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Troubleshooting problems with WordPress’s automatic upgrade feature would be a lot easier if it gave more detailed error messages than this:

Grrr.

I keep thinking about moving away from WordPress anyway…

Since I recently upgraded Firefox to version 3, I updated my Firebug install to version 1.2 Beta. One of the first things I noticed was that the little icon in the status bar had changed from a checkmark (or a grey slash when disabled) to the little insect icon (it’s grey when disabled, and colour when enabled).

I don’t mind seeing the Firebug icon occasionally (like when the Firebug panel is open), but I find it a bit distracting and, yes, disturbing to have that little bug always onscreen. Oddly, I never found Safari’s “report bug” button distracting in the same way—perhaps it’s because the Safari bug icon is more abstract than the more finely detailed Firebug icon. (Although I admit that looking at these two screenshots side by side, there doesn’t seem to be much of an obvious difference!)

In any case, I decided to create my own status bar icon for the new Firebug. As you can see, my icons are very abstract, to get away from the creepy-crawliness of it all. The six legs are represented by six stubby horizontal lines, and the body has become a sphere.

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On Tuesday, Adobe announced the launch of Adobe Creative Suite 3. There are a whole bunch of “editions”. Now I have to figure out which one to get.

All of the premium editions include the three apps I absolutely need: Flash Professional, Photoshop Extended, and Illustrator. At first I was thinking of just getting the Web Premium Edition, which also includes Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Contribute and Acrobat, but I hand-code all my sites, and so far haven’t had a need for Acrobat. Fireworks might be useful? I’ve never really used it.

The Design Premium Edition is more print-oriented, it seems, as it includes InDesign. I don’t foresee any move to print for me at this point. But it’s the Production Premium Edition that could be more interesting, as it includes After Effects, Premiere Pro and Soundbooth. I currently don’t do any video, either, but it is something that I could see myself doing more of in the near future.

Of course I could spring for the Master Collection, which includes everything, but the price of that is significantly higher!

Decisions, decisions…

Serves me right for posting at 5 AM. I wrote that the embed tag couldn’t force a MIME type, but of course, it can, just like the object tag.

Nevermind!