Block Facebook Malware “Features”

Monday, May 10th, 2010 Posted in internet, web | Comments Off

Using Firefox and Adblock Plus, you can block some unwanted "features" of Facebook: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/05/how-to_avoid_facebook_malware.html. For example, it should prevent Facebook from sharing information with other websites. Or if you want, ... Read more..

Download Excel Spreadsheet from Microsoft using Firefox in Linux

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in linux, windows | Comments Off

To avoid getting the error "Your operating system does not meet system requirements", I had to use User Agent Switcher to download the spreadsheet at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC300022771033.aspx for electric meter ... Read more..

Adblock Plus and Adsense compatibility issue

Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in internet | Comments Off

To be able to access my Adsense account, I had to add the following exception filter in Adblock plus: @@https://www.google.com/adsense/ Note: I use the Easylist (USA) subscription. Read more..

Backup your Firefox Passwords

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in linux, web, windows | Comments Off

There are only 2 files you need to backup: signons.sqlite key3.db You can find those in your Firefox profile: Linux ~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/ Windows Click the Windows Start button, and select Run.... Type in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ then click OK. You can then ... Read more..

Firefox: How to customize your UserAgent

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in web | Comments Off

Firefox: How to edit the User Agent string To change the User Agent string, just enter about:config as an address in the address bar of FireFox, the location where you normally ... Read more..