Gmail Issues

It seems that a combination of a change to gmail and a new version of Firefox are making gmail, well, not work in Firefox today - and non-Firefox users are having issues too.

Luckily, affectingly noticed a tiny link at the top of the gmail page to allow you to use the "older version" - I clicked on it, and everything works perfectly, squee.

Also, remember how I mentioned giving up the sidekick for the Sprint Mogul? It's not working as well as I'd hoped, so the full switch may not be happening. If only I had a way to back up my email on a sidekick, I would keep it forever....

Sigh.

Infinitus Kickoff Update!

For those of you who've already RSVP-ed, please check the invitation for location information!

If you haven't RSVP-ed yet, and you're in the Central Florida area, we'd love to see you on Friday night at Universal Studios for our Infinitus 2010 Kickoff Party at 6:00 PM at (obviously) Universal Studios. If you still need me to send you the evite, just comment here, or email me and I'll send you one. We need people to RSVP by midnight on Thursday (well, 11:59 PM on Thursday) so Universal can have an accurate guest count.

I have to head back to Miami on Saturday afternoon, so I won't make it to the HP Meet-Up Group's event on Saturday night, but maybe in the spring...

Urgent for parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and people who have kids in their lives...

Gacked from twistedchick:
A chemical in the popular Aqua-Dots toy metabolizes into the equivilent of gamma hydroxy butyrate - a date rape drug that can cause seizures and even be fatal.

In Australia they were marketed as Bindeez.

I'm so glad I learned of this now - my kids have seen ads for this on Magic Schoolbus and really wanted them, and I was about to say ok and....

Well, not doing that now. I think it'll be a bikes-and-books-and-shirts holiday season for us....

ETA: Except they also recalled a red wagon for having too high a lead level in the paint. So maybe we'll be extra careful with the bikes?

In better consumer news, the collection of comics from the first season of Heroes is now out in comic book stores (and also bookstores) near you and online. Buy it from a comic book store if you can! They can use the business!

And in other Heroes news, have you read Tim Kring's interview where he apologizes for overlong sojurns in Japan, banal romances and a lack of Nathan+Peter togetherness the fact that it took too long to get to the big picture portion of the narrative. Looks like show is back in good form! For about four episodes before it goes on extended hiatus because of the strike.

As long as we still get the stories in comic book form... eventually....