I recently experienced this problem, that seemingly appeared from nowhere. Every time I navigated away from a youtube page, or closed a page or tab that was viewing a youtube video, Firefox would hang for a few seconds and they usually crash also.

I tried updating Flash player to version 10, but this had no effect.

Nobody seems to know how to fix this, but a workaround was posted on the mozilla forums.

Add the following to your adblock filter, which will remove the related videos, and stop the crashing.

s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/PMS*.swf

It’s not a perfect solution, but it works for me!

It’s not exactly the same as the Lego I remember, but it’s still pretty damn cool.

It uses a light sensor to detect the colours of the squares, then flips and rotates the cube to solve the puzzle. It seems quite simple, yet the idea of using one arm to flip it and then rotate with only one plane is quite ingenious.

Theres lots more detailed info, and sourcecode + instructions on how to make your own at TiltedTwister.com

Crossover is basically WINE with a few patches and tweaks so you can run windows software on Linux or Mac OS, you can get a free copy from the crossover website (free key).

This offer has been posted on ./ and digg, and the website has been truly crippled so it appears they’ve now put full download versions of the software on their servers.

For today only, we are putting up fully unlocked builds.
Download CrossOver Mac Pro

Download CrossOver Games Mac

Download CrossOver Linux Pro

Download CrossOver Games Linux

Go grab it, it’s free!

Stellarium allows you to visualise the stars and constellations and their movements.

Stellarium sohwing constellations

It’s great if you want to go out on a clear night and look for the constellations, maybe you’ve noticed a flashing star some nights and wonder what it is? (probably Sirius)

If you see any stars or constellations and want to know what they are, you can easily open up Stellarium and locate it.

Pleiades

Stellarium

You don’t have to be into astronomy to use it either, just download it and have a play around, it’s free after all.

Stellarium homepage

More screenshots

What is it?

A dynamically generated image that displays the approximate period of the sun/moon.

Why would I want one?

Because it works based on YOUR time zone, it will visually show your blog readers what your local time is, and it’s kinda cute.

How do I get one?

Click here, enter the width you require (in pixels), and select your location from the table, hit submit. Then copy and paste the HTML code into your blog template, or maybe even use it as a forum signature image.

Please note that I am still developing it, so some things may change, if you find any bugs or have any suggestions please email me  or leave a comment.

The most obvious change is that Mandriva now includes KDE4 as default, this means you get a new style desktop, a new file manager (dolphin) and desktop widgets (plasmoids).

Mandriva Installation

Mandriva 2009 KDE4 desktop

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You know you’re addicted to WoW when…

Wow command centre - running 36 WoW accounts

Wow army

I thought WoW had run it’s course by now, but I guess if you’re spending $5711 per year on subscriptions, you’re gonna want to get your moneys’ worth.

It costs me exactly $5711 in subscription costs per year with 36 accounts on the 6 month pay schedule. Not bad considering I’m looking at it like it’s a hobby and there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft.

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