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	<title>Carl Mercier&#039;s blog &#187; Miscellaneous</title>
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		<title>Restoring Twitter for Mac&#8217;s Black Icon</title>
		<link>http://blog.carlmercier.com/2011/01/12/restoring-twitter-for-macs-black-icon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Mercier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter just changed the color of the Twitter for Mac icon to blue. I hate it. Most people hate it. Don&#8217;t worry, there&#8217;s hope! I have saved the old black icon and you can return to the old school way pretty easily. How to update Twitter for Mac&#8217;s icon from blue to black: Download the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Twitter just changed the color of the Twitter for Mac icon to blue. I hate it. Most people hate it.</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-292" title="Icon" src="http://blog.carlmercier.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Icon.png" alt="" width="200" height="200" /></div>
<p>Don&#8217;t worry, there&#8217;s hope! I have saved the old black icon and you can return to the old school way pretty easily.</p>
<p>How to update Twitter for Mac&#8217;s icon from blue to black:</p>
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<li>Download the <a href="http://blog.carlmercier.com/wp-content/uploads/black-twitter-icon.zip">Black Twitter Icon Pack</a></li>
<li>Navigate to your Applications folder</li>
<li>Right click Twitter and select Show Package Content</li>
<li>Go to Contents, then Resources</li>
<li>Update the file Icon.icns with the one included in the Black Twitter Icon Pack zip file.</li>
<li>Profit!</li>
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<p>As a bonus, you&#8217;ll find an <a href="http://blog.carlmercier.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Icon_2.png" target="_blank">alternative icon</a> that Twitter never used. You may use it if you wish.</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>Network Solutions stealing domain names!</title>
		<link>http://blog.carlmercier.com/2008/01/09/network-solutions-stealing-domain-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Mercier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official, Network Solutions is stealing domain names from its customers (proof here and here).   EVERY domain searched for is automatically registered by the company only seconds later.  That&#8217;s just one more reason to not trust registrars when you&#8217;re looking for the perfect domain name. If you&#8217;re not already aware of that, I&#8217;m the author [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s official, <a href="http://networksolutions.com" target="_blank">Network Solutions</a> is stealing domain names from its customers (proof <a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Network_Solutions_steals_domain_ideas_Confirmed" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://use-ajaxwhois-and-avoid-getting-ripped-off-by-network-solutions.com/" target="_blank">here</a>).   EVERY domain searched for is automatically registered by the company only seconds later.  That&#8217;s just one more reason to not trust registrars when you&#8217;re looking for the perfect domain name.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not already aware of that, I&#8217;m the author of a nifty little website called <a href="http://ajaxwhois.com" target="_blank">Ajaxwhois</a>.  It allows you to lookup any domain name (including .ca, .uk and so on) and to perform whois queries on them.  All of this is, of course, ajaxified to the fullest extent.</p>
<p>The good thing is that Ajaxwhois does NOT send queries to ANY domain registrar and I certainly won&#8217;t steal the domain names you search for.</p>
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		<title>Quick overview of the Defensio launch</title>
		<link>http://blog.carlmercier.com/2007/11/09/quick-overview-of-the-defensio-launch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Mercier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defensio]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you probably know, we just launched Defensio two days ago. The response from the community has been outstanding and we&#8217;re super excited about it! We&#8217;re getting great reviews from everywhere, we&#8217;re flooded by e-mails, developers are actively working with our API and our servers are humming along pretty smooth. Everything&#8217;s going great! I consider [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you probably know, we just launched <a href="http://defensio.com">Defensio</a> two days ago.  The response from the community has been outstanding and we&#8217;re super excited about it!  We&#8217;re getting great reviews from everywhere, we&#8217;re flooded by e-mails, developers are actively working with our API and our servers are humming along pretty smooth.  Everything&#8217;s going great!</p>
<p>I consider myself extremely lucky to have such a great team behind me.  Without these guys, Defensio would not have been possible.  <a href="http://camilolopez.com">Camilo</a>, <a href="http://web1979.com">Mat</a>, thank you!</p>
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		<title>Show some love for Justin!</title>
		<link>http://blog.carlmercier.com/2007/03/19/show-some-love-for-justin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Mercier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cool/funny/stupid stuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My buddies in San Francisco just launched one of the craziest website around: Justin.tv. Justin Kan and friends, all ex-Kiko.com founders are behind this. The idea is simple&#8230; Justin has a cam strapped to himself and they broadcast live, 24/7. What&#8217;s truly outstanding is the technology behind all this which allows them to be totally [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My buddies in San Francisco just launched one of the craziest website around:  <a href="http://justin.tv" target="_blank">Justin.tv</a>.  Justin Kan and friends, all ex-Kiko.com founders are behind this.</p>
<p>The idea is simple&#8230; Justin has a cam strapped to himself and they broadcast live, 24/7.  What&#8217;s truly outstanding is the technology behind all this which allows them to be totally mobile.  Their Internet-connected PDA allows them to broadcast from pretty much any decent-size city in America.  What a great way to let you experience a day in Justin&#8217;s exciting life!</p>
<p>I was first informed of their project in September or October.  I thought it was a great but crazy idea&#8230;  no more privacy!   I knew Justin was the kind of guy willing enough to do it, and he did.</p>
<p>Congrats on the launch, guys!  The site is really impressive.  I wish you luck.</p>
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		<title>Montrealers, beware of scammers!</title>
		<link>http://blog.carlmercier.com/2007/02/26/montrealers-beware-of-scammers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.carlmercier.com/2007/02/26/montrealers-beware-of-scammers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Mercier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I recently blogged about, I had the pleasure to be part of the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast a few weeks ago in Montreal. It was a great event and I only have good things to say about it. However, I was recently lured into going to a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) (aka pyramid scam) presentation [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As I recently blogged about, I had the pleasure to be part of the Montreal Tech Entrepreneur Breakfast a few weeks ago in Montreal.  It was a great event and I only have good things to say about it.  However, I was recently lured into going to a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) (aka pyramid scam) presentation by someone who attended the breakfast with the apparent sole intention of collecting as many business cards as possible and try to lure these people in his scam.  So far, at least 4 people (including myself) have been caught.  Don&#8217;t become one of us.</p>
<p>I advice everybody to be extremely careful.  I know you&#8217;re smart enough not to buy this BS, but you might want to be aware of the situation.  It might save you some time, trouble and maybe even money (they&#8217;re very convincing!)</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how it went for me&#8230; the person in question (of Asian descent, let&#8217;s call him Mr. D.) e-mailed me telling me that he was starting a business with his multi-millionaire partner and that they wanted me to join their team.   He said that their business was endorsed and backed by a <span style="font-style: italic">very</span> famous multi-billionaire real estate entrepreneur.  He also said that they were visiting him the next weekend to discuss business.  That sounded serious and intriguing enough for me and I agreed to meet him (one on one) the following Wednesday at 7pm in Ville St-Laurent.  Although he did not want to give me more details over the phone or email, it sounded like an exciting opportunity.  When I showed up at the building where &#8220;his office&#8221; was supposed to be, I noticed a huge room where a MLM presentation was about to happen.  I thought to myself&#8230; OMG, what kind of fools attend these meetings?  Then Mr. D. arrived, and I realized I was going to be one of them&#8230;</p>
<p>I should have realized it was a scam earlier, but I didn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>I have also been told that his European partner in crime (Mr. H.) has tricked people into attending the same meeting in Ville St-Laurent (held a few times a week I think).  They reportedly use different &#8220;baits&#8221; for everybody.  So, if an Asian or European guy wants to meet you in Ville St-Laurent, make sure you know exactly what the meeting is all about if you don&#8217;t want to waste your time like we did.  It&#8217;s a scam, nothing else.</p>
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		<title>Where I used to live!</title>
		<link>http://blog.carlmercier.com/2005/12/11/where-i-used-to-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 04:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl Mercier</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really miss the days when I lived in the Boston Area (Brockton to be more precise). Here&#8217;s a great view of the house where I lived. Microsoft&#8217;s Virtual Earth is still in beta and navigation is somewhat a pain in the neck, but it is definately cooler than Google Maps. Bird&#8217;s eye view is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really miss the days when I lived in the Boston Area (Brockton to be more precise). <a href="http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&amp;cp=42.080601~-71.034655&amp;style=o&amp;lvl=2&amp;scene=2116807&amp;sp=aN.42.080601_-71.034655_Where%20I%20used%20to%20live%21_This%20is%20the%20great%20house%20I%20used%20to%20live%20in%20when%20I%20was%20in%20Brockton%2c%20MA.%0a%0aSorry%20Google%2c%20but%20Virtual%20Earth%27s%20bird%20view%20sure%20beats%20Google%20Maps%27%20Satellite%20view%21">Here&#8217;s a great view of the house where I lived</a>. Microsoft&#8217;s Virtual Earth is still in beta and navigation is somewhat a pain in the neck, but it is definately cooler than Google Maps. Bird&#8217;s eye view is simply AMAZING!</p>
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