Multiple Firefox Profiles

Elvy said…

so much love to gina for the great post,
and thanks to louis for the pointer. ^_^

No problem, Elvy gets credit for making me remember that multiple Firefox profiles is possible. I actually have the same problem and without her complaining I wouldn’t have recalled this possibility.

I just tried it now, but because I still have FFox 1.5, I have to use this bit of Windows Scripting hack (stolen from here):

var shell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var env = shell.Environment("User");
env("MOZ_NO_REMOTE") = 1;
shell.Exec('C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Mozilla Firefox 1.5\\\\firefox.exe -P "Profile 2"');
env("MOZ_NO_REMOTE") = 0;

You need to first start Firefox with “Firefox.exe -P” so you see the Profile Manager, create a new profile (mine is called “Profile 2″), modify the above code to make sure the directory and profile name on the fourth line are correct and save it as a .js file. Double clicking the JS file should execute it using Windows Scripting Host, or if you hate the icon, make a shortcut with Fox’s icon and this command:

C:\\Windows\\system32\\wscript.exe "C:\\wherever\\you\\put\\your\\jsfile.js"

And to make sure you don’t get lost and confused, you can set a different theme for each profile!

Swearing Helps…

Anyway, here’s one for the Googlers out there.

If, while trying to install mod_python into Apache in Windows, you get an error like this:

Syntax error on line 173 of C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/modules/mod_python.so into server: The specified module could not be found.

, here’s how to fix it:

Include the python directory into your PATH environment variable
(set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Python24 or something similar to that), and then try again.

The “fucking hell, so simple and it took me so long!” some people heard from my room was proof that the solution worked for me.

The error is incorrect, anyway, it’s supposed to say something more in the lines of “the module failed to load.”. If it still doesn’t work, make sure you’re using the module for the correct versions of Apache and Python.

In Which I Multimedially Insult A Stranger…

After googling for a faster way to download YouTube videos and finding vixy.net, I stumbled upon this video. It’s an instruction some random guy made on how to use the site, narrated by a geeky voice.

Come on! You can describe the site (vixy.net) in half a sentence! (“Go to vixy.net, follow the instructions there.”) Why do you feel the need to make a video tutorial of the process? Your dweeby voice doesn’t help either, and did you really have to list all those video formats? One thing I learned in public speaking, don’t start listing things, it just drives your audience to sleep.

Looking at his list of videos, that video is apparently not the only tutorial he’s made, there are many more. And from the looks of it, they’re all just screencasts of him doing something on his Mac.

And what’s this “Producer Rewards” you see there? Ah… apparently they pay you if you make an interesting video clip. Aha, so I guess that’s his motive: making money. Sorry kid, but you have to be a lot better than what I saw in that one clip if you’re thinking of making a profit. Besides, why waste bandwidth on video and the dweeby voice if you can do it more efficiently using just plain text? The inefficiency drives me nuts.

But if you prefer video, here’s what I think of this guy, and many others like him.

(hey my first YouTube video. But then I decided that having Flash in my blog is kinda lame…)