Monthly Archives: April 2009

firefox corruption issue (w/ fix) 0

If you are seeing the following error: Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x8007000e (NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY) [nsIDocShellHistory.useGlobalHistory]” nsresult: “0x8007000e (NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY)” location: “JS frame :: chrome://browser/content/browser.js :: prepareForStartup :: line 764″ data: no] photo credit: meantux Symptoms: When you start firefox, it doesn’t take you to your home page. Your home button doesn’t work or [...]

Install Adobe AIR Linux 1.5 on 64-bit Linux distributions 1

So Adobe has this knowledge base article — Install Adobe AIR Linux 1.5 on 64-bit Linux distributions — to describe how to install Adobe Air on 64 bit linux systems. Do yourself a favor — just install wine from the standard repositories, and then execute the last line in the instructions: sudo cp /usr/lib/libadobecertstore.so /usr/lib32 [...]

interstellar economics 0

photo credit: striatic An “old” but quality link to read when you have 20 minutes or so to kill. It’s a “mostly” serious take on what interstellar economics might look like (and all the pitfalls that go with it). (note I’m cleaning out my old “Drafts” that I haven’t got around to actually publishing. Most [...]

one step closer 0

photo credit: 4_EveR_YounG So I discovered that Guitar Pro 5 “works” with wine (after installing Kubuntu 64 09.04). I say “works” because the MIDI part doesn’t (though there are lots of guides to wrap timidiy around wine), but GP5 uses RSE (real sound engine I think), so some of the instruments don’t use MIDI. It’s [...]

social networking workflow 0

So I’m trying to figure out how to use this space now. Most “content” is being pushed through various social networking outlets (FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook), that this space has been sorely neglected. I’ve been trying to integrate my “workflow” so to speak and I haven’t yet figured out yet what this blog means (it also [...]

Within Temptation – What Have You Done (Twilight) 0

So due to a short sighted WMG, I’m hosting this new video myself. I’ve had to compress it down a bit more that I would like (though should still look OK at full screen), and the FlowPlayer logo is a little obtrusive (but I’m not yet sure how often I’ll need to host these myself, [...]