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How I got NASCAR RaceBuddy working in Firefox.

MarkRH — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:35:23 +0000

During the NASCAR Truck race on Friday, NASCAR.COM made TruckBuddy available. It was very similar to RaceBuddy they had last year during the TNT races. You get a choice of several live video feeds along with a mosaic feed of 4 video streams at once and a live chat feature.

Problem:

When I first tried it with Firefox (version 3.6 or 3.6.2), the video portion did not work and the live chat portion on the right side would not work properly either. It would let me attempt to login via Twitter and provided the typical Twitter Allow/Deny Connection authorization window; however, upon returning to the application it did nothing and acted like I had never logged in.

Solution:

I solved the video problem by disabling Adblock Plus on the NASCAR.COM site. Apparently, if the video advertisement does not play first, then nothing else will or at least problematically.

I solved the chat problem by enabling 3rd-party cookies which I have disabled by default (Tools -> Options -> Privacy). Upon further examination, I could disable 3rd-party cookies again if I gave exceptions to the following:

gigya.com
livechat.gigya.com
socialize.gigya.com

After the race was over, I re-enabled Adblock Plus for NASCAR.COM . Hopefully this helps anyone else trying to get RaceBuddy working with Firefox should they have it again.

Updated my NASCAR and Weather pages, and it’s June 6th

MarkRH — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:50:17 +0000

Just a real quick note to mention that I’ve updated my NASCAR and Weather pages to include some additional links and Twitter resources.

June 6th.. well, not only is today D-Day, it’s also my B-Day. I turn 40 today! ACK!

The following music video also mentions the date June 6th:

Convoy

Yeah.. that’s about all I have to say for now LOL. I’m tired.

Updated My NASCAR Inspired DestroyTwitter Theme

MarkRH — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:31:35 +0000

I have corrected my DestroyTwitter theme which was inspired by the colors in the NASCAR.COM logo. The theme requires at least version 1.4.4beta of DestroyTwitter and now works properly with DestroyTwitter’s new theme management system that was introduced in version 1.4.6beta. I have also modified the colors used in some places. The main difference being the scrollbar that is now red when there is nothing to scroll and green when there is. In any event you’ll want to re-download this updated one if you have been using it. I have also placed the theme on DestroyTwitter’s Theme section

mrheadrick NASCAR
Download theme: mrheadrick NASCAR

Enjoy!

A NASCAR Inspired DestroyTwitter Theme

MarkRH — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:34:20 +0000

I have created my second DestroyTwitter theme which was inspired by the colors in the NASCAR.COM logo. The theme requires at least version 1.4.4beta of DestroyTwitter.

mrheadrick NASCAR
Download theme: mrheadrick NASCAR

Enjoy!

PS. I have updated the theme to work properly with the new theme management system introduced in version 1.4.6beta.

NASCAR page updated with 2009 Driver Standings

MarkRH — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:20:21 +0000

Now that NASCAR has updated their site, my NASCAR page has been updated to show the 2009 Official and Unofficial driver standings. I have added Mark Martin’s graphics as well since he’s replaced Dale Jared as one of my top 3 active drivers.

Not sure which was more exciting, the Daytona 500 or following all the Twitter action that was occuring at the same time. One thing is for sure though, having a rain-shortened, anti-climatic race sucks. Congrats to Matt Kenseth for winning the Daytona 500. He’s cool.