Wednesday, 29. April 2009, 12:47:54
reviewer, mcafee, reputation, siteadvisor
Personal plug:

http://user.siteadvisor.com/forums/member.php?u=25488
Only time will tell if I can achieve "Experienced Reviewer" status.
Sunday, 22. March 2009, 19:47:40
hd, activex, plug-in, flicker
...
The flickering/resizing problem primarly impacts any non-MSIE browser (Opera, Firefox, Safari, etc.) running the Flash 9 or 10 plug-in.
That being said, here are some work-arounds to the problem:
- Try appending either &fmt=6, &fmt=8, or &fmt=16 to the YouTube URL. For example, if your YouTube URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0lb50nc_EQ, then change the URL to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0lb50nc_EQ&fmt=8
- Or, downgrade your Flash plug-in to version 8.0 (not recommended): http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266&sliceId=2
These YouTube query string hacks purportedly only work with videos that were uploaded at resolutions higher than 320x240. To see these YouTube videos in HD, try appending either
&fmt=18 or
&fmt=22 to the URL, instead.

For more info, visit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwuo_MqLgsYEnjoy.
Thursday, 5. March 2009, 13:54:38
AT&T, exploit, CingularOne.com, javascript
!!! PLEASE REFRAIN FROM VISITING CINGULARONE.COM !!!
Alright, I have (and many others) given fair warning to AT&T, but the issue has not been addressed. Time to shed some light on the fact that AT&T's CingularOne.com website has been hijacked, and is currently hosting a JavaScript exploit that loads content from remote malicious domains.
Here's some visual proof:

Again, please refrain from visiting AT&T's CingularOne.com website until this issue has been fixed.
However, if you just must sneak a peek, then disabling JavaScript and inline frames should mitigate any infection vectors. But to be safe, ensure your anti-virus on-access scanning is enabled, and your AV definitions are updated.
Friday, 20. February 2009, 12:25:49
blocking, stylesheet, facebook, ads
...
Can you guess what it does?
A#adcolumn_more_ads,
A.ad_title,
A.next_ad,
DIV#adcolumn,
DIV#adcolumn_advertise,
DIV#highlights_ad,
DIV#home_sponsor,
DIV#home_sponsor_nile,
DIV#sidebar_ads,
DIV#ssponsor,
DIV.adcolumn,
DIV.adcolumn_header,
DIV.adcolumn_wrapper,
DIV.ads_feedback,
DIV.clearfix UIHotStory_First UIHotStory UIHotStory_Ad UIHotStory_Medium,
DIV.emu_ad,
DIV.emu_sponsor,
DIV.UIHotStory UIStory emu_sponsor,
DIV.UIHotStory_Ad,
DIV.UIHotStory_Sponsored,
DIV.UIStandardFrame_SidebarAds,
IMG.spritemap_icons sx_ad,
SPAN.sponsored
{ display: none !important; }
Yep, it hides those annoying ads -- typically along the right edge of the screen.
If you're an
Opera user:
- Save this facebook.css file to your local drive.
- Visit Facebook.com with Opera
- Right-click on the page, select "Edit Site Preferences..."
- Goto the Display tab, and click the [Choose...] button.
- Locate the facebook.css file saved-off in step 1.
- Press [OK] to close Site Preferences, then reload the Facebook page.
Enjoy.
NOTE: This blog entry has been updated to reflect the new Facebook redesign of March 14, 2009.
Tuesday, 17. February 2009, 13:29:12
Pandora, Wii, music, FInetune
...
Got a
Wii connected to the Internet? Like
Pandora? Wish Pandora worked on the Wii? Well, here's a streamlined Flash application that really does work nicely on the Wii, and it has some interesting configuration options too:
FineTune.comNote: The FineTune.com music library and station configuration options aren't as feature-complete as Pandora's, but for what it's worth, it looks and operates nicely on the Wii.
Enjoy.
Saturday, 14. February 2009, 03:25:09
page cannot be displayed, regedit, BadProxyExpiresTime, proxy
...
- Using IE7?
- Behind a proxy?
- Ever seen this error?
Then most likely, you (or IE7's anti-phishing feature, or an RSS feed, etc.) have tried to load some content from a server registered in DNS, but has not returned a result within 30 seconds. Afterwhich, all IE7 tabs with Internet-content become unresponsive, and IE7 continually reports the error listed in the subject of this post.
So, what's the answer? Simple: Inform IE7 never to mark your proxy as 'bad', using the
BadProxyExpiresTime registry hack. Here's how:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320507If this registry hack scares you, then here's a work-around: Toggle IE's "
Work Offline" feature. To do so, pull-down IE's File menu, and select "Work Offline" -- then repeat, to enable online mode. This little trick should reset the internals of wininet.dll to allow browsing once again.
Tuesday, 14. October 2008, 21:08:58
windows, access, accesses, 567
...
Friday, 10. October 2008, 01:52:03
hang, stall, history, Opera 9.5
...
If you consistently encounter hangs, lock-ups, stalls, whatever you want to call them when you navigate Back in history while using Opera 9.5x or 9.6, then try adjusting this setting:
opera:config#UserPrefs|HistoryNavigationMode
- 1 = Automatic mode
- 2 = Compatible mode
-
3 = Fast mode
For more info on this setting (and others),
read here.
Honestly, the automatic default setting of
1 drove me nuts on ESPN.com (go.com sites).
Sunday, 14. September 2008, 00:03:29
hurricane ike, google, slashdot, privacy
...
I visit
Slashdot.org quite often -- probably at least once a day for my tech news fix. While skimming the blogged feedback, you'll notice a few paranoid privacy freaks that will slam any large, corporate tech company that collects web surfing data.
Well, guess what? That Slashdot blog that you love to post to is outsourcing some (most?) of its remote server space to Google and FeedBurner! Yep, here's some visual proof:
Note: If you simply
ping rss.slashdot.org, you'll notice the response is
ghs.l.google.com [66.249.91.121] (your returned IP address may vary)
And Google's promised 99.9% guaranteed uptime is severely being tested over the past few months.
I guess you can never be too sure of anything.
Friday, 18. July 2008, 13:00:17
annoyances, shortcuts, yahoo, blocked content
For those interested, here's how to block Yahoo's annoying "Shortcuts" feature in their news articles...
- Goto Opera Preferences
-
Advanced tab
-
Content section
- Press Blocked Content...
-
Add the following three URLs:
Enjoy.
Wednesday, 11. June 2008, 13:38:14
internet explorer, ui, ie6, registry
...
For those of you unhappy by the appearance and behavior of IE7, I found these registry tweaks to be useful -- especially for older folks migrating to IE7 (from IE6) for the first time:
First one moves the menu bar above the address/location bar!
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser]
"ITBar7Position"=dword:00000001
Disables the Firefox-like search box (not found in IE6).
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Infodelivery\Restrictions]
"NoSearchBox"=dword:00000001
Disable tabbed browsing (not present in IE6)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\TabbedBrowsing]
"Enabled"=dword:00000000
Enjoy.
Saturday, 19. January 2008, 04:52:50
...just in case anyone was worried that the old Lethal Harvard had taken a close-range shot and written-off his My.Opera blog. Nope.
The only shot I've taken recently is some good 10yr old Lagavulin. Mmm, mmm, good.
Here's wishing everyone a happy, safe, and prosperous new year! Cheers.
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