Was setting up some HTML5 audio on a site today, and noticed that the .ogg file was not playing in Firefox. After a bit of pulling out my hair, I realized that GoDaddy did not have this mime type setup on my server. So, I tried this in my .htaccess file:

AddType audio/ogg .ogg

And viola! HTML5 audio in Firefox.

Todd Agulnick announced yesterday that his bookmark syncing service, Xmarks, will shutdown at the start of 2011:

As I write this, it’s a typical Sunday here at Xmarks. The synchronization service continues operating quietly, the servers chugging along syncing browser data for our 2 million users across their 5 million desktops. The day isn’t over yet, but we’re on track to add just under 3000 new accounts today.

Tomorrow, however, will hardly be anything but typical, for tomorrow one of our engineers will start a script that will email each of our users to notify them that we’ll be ceasing operations in around 90 days.

Browsers have been getting closer to what I would consider acceptable bookmark syncing, but none have done it close to as well as Todd’s creation. Xmarks is a remarkable service, one that I would definitely pay a fair premium for. Its not often that we get such a product that fills a much needed niche in our web centric lives, and for FREE!

I would gladly drop an Andrew Jackson for Xmarks. Don’t give up!

So first off, I cannot take credit for this tasty morsel of internet amazing. My friend Jake showed me this, and I felt the need to share it with all.

Secondly, if you haven’t check out the StormTroopers365.com yet, take your nerfherder ass over there immediately. Basically, this guy took a picture of storm trooper action figures doing hilarious stuff every day for a year.

Well, once, I stumbled upon this, I told Jake I had to have all of the pictures, in their full resolution glory, on my desktop immediately. In the usual fashion, Jake had already found some Firefox addons to do the trick.

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