We at Mahalo have had quite a few reports of Firefox 3 crashing when visiting Mahalo.com. (Here's a video of it happening.) We'd love to get this fixed, but we are unable to duplicate the problem on our own machines.

If this happens to you, here is some information that you could send us to help us out:

1. Your Operating System and Firefox versions. Example: Mac OSX 10.4.11, Firefox 3.0RC1.
2. Whether you're logged into Mahalo when it happens.
3. prefs.js. This file is found in your Firefox profile directory, and it contains any changes you've made to Firefox's default settings. It doesn't contain any especially private or personally identifiable information. (Where is my Firefox profile directory?)
4. If you can get Mahalo to crash Firefox in a clean profile (one without any personal information like passwords or an extensive browsing history), then sending us a ZIP of your entire profile directory would be extremely helpful. If the crashing happens in your regular, every-day browsing profile, please don't send this to us if there's any chance that it includes information that you don't want anyone else to know, like usernames, passwords, or browsing history.

So if you'd like to help us fix this problem, send as much of this information as you can to finke@mahalo.com. Just remember: We're all in this together. We don't want Firefox to crash any more than you do.

Mahalo is growing, and although Dan is some sort of wizard, he has to start getting more than 20 minutes of sleep per night. We're looking for another Los Angeles Based Systems Engineer to complement (and compliment!) him:

"You should be expert in massively scalable architectures, how MySQL and Linux interact, how MySQL and memcache interact, sharding, replication (including multiple master replication) and how to tune MySQL based on various schemas for maximum performance and availability. You are a HANDS ON implementor, a get-it-done kind of developer. The right person is a self starter with the 'general get it factor.' You work well with a team of like-minded engineers, and have a genuine desire for excellence."

See Jason's blog for instructions on applying for this Systems Engineer job in Los Angeles. Tell 'em Finke sent you.

It's the week of Grand Theft Auto IV at Mahalo this week. If you play video games like me, you'll probably want to read the Grand Theft Auto 4 Cheats before you check out the Grand Theft Auto 4 Walkthrough.

If the Wii and Mario Kart is more your style, check out my brother's blog. He updates regularly with new insights into the Wii and Wii games.

If you like to read about food, or if eating is one of your hobbies, check out Fast Food Critic. Just try not to read the nutrition information posted with each review.

And for no reason at all, here's our dog Pedro trying on his Halloween costume a few years back. You can see the Scape-o-lantern on the coffee table behind him.

Shawn Smith at NewMediaBites.com has recorded a straightforward video guide to using Mahalo Share.

Click to view the full version of this picture of C.K. to see why cropping can be a very handy tool.