Once in a while Firefox or Thunderbird does not close gracefully. This could be caused by the application crashing or simply the application didn’t do some “housekeeping” after it closed. You go to run Firefox or Thunderbird and you get the message it is already running, but it is not. The majority of the time, going into the Windows Task Manager via Control+Shift+Esc and clicking the Processes tab you will find firefox.exe or thunderbird.exe listed. Highlight the process and click ‘End Process’ and confirm. Once the process has been ended, you should be able to launch the application again. But what…
September 2012
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Once in a while Firefox or Thunderbird does not close gracefully. This could be caused by the application crashing or simply the application didn’t do some “housekeeping” after it closed. You go to run Firefox or Thunderbird and you get the message it is already running, but it is not. The majority of the time, going into the Windows Task Manager via Control+Shift+Esc and clicking the Processes tab you will find firefox.exe or thunderbird.exe listed. Highlight the process and click ‘End Process’ and confirm. Once the process has been ended, you should be able to launch the application again. But what…
As we wrap up this week of ‘people actually buy this stuff?’. I present the Hawaii or Hula Chair. Not sure how long this has been around. Their domain was registered in 2006 and is still active, but the same can not be said for their website. But wait…it is still being sold today (though the fabric is now black instead of tan) on a few sites including Amazon for around $200-$250.
Just Released September 6th Firefox 15.0.1 *DESKTOP ONLY* Coming Soon October 9th Firefox 16.0 Firefox for Android 16 Firefox 10.0.8 ESR Firefox 17 Beta (17.0b1)* Firefox 18 Aurora (18.0a2)* Future Releases November 20th Firefox 17.0 Firefox for Android 17 Firefox 10.0.9 ESR Firefox 17.0 ESR Firefox 18 Beta (17.0b1)* Firefox 19 Aurora (18.0a2)* * As part of the new Rapid Release Schedule,dates listed for Aurora and Beta builds reflect when the code merge is set to begin. The actual release to that particular channel may vary by several days. See the Wiki for more details.
Windows “JavaRa is a sweet little program that allows you to manage Java on your PC. It comes with functionality to uninstall old Java versions, update the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to the latest version, install the latest version of Java, and perform a number of other features related to Oracle’s Java technology.“JavaRa 2.0 has just been released by its author, … “ Source: Ghacks.net JavaRa 2.0: manage Java on your PC Go get it.
Just when you thought you’ve seen it all…comes Perfect Polly…so life like, so real…so quickly becomes annoying, but unlike the real thing you can turn Perfect Polly off ‘at the touch of a button’. Still being sold for $14.99 (plus shipping & handling) at PerfectPollyPet.com
Mozilla has pushed out the update to Firefox 15 for desktop users to address the issues with the Private Browsing not functioning correctly. Current Firefox desktop users should be offered the update shortly. Users may also manually update via Help > About Firefox and click the ‘Check for Updates’ button or go to getfirefox.com and download Firefox 15.0.1 for there. Firefox 15.0.1 for Android will be released in the coming weeks. The Private Browsing issue does not affect Android users.
I recall seeing this in a mail order catalog, but never on TV. The website redirects to a site selling other ‘infomerical’ items. The Potty Putter doesn’t appear to be offered by this site. However, BaronBob.com (second video) is still selling them. Be sure to check out the ‘free gift’ offer at the end of the first video.
Mozilla is getting ready to push out a chemspill update to Firefox 15 later Wednesday or Thursday, This is in response to Bug 787743 (Private Browsing mode not working in Firefox 15.0).
This one still exists nearly two years later, which is a bit suprising. The inventor Richard Heenes as seen in the video is a just little wacky. Guess he is trying to draw attenion away from the whole Balloon Boy incident from back in October 2009. Wonder if he has sold enough to make back the $36,000 in restitution he had to pay?