Flickering Flash applets in Firefox
I just upgraded from Ubuntu Hardy to Ubuntu Intrepid. As always – there is something totally wrong going on after an upgrade. My network didn’t work anymore (solved, because of openvpn created wrong routes), my sound was flaky because of pulseaudio (just turned it off) and Flash applets in Firefox were flickering.
I solved the latter problem now, by just using the Firefox 3 from Ubuntu. I had a local installed Firefox 3 which was probably older than the version in Ubuntu. That solved the problem and flash applets aren’t flickering anymore.
Bad News are Good News
Playing on hubdub.com is fun.
I’m playing on hubdub.com from time to time. It’s a funny online game of a prediction stock market. People creating questions for upcoming events and you can bet how this event will proceed in real.
For example: Who will be the new American president? Obama or McCain? Now it comes to all the news who’ve been floating around. Who will make it. That pushes the chances between Obama and McCain to various percentages. Say, for example, you start at a 12% probability that Obama makes it, while everyone sets on McCain. The more likely Obama will win the race the more money you will make if you sell your stocks. If you wait until the end when the question is settled, you earn the most money.
But don’t forget: It’s all play money 
