The Next Step

I’ve been using Gmail Notifier for years to tell me when I have new mail. It’s nice and lightweight, and stays out of my way. A few months ago, it just stopped working and I couldn’t figure out why. I tried updating, read through a bunch of Google Support pages, and saw a couple of useless forum threads on the subject, to no avail. So I left it alone, hoping the problem would solve itself. It didn’t.

Just today, though, I stumbled on this little gem: A patch that allows the Notifier to work if you’ve checked the “Always use https” setting in Gmail (which, incidentally, you absolutely should). Just install the patch and your Gmail Notifier will work again. I don’t know why Google doesn’t mention this on the download page for Notifier or why they don’t just build this functionality into a new release. Anyway, I know I wasn’t the only one to have this problem so I thought I’d share my knowledge.

Fear not! This blog will stay around to chronicle my regular thoughts and rants. However, I recently moved into an apartment with three roommates, all of whom are women. It seemed to me that this had far too much entertainment potential for me not to document it in some way. So I set up Estrogenous Encounters to document my experiences. Enjoy.