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Problem with Gmail Macros

Posted by james on Nov. 15, 2008

I've been using Gmail Macros (included in the Better Gmail extension) for a while, and it makes such a huge difference in using gmail. The single feature I like the most is the L shortcut to label messages.

However, for quite a while now Gmail Macros has been broken on Firefox, both on my desktop and my laptop. Pressing L will only bring up the label popup 1 out of every 10 times. It's been really annoying, and I finally decided to start troubleshooting it. First, I created a new profile in firefox. I then installed only Better Gmail and restarted. Log into gmail, test... and it works! So that means it must have something to do with my profiles.

The first candidate is my extensions. I have quite a few, so I switch over to my normal profile and disable all the extensions. But this doesn't fix the problem. The next candidate would be plugins, but I'm too lazy to disable those. So I change from the Classic Compact theme I'm using to the Default theme and restart. No go. Then I clear my cache. And it works! Could the theme be interfering?

I switch back to the Classic Compact theme and restart. Gmail Macros are broken again. I then clear the cache, and Gmail Macros work. So something in the process of switching themes leaves some files around that screw up the Macros script. I know that a lot of the themes/extensions deal with Firefox's internal Javascript, so it could have something to do with that.

Whatever it is, clearing the cache worked. The funny thing is, I've cleared my cache before on these machines and not noticed Macros being fixed. It could be a temporary fix, but I'm just glad to have something working again.

Ice Cubes are little Batteries

Posted by james on Sept. 15, 2008

Batteries are little potential-energy storage devices that store energy in a chemical state to release it later.

Ice cubes are little negative batteries. They store a lower state of energy as a chemical (?) state, and "release" it later by sucking heat/energy into itself.

So ice cubes are batteries in reverse. Weird.

Slideshow from the wedding

Posted by james on Sept. 11, 2008

For those of you not present, here's the slideshow from the wedding. Turn the speakers up for the music, watch the whole thing through (really!).


James and Lauren's Wedding Slideshow from James Yoneda on Vimeo.