Author: Mike McBride

  • More Firefox in the news

    A roundup of Firefox stuff I’ve posted on the linkblog: J-Walk Blog pointed to a nice collection of Firefox Tips. Lockergnome has information on a new Firefox vulnerability. Marc Orchant is pointing to a customized version of Firefox for portable drives. Not only is this a pretty decent idea to sync your version of Firefox…

  • Spyware

    Last night’s edition of Spyware Weekly contains the full text, and some thoughts about two anti-spyware bills that have passed the US House of Representatives. So if you’re interested, you can read up on them. And if you’re interested in keeping an eye on the latest spyware news, subscribe to the newsletter!

  • Election fatigue

    You may, or may not, have noticed that I haven’t really said anything about any interesting work projects lately. In fact, I’ve barely talked about my job at all. Fact of the matter is, I do work for a political/lobbying organization and this is election season! Granted, we’re involved in state-level politics and not the…

  • Movable Type upgrade

    Yes I did, finally, upgrade the Child Abuse blog to MT 3.11. I listed the reasons why over on that site, so I won’t get into all the details of comment spam again over here. The upgrade was pretty painless, and the upgrade of MT-Blacklist wasn’t too bad either. Both allow for a lot more…

  • Thanks

    Thanks to everyone who left a comment or sent an email about what Firefox extensions they are using. Using those suggestions and some info from this Lockergnome pointer, I’m now running about 12 extensions on a trial basis. We’ll see which ones I end up using, and which ones I end up uninstalling for lack…