One of my favorite browsers is Firefox. Not because of the speed or the security. Not even because of the look of it. It’s mostly all about the add-ons. Here’s a list of my favorites for you to enjoy with descriptions from the Firefox Add-ons page:

• CustomizeGoogle - CustomizeGoogle is a Firefox extension that enhance Google search results by adding extra information (like links to Yahoo, Ask.com, MSN etc) and removing unwanted information (like ads and spam). All features are optional and easily configured.

• Firebug -Firebug integrates with Firefox to put a wealth of development tools at your fingertips while you browse. You can edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page

• FireShot - FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages. Unlike other extensions, this plugin provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify web captures and insert text annotations and graphical annotations. Such functionality will be especially useful for web designers, testers and content reviewers. It’s possible to choose whether you want to capture entire web page or take screenshot of only visible part of the web page.

• Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer - If you use Firefox on more than one computer, you’ll want Foxmarks. Install Foxmarks on each computer, and it works silently in the background to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords synchronized. Foxmarks also keeps your data backed up and safe from computer failures. If you’re away from your computer, Foxmarks allows you to access your bookmarks online by logging into my.foxmarks.com.

• IE Tab - An extension from Taiwan, features: Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox.

• Live HTTP Headers - View HTTP headers of a page and while browsing.

• MeasureIt - Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.

• Regular Expressions Tester - Testing Tool for regular expressions with color highlighting

• S3 Firefox Organizer - S3Fox Organizer helps you organize/manage/store your files on Amazon S3.

• SearchStatus - Display the Google PageRank, Alexa rank and Compete ranking anywhere in your browser, along with fast keyword density analyzer, keyword/nofollow highlighting, backward/related links, Alexa info and more.

• ShowIP - Show the IP address(es) of the current page in the status bar. It also allows querying custom information services by IP (right mouse button) and hostname (left mouse button), like whois, netcraft. Additionally you can copy the IP address to the clipboard.

• UrlbarExt - Extends the Location Bar with set of commands to (Make Tiny URL, Copy URL, Search site, Go up, Tag pages easily, Navigate through sequential URL’s, View page cached version, Unblock filtered websites and Surf anonymously using online phproxy servers)

• User Agent Switcher - Adds a menu and a toolbar button to switch the user agent of the browser.

• Web Developer - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

• YSlow - YSlow analyzes web pages and tells you why they’re slow based on Yahoo’s rules for high performance web sites.

And so there you have it! If you have some add-ons that you like to use, name them in the comments and I’ll check them out.

-Celo

Here’s a little quickie about how to take a time consuming task like re-sizing and renaming pictures and making it extremely easy and quick with Automator.

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If you own two Mac’s like myself, maybe you’re wondering “How can I sync things without paying the $99 a year for MobileMe?” Well friends I’ve found a way.

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Instructions from support.apple.com:

The battery calibration for the PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) and any model of MacBook or MacBook Pro has been updated because of a new battery released with this computer. With these computers, follow these steps to calibrate your battery:

1. Plug in the power adapter and fully charge your PowerBook’s battery until the light ring or LED on the power adapter plug changes to green and the onscreen meter in the menu bar indicates that the battery is fully charged.
2. Allow the battery to rest in the fully charged state for at least two hours. You may use your computer during this time as long as the adapter is plugged in.
3. Disconnect the power adapter with the computer still on and start running the computer off battery power. You may use your computer during this time. When your battery gets low, you will see the low battery warning dialog on the screen.
4. Continue to keep your computer on until it goes to sleep. Save all your work and close all applications when the battery gets very low, before the computer goes to sleep.
5. Turn off the computer or allow it to sleep for five hours or more.
6. Connect the power adapter and leave it connected until the battery is fully charged again.

Tip: When the battery reaches “empty”, the computer is forced into sleep mode. The battery actually keeps back a reserve beyond “empty”, to maintain the computer in sleep for a period of time. Once the battery is truly exhausted, the computer is forced to shut down. At this point, with the safe sleep function introduced in the PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) computers, the computer’s memory contents have been saved to the hard drive. When power is restored, the computer returns itself to its pre-sleep state using the safe sleep image on the hard drive.

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So I upgraded the Mac to 3GB. Theres a sale over at the ol’ Best Buy. Kingston 2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM for something like $64. I should just get another stick and go up to 4GB. Anyways, performance is a lot better. I can actually run a virtual machine without suffering. I’ve also started looking into HDR photography. It looks pretty cool. I don’t want to explain the whole thing so just look it up or click the link. =) Maybe, just maybe, if I start taking some HDR pictures I’ll post them on here. But first…I need a better camera. =(

-Celo