeply about Wil's Words, and guess what happened? Yup. I Tripped Over The Ottoman. I thought, "Man, that was Plum Dumb of me to do. I gotta stop dreaming my Silly Dreams of understanding The Great Big Wil and watch where I'm going." Life Is Shit that way. But, it proves a point. Don't think negative thoughts about Mr. Wil Wheaton Dot Net or you'll be feeling the heat of Belafonte's Inferno! Okay, maybe I'm being a little bit dramatic, but I'm serious when I say that bad things will happen to you if you think bad thoughts about TV's Wil Wheaton. But still... At The Moment, I feel like I'm missing Part 3 in the book trilogy "The Secret Of Life and other answers" that everyone has a copy of, but me. Out of all the people All Around The World, am I the only clueless one who doesn't know who this Stuart guy is? (And what about this Johnny Wurster kid. Is there really a ten year old kid who runs the backend of the other website?) Is this How It's Gonna Be with Wil's blog entries? I hope not. I never get the obscure references. My Punk Rock Girl head hurts at trying to comprehend all the words and verses of The Conspiracy Song that it seems like all The Big, Sleazy loyal Wil fans sing. I need to take a break and listen to some Bleach Boys for a while and ponder the meaning of Wil's entry, my Bitchin' Camaro, My Many Smells, Wonderfully Colored Plastic War Toys, and other intellectual stuff. Posted by: nrkyss at September 18, 2002 11:14 AM This is even weirder than the first time you told us that story. Ya big weirdo. :P Posted by: Hal97 at September 18, 2002 11:17 AMSo I was at the fair buying a SNOWCONE and this guy's HEAD came flying through the air and rolled about 40 feet past the concession stands.... I wonder if he was using Mozilla or not?? Posted by: Floppygoth at September 18, 2002 11:33 AMI love Mozilla too. It basically changed the way I use a computer, and finally got me to dump Micro$oft for good.I highly recommend it to anyone who has a basic understanding of their computer. Posted by: Hank Scorpio at September 18, 2002 11:52 AMWhoa dude! Whatever you are smokin', please pass it along. Ok now this migfht just be a blonde moment but... was anyoen else confused? I just started using the Mozilla browser for OS X (aka Chimera aka Navigator). Me likey. http://mozilla.org/projects/chimera/ Posted by: Courtney at September 18, 2002 12:37 PMMMMMMOOOOOOZZZZZIIILLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAA! *ahem* Thank you. Posted by: Toonces at September 18, 2002 12:37 PMHey Wil, don't forget to get your Motley Crue t-shirt, y'know, all proceeds go to get their lead singer out of jail! Posted by: tj at September 18, 2002 12:39 PMOh yeah ... Doug, he's smoking banana peels. Posted by: tj at September 18, 2002 12:39 PMMozilla Bug Leaks URLs Visited A privacy issue in the open-source Mozilla web browser, used to power the latest version of Netscape, Galeon, http://members.ping.de/~sven/mozbug/refcook.html "I see dead...burrow owls." Posted by: bluecat/redblanket at September 18, 2002 12:56 PMWil is BIG into recycling these days. Posted by: bluecat/redblanket at September 18, 2002 12:57 PMAwesome, wow, like, yeah, uh .... huh? Where you smoking too many banana peels today, huh Wil? Posted by: Amber at September 18, 2002 12:58 PMWil, Since you're not going on a rant about the world...Can I post a message to everyone here? I know you are a huge proponent of helping people around the world, and in NYC next week, there's going to be a huge event to help get rid of landmines around the world (in this case, Azerbijan, i think). http://www.humptydumpty.net/invite.html Anyone who can make it is invited, and I think things like this are important because its one those great cases where individual people can really help. If you think this is inappropriate, im sorry- just delete the message. Im just trying to tap into your huge fan base! Peace and love! Right on Bryan! It's really important to remember some of the lesser known charity issues out there. I checked out the site and forwarded it to some of my friends in NY. Posted by: Elyssa at September 18, 2002 01:10 PMOh thats sounds so cool! I live in NYC and its sounds great. Is Wil going to go? Cause if so Im definitely there!! Posted by: Postinfool at September 18, 2002 01:11 PMHey, is this SPAM?? hmm, it does seem like a really good cause. And burrow owls might care about landmine issues. So I guess its only SPAM when it promotes hot wet teen girls in azerbajan. What about a DM reunion show- now that seems like a good cause!! Posted by: Zoinkers at September 18, 2002 01:19 PMWe test on Mozilla & Netscape at work, as well as IE at work. Its one of the advantages of working at a dot com. :) Posted by: Emily at September 18, 2002 01:23 PMHi Wil, Just a bit Off-Topic, but I still have some slashdot moderation points ready to be wasted, I'm waiting for you posting something funny over there... Posted by: Roalt at September 18, 2002 01:27 PMDOOD. It aint spam if it helps people! thats what the WWDN is all about- Posted by: rockstar12 at September 18, 2002 01:28 PMI don't just use Mozilla. I do some Quality Assurance work for them, as a volunteer. I'm also tinkering around with some extensions to Mozilla code (nothing too serious, though). Come join us at irc://moznet/mozillazine (click on the link from Mozilla) anytime. Posted by: Alex Vincent at September 18, 2002 01:28 PMDead... Milkmen. Hmm. And here I thought he was mackin' on that MadTV skit... I could read it in that woman's voice and everything. "What does Momma say about that, Stuart? What does Momma say?" "I don't WANNA say it..." Posted by: Raven at September 18, 2002 02:13 PMTo quote my favorite American expression: Huh?
Hmm, Ive never used any other browser, maybe
Wil, POW, HE WAS DECAPITATED!!!!! I'm getting a new Toshiba laptop for home. I'll check out Mozilla. Work is still on IE. Thanks for the memories. Just so long as he doesn't start quoting Blink 182 or something, everything's cool. We be cool, right? You know I don't like no not-cool. Posted by: KJB at September 18, 2002 03:43 PMGuess I shoulda kept listening after "Big Lizard in my Backyard". Here's a link to the lyrics of "Stuart": Hey Wil! Raven, I could totally see that MadTV skit too! "Stuart, were did you get that?" "I found it on the flooorrrr...." Wil, you should really go on MadTV and do something funny like that, you'd be great! Posted by: Amber at September 18, 2002 04:26 PMWil, Ok forget my last post I listned to the song and now I understand. Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick, nice reference Wil, nice reference. You really think there are gay martians? Maybe that is what landed in Roswell and homosexuality just spread. best to you and your family, until your next post...... Matt...... Posted by: matt at September 18, 2002 04:31 PMWil, you know what I like you Wil, your a good American. Don't be a daredevil keep your head and arms inside the mixer at all times, the snowcone guy can't take anymore. Keep your eyes on the queers and what they are doing to the soil. Matt...... Posted by: matt at September 18, 2002 04:43 PMWil, it's been a long road getting from there to here, faith of the heart...... don't forget to watch the 2nd season of Enterprise tonight at 8:00 est on UPN who knows Wil, maybe you can get a role on there or do a cameo as Wil great grandad or something later, Wil, I meant to say a role as Wesly's great grandad or something. Posted by: matt at September 18, 2002 04:59 PMI was in "a large US city, So while in Des Moines I dropped my best friend who knew about a postcard telling that I was having a lovely time with the gay martians. he got the biggest kick out of it. I have only met one other person who gets that reference...and now you. I like you Wil, obscure references that date back to 1989. Yee f(*&^in' haw! thanks for the smile. Im greatly dissapointed by the anti-christian remark's I find here{jumping jesus on a pogo-stick} and the link to a game by the same name.I believe everyone has a right to there opinion but not when they claim to be open minded and tollerant of others.Mr Wheaton how can you post "PEACE ON EARTH" on September 11th and then allow comments and links posted like theses here today today?
Bookmark edit on Galeon can NOT be beat. Posted by: The Unbound Writer at September 18, 2002 06:49 PMWil, What the heck are you talking about. You know a lot of your fans have been waiting to hear about your venture in Las Vegas - I'm sure people are more interested in that. Also, I don't appreciate you using the word "Jesus" like that. It's very offensive, just like calling a black person the n word. Posted by: sara at September 18, 2002 07:05 PMYou read this stuff right? Here is a splash screen I made for mozilla: and this is the theme I like best: I totally agree with you JAMES PELLE! Posted by: sara at September 18, 2002 07:06 PMWow - Juust dug out my Milkmen YESTERDAY for the first time in God-knows-how-long. Found I STILL knew "Stuart" by heart. Now Sweet Uncle Willie pops a ref? What are the odds? Posted by: Adam at September 18, 2002 07:16 PMwheaton, i'm dying over here... thanks for the laugh... (have i told you about my dad singing that one in chinglish?) mae ling Posted by: Mae Ling Mak at September 18, 2002 08:07 PMfuck yeah, wheaton Posted by: Nathan Shaw at September 18, 2002 10:40 PMlearn how to freaking write, James Pelle, then you can lecture people about your retarded beliefs. their Now if you'll excuse me, I'm in the middle of a Fun Run... Posted by: Hank Scorpio at September 18, 2002 11:04 PMWell, the Dead Milkmen thing is totally over my head (or under, maybe, I guess), but I just had to say that I'm a Galeon fan. Mozilla rocks (I use it for development, mainly), but Galeon is lighter, faster, and lets me put tabs in a vertical column along the side of the screen. Right now, I literally have more than two dozen websites open, and I can click any one of them without scrolling. If there's a way to do that in Mozilla, I might switch. It's a WHOLE lot faster now than when I first started using it (let's see... back around 0.6, I think). Hey, did anyone here see Enterprise tonight? Posted by: Da Schmiz at September 18, 2002 11:06 PMWell, I don't know where you magic pixies come from, but I sure do like your magic pixie drink! Burrow owl? Really? Posted by: sims at September 18, 2002 11:30 PMErm, has Wil be smoking blow again? Posted by: S'Becks at September 18, 2002 11:56 PMThank goodness other people knew thename of your referance. I was like....."I know that I have heard that line somewheres...but where?" Ok. Keep up the good work! Hmmm... you wrote it, but I got it... which one of us is geekier? Just remember to keep your head and arms inside the mixer at all times. Posted by: Miss Karen at September 19, 2002 01:17 AMDamn, you're bad-ass. You make me want to take retards to the zoo, and participate in a complete and total barf-o-rama. Since I can tell you like this sort of stuff, have you ever heard of Harvey Sid Fisher? Once again, you rock. Posted by: Liz Stockton at September 19, 2002 02:25 AM"Jumping jesus on a pogo stick!" There's a new book by Carl Hiaasen called "Hoot." It's kind of sort of about burrowing owls. It's his first kid's book... but it's good. Read it! :) Posted by: Laurie at September 19, 2002 03:40 PMand that's not half as bad as that guy who got decapitated over by the snowcone machine! Posted by: tamsen at September 19, 2002 09:50 PMI have been using Mozilla on my mac for awhile now. It is very complient to the standards and as a web site designer, I really enjoy having things look like what I intended. Posted by: Maggie at September 20, 2002 12:55 AMoh sure, I read this, and upgrade my mozilla ... 1.2b ... the TAF is nice, BUT ... it crashes hard whenever something is typed in the URL Bar ... so I've spent the last 3 hours reporting-and troubleshooting with bugzilla to make it a friendlier program for you all :) I see crazy people. Everywhere I look, I see crazy people. They don't even know they are crazy. I ain't never seen a burrow owl though. ;-) Posted by: Sue at September 20, 2002 07:26 AMSorry if this has already been said, but... you know, since Galeon and Mozilla are both based on the Gecko engine, you can (or will soon be able to) use type ahead find in all Gecko browsers, including Galeon. Posted by: nitrogen at September 20, 2002 11:56 PMYou and I must have been a part of the Jungian collective unconscious that day. I had "Stuart" going through my head all day on the 18th after I listened to the song in the car just before arriving at work. I didn't read your post until days later. Freaky! Posted by: Chris at September 22, 2002 08:30 PM*kowtow* The Dead Milkmen shall continue to rule long after Beelzebubba. -Chris Oh how I love to sleep in vomit. You don't know the joy I get from it. The Dead Milkmen Rule all!! Wil I like you. You're not like the other people here in the trailer park. 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