Safari AdBlock: 'Bout Time

Firefox users have had access to AdBlock Plus for ages, allowing them to cruise the Web virtually ad-free. Well, no longer do they have a monopoly on the goodness, for Safari AdBlock (Safari 3/Leopard-only) has been released. It's an easy install and catches pretty much all ads, at least in my thus-far limited [...]

What's Japanese For "Doesn't Translate Well Into English"?

It most likely starts with "Eego wa" and ends in, well, this:

See, the team behind the Firefox browser is trying to boost Japanese usage of the browser, so they held a little competition to make the mascot a bit more "Hello Kitty"-friendly. I sure hope it works well over in the Land of the [...]

A Virtual Cornucopia Of Cool Software

Google has been on a "pro-Doug" tear recently as far as I can see, releasing first Picasa, then Google Earth for Linux, along with the cool-in-concept Google Browser Sync plugin for Firefox. The Google Sync extension only ranks cool in concept because, well, in order for it to work to its capacity, you have [...]

Using del.icio.us To Get My Browser Life In Order

Hi, my name is Doug, and I'm a tab-a-holic. I have a severe problem: I open stories in my Firefox tabs, usually from one of the RSS feeds I subscribe to, never fully read the stories and then leave the tabs open with the intention to one day read those stories. The only [...]