For a number of reasons, I wasn’t able to visit Dave’s OPML Roadshow in Berkeley yesterday and I wasn’t able to stop by BarCamp until 1am last night. When I arrived, I could see and hear that Dave wasn’t there(there goes my chance to see the OPML Editor), so I introduced myself to Ben from ____hosting and asked if anyone from Flock was around. After I dropped off a couple packs of Frito-Lay Munchies(best snack food ever) and some Doritos at the food table, I asked Chris Messina(Flock’s Director of Experience & Open Source Ambassador) to show me Flock, but the net was down. Maybe I’ll make it back today.

TechCrunch on the OPML Roadshow
BarCamp entry for the Flock demo

Gordon McNaughton, Craig Olrich and I created a new user script called GoogleSearchRefiner and added it to the repository.

“Add or Exclude selected text in future searches on a google search page using ALT-PLUS and ALT-MINUS.”

Update: Changed from CTRL to ALT because Linux Firefox thinks the user is trying to change the font size. Thanks for the tip, David Wiesen!

How to write Firefox Extensions

I listened to the most recent “From the Fermosa Tea House” podcast this morning. One of the hosts described several new FireFox browser features that I had not noticed, even though I’m running the latest version. The new Live Bookmarks functionality is a VERY nice use of RSS.

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