Update: I just got the Logmein plugin update for Firefox 5.
The plugin now works out of the box.
(You can update the plugin when you start a logmein session).

This morning I got the new Firefox 5 update.
As a ‘heavy’ Logmein user I immediately noticed that the Logmein plugin was disabled under Firefox 5.
It is not possible to enable the plugin because it is ‘not compatible’.

Luckily there is a way to enable the so-called non-compatible Firefox plugins.
This can be done by installing the ‘nightly tester tools’.

Here is the instruction:

1. Start Firefox 5
2. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nightly-tester-tools/
3. In the middle of the page there’s a green button called ‘Add to Firefox’
4. Click on it and allow the plugin to install
5. Go to the orange Firefox button in the upper left corner
6. Left mouse click on it and select the ‘nightly tester tools’ and select ‘force addon compatibility’
7. Go to the orange Firefox button in the upper left corner
8. Left mouse click on it and select ‘add-ons’
9. Check if the ‘Logmein, Inc. Remote Access Plugin’ is enabled
10. If not you can enable the plugin
11. You probably have to restart Firefox to activate the plugin

Beware that enabling ‘non-compatible’ Firefox plugins can cause some instability.
You can limit the risks by only enabling the non-compatible plugins that you absolutely need.

I did not encounter any stability issues with the ‘Logmein, Inc. Remote Access Plugin’ and Firefox 5.
When you do have issues please post a comment.

Best regards,

Dirk Adamsky

I am one of the few owners of a windows 7 phone,
the Samsung Omnia 7.
It’s also my first smartphone (the previous one was a Nokia 1600, simple but robust with a full week battery life).
I waited a long time with my first smartphone, mainly because
I didn’t know what to choose.
The omnia is a nice phone and although wimo 7 isn’t there yet I have good feelings about further development.
Just looked at a nice preview of the next windows mobile version called “mango”.

You can find it here:

Joe Belfiore shows off Windows Phone Mango

Best regards,

Dirk Adamsky

Up till 2009 I used paid SSL certificates for SBS webmail, webservers and so on.
A collegue of mine gave me a tip to look at StartSSL.
He said that StartSSL has free SSL certificates.
So I created my personal login (and browser certificate) and created a free webserver certificate.
Everything worked flawlessly.
Unfortunately I missed a StartSSL reminder mail to renew my personal certificate.
Last week I contacted StartSSL how to solve my problem.
Got a very fast response.
Had to create a new account, the StartSSL support crew then transfered the existing certificates to my new account.
Needless to say that I am very happy with with their service and that for free.
I will certainly consider their paid services if I need a “heavier certificate”.

Best regards,

dirk adamsky

I am a fanatic google user for years now.
Like their products but don’t like their personal information harvesting
(we give you “free” products in return for your personal (browsing, mail, !@#$thing) information).
Right now I am testing a new searchengine with a curious name: DuckDuckGo.
First results are good.
Like google the DuckDuckGo website is very basic which is a big plus.
In the about section you can find a lot of interesting background info:

• uses open source (also donates to open source projects)
• uses other (non-google) search engines and rearranges and filters the results
• cares about your privacy (no tracking, safe searching, etc.)
• does funky stuff like conversions, calculations, etc. (see the !bang section)

DuckDuckGo is available through:

https://duckduckgo.com or http://ddg.gg or http://dukgo.com

Best regards,

Dirk Adamsky