Category Archives: Software

I Guess I’m a Pusher

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

Seth’s Blog: “Firefox is a gateway drug”

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Test Drive the New Firefox

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

Word is, the new Firefox 3 is a big improvement over version 2 — faster, cooler, etc.

Personally, I have so many plugins running that I don't just wait for a new firefox to be out of beta but wait about three weeks for all the plugins to catch up. (Betas tend to break plugins, and many plugins lag even the final releases.)

But it's nice to read that there is a way to Try Out Firefox 3 Risk-Free with a Portable Version. Theoretically, if you follow the instructions you can run F3 without hurting your F2.

Maybe this weekend….

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Grrr.

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

It is ridiculously difficult in Windows XP to map a network drive to a Webdav-enabled folder on the Internet that is password protected.

Having tried and failed to do so on two computers, despite trying a host of client-side hacks, I'm grumpy about it.

Thanks to two of said hacks, I can see the folder as a “network connection” but even so I still can't map it. Alas, I need to map it to make some convenient things happen.

And, yes, I should use Unix. But I depend on WordPerfect…

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Search Plugins for Miami-Dade Public Library

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

Thanks to the kind work of librarysearch.org volunteer Johnathan Mayo, there's now a browser search plugin for the Miami-Dade Public Library System catalog.

I've got to learn to write these. It looks so easy, but my first try bombed…

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Latest Firefox Version Has a Little Problem

Posted on February 9, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

Slashdot | Serious Vulnerability In Firefox 2.0.0.12

“Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12, mere hours old, is vulnerable by default to a directory traversal trick, via the view-source mechanism. Although mitigated by the NoScript plug-in, this is quite a serious bug — the default installation is vulnerable from the get-go.”

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This Wubi Thing Looks Seriously Cool

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Michael Froomkin

This looks good: Wubi – The Easiest Way to Linux.

From the Wubi FAQ:

How does Wubi work?

Wubi adds an entry to the Windows boot menu which allows you to run Linux. Ubuntu is installed within a file in the windows file system (c:\wubi\disks\system.virtual.disk), this file is seen by Linux as a real hard disk.

Is this running Ubuntu within a virtual environment or something similar?

No. This is a real installation, the only difference is that Ubuntu is installed within a file as opposed to being installed within its own partition. Thus we spare you the trouble to create a free partition for Ubuntu. And we spare you the trouble to have to burn a CD-Rom.

Dare I try this at work?

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