No Meeting Today       US Holiday: Veteran’s Day

A political themed Get a Mac video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrJTiAwpM6I]

Need help deciding which of the six versions of Vista to purchase? Try this: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP9tkpMRD9s]

Note: Due to Day Light Savings time ending and my work schedule, I will not be able to get the meeting notes posted until the following Tuesday. Here’s an overview of this week’s Update Meeting: Fx 2.0.0.9/2.0.0.10 : Fx 2.0.0.9 was released on November 1st Fx 2.0.0.10 not currently scheduled out, but expected release by the end of the year. TBird 1.5.0.13 – No Report TBird 2.0.0.9 – Code Freeze: Release Candidate 1: Beta Users Release: Target Ship Date: Tuesday – November 13th TBird 3 – No Report Calendar Project – 0.7 version of Lightning (TBird add-on) and Sunbird released…

To keep your mouse performing at its best, it needs to be calibrated once in a while.  How often really depends on how much you are using your computer.  If it is your work computer you should be doing this every few days.  Home users should perform the calibration every couple weeks. It is quick, easy and there is no software to download or install. Simply click the link below and follow the direction to get your mouse working like it did when you first got it. CLICK HERE TO BEGIN MOUSE CALIBRATION

A much needed update to Firefox 2.0.0.8 has been released.  The Firefox 2.0.0.9 update fixes these regressions caused by the Fx 2.0.0.8 release on October 19th.  Users should be getting an auto-update prompt in the next 24-48 hours or can manually update now via Help, Check for Updates… As a reminder if you are still using Firefox 1.5, Mozilla has ceased support and updates six months ago. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the latest Firefox 2 build. News Source: Mozilla Developer News

Here is a handy tip for dealing with a site that has animated GIFs, pressing ‘ESC’ key will pause animated GIF’s on a page (broken with Firefox 20 and newer). This works in both Firefox and Internet Exploiter.  Note: in order to ‘resume’ the animation you will need to refresh/reload the page. You can test this out with the image below: Additional options via an about:config tweak: In a new tab type about:config in the address bar and press enter In the filter field type animation In the results listed double-click on image.animation_mode In the pop-up box type in one…

Adapted from Thunderbird How To Manage Profiles Your Thunderbird profile not only contains all your preferences and extensions but your e-mail folders and messages as well. Moving your profile is not that difficult. One thing to keep in mind though is your Thunderbird profile can get quite large depending on the size of the e-mail messages you have saved so you will need to copy it to a CD/DVD or Flash Drive. Step 1: Locate Your Profile Folder:   On Windows 7, click the Windows Start button and type %APPDATA%\Thunderbird\Profiles\ in the Search box at the bottom of the Start…