A slight glitch

After the upgrade to version 3.11 of MovableType, I was having trouble posting new entries. Turns out an obscure javascript file was in the wrong directory. Everything is fixed now and I will continue to tweak the site.

Meanwhile, I installed Google’s new desktop search application last weekend. After it indexed my computer’s hard drive, I can now do a Google search of any file, IM chat, email or cached web page on my system. Unfortunately it only indexes Internet Explorer’s web cache and I use Firefox. Hopefully they will soon fix this oversight and I’ll be able to retrieve tons of information stored in every dark corner of my computer.

I hear the new version of Windows will have some type of super search built in but for now the Google desktop search rocks. Code-named Longhorn, the new Windows won’t be available for a few years. If they don’t hurry, Google is going to take over everything.

Speaking of Firefox, the available extensions (my favorite feature) are awesome. Here’s what I have installed:

Adblock - filters ads from web pages.
Web Developer - adds a toolbar with various web dev tools.
Status bar clock - the date and time displays in the status bar.
BugMeNot - bypasses compulsory registration forms.
SwitchProxy - acts as an IP anonymizer (very handy).

And if you want to be famous, you can contribute $30 to the development of Firefox and get your name in the New York Times. They are taking out an ad to promote the release of Firefox version 1.0.