http://erichamiter.com a personal weblog Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:34:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I changed a few lines of code in BugMeNot so it would play nice with their servers. Nothing major should have been broken, but let me know if it's wonky for you. It should show up over at AMO relatively soon. Newest version is 1.8. Version 1.7 was released for ... http://erichamiter.com/firefox/few-updates-for-bugmenot-lead-to-18/ A bug has been filed: Currently it seems that the latest updated Addons having Problems to install since i get "Invalid file hash (possible download corruption) -261" https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=424339 Hopefully this will get fixed soon. http://erichamiter.com/general/invalid-hash-i-know-that-its-not-working-for-ya/ Edit: Wait for a bit before you try to download it- looks like Mozilla's copy of this file is corrupted somehow, so I will try and get this issue fixed as soon as I can. Thanks, everyone. Title says it all. Look for it to appear very soon here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6349 It has to ... http://erichamiter.com/firefox/bugmenot-16-updated-for-firefox-3-beta-4/ Illness has finally run its course at my house, I think. I hope. We all had the flu and finally got rid of it. Then the stomach virus came. It was ruthless. My wife and 3 out of 4 of my kids all had the runs and the pukes. I ... http://erichamiter.com/general/license-to-ill-revoked/ Asa is fascinated by the flickery white stuff floating down into our yard. He has no interest in touching the stuff, though, because it's so damned cold outside. Illness has ravaged my house. We are all passing the flu back and forth to each other like some virulent badminton game, but ... http://erichamiter.com/general/seeing-snow-for-the-first-time/ BugMeNot is a Firefox extension that allows you to bypass compulsory web registration via the right-click context menu. Say what? Here's an example. A friend sends you a link that sends you to a news article on, oh, let's say, the New York Times. You click on said link, and instead ... http://erichamiter.com/firefox/bugmenot/ I made the decision a while ago to move all of my nerdy-tech stuff from a little web site called roachfiend.com to this one. I'm a big fan of simple, easy, one-place-for-all types of things. The way I have it now is just a total mess. So, this is just ... http://erichamiter.com/general/a-long-drawn-out-constipated-move/ My boys are growing up fast. You always hear that from older people--your parents, elders, what have you. You assume it to be true, but store that way in your head for some time in the future when it might matter. I think I'm reaching the age where it is ... http://erichamiter.com/family/assimilation-via-osmosis/