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Nov 29

Greasemonkey and Stylish

I am somewhat of a perfectionist and I love to tweak. The first thing I do when I get a new computer is go through every option in the control panel or system preferences. If I start using a new application I spend the first hour configuring all the options and any toolbars to my liking.

This is great for applications running on my computer, but what about the numerous websites that I have no control over? Previously I had to live with whatever customizable options were exposed by the site, but using Greasemonkey and Stylish I can tweak any site as much as I like.

Continue reading Greasemonkey and Stylish...

May 26

Oddica

oddica I first heard about a new t-shirt company called Oddica when SimpleBits posted about them a couple of weeks ago and was then reminded about their opening sale by Preshrunk.

I purchased three t-shirts that arrived a couple of days ago and I was impressed by both the quality of the t-shirts themselves and the attention to detail taken with the packaging. Each t-shirt was individually wrapped and accompanied by a postcard and a badge, and everything was sent in a custom Oddica mailing envelope.

I highly recommend Oddica and cannot wait for the next set of designs to be released.

Mar 02

CSS Insider

The Web Developer extension is described as "the absolute must-have extension for anyone who builds web sites" by CSS Insider.

Feb 21

Mozilla Update

This weekend the Web Developer extension reached 1,000,000 downloads on Mozilla Update.

Feb 14

Increased Spam

A few months ago I posted about a couple of measures that I had taken to combat spam. At the time I wrote:

I do not get too much spam on this site...

However, since then the amount of spam has been steadily increasing and this week the spammers began targeting the forums.

Continue reading Increased Spam...

Feb 06

Extend Firefox

The Web Developer extension is a finalist in the Extend Firefox contest. The winners will be announced in mid-February and I am up against some stiff competition including IE Tab and Adblock. Wish me luck!

Jan 24

Murderball

amazon.com Tonight I watched the inspirational documentary Murderball - a movie about quadriplegics who play full-contact rugby. The Sports Guy does a much better job describing the movie than I could and I highly recommend the DVD.

Jan 23

lifehack.org

Both the User Agent Switcher extension and Web Developer extension are described as essential Firefox extensions for webmasters on lifehack.org.

Jan 17

Design Meme

Stuart Robertson lists the Web Developer extension as one of the top five Firefox extensions for web designers.

Dec 12

Podcasts

"Podcasts? Meh." That has been my typical response to podcasts up until now.

For something that seemed to me to be a rather niche technology I have been surprised by the number of companies embracing podcasts. From it's prominent placement in iTunes to Tivo integration and sites such as Odeo, podcasting is appearing in relatively mainstream areas. However, I did not see it as a compelling technology.

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