I’ve finally made the Firefox switch

I've finally decided to make the Mozilla Firefox switch, leaving Internet Explorer in the dust.

Don't always trust your first impression

I had heard about Mozilla Firefox some time ago, but I didn't really take it too seriously. After all, IE was pre-installed and worked well enough…Switching to Netscape Navigator seemed more trouble than it was worth. And, Firefox is just a spin-off of Navigator, right? How much different could it really be?

WordPress ups and downs

WordPress.com went down today, which was a little spooky. Coincidentally, I had just done my first RSS backup last night. Now, the servers are back online and all appears to be well. Hats off to them for getting everything back into working order.

Windoze power toys

There are some useful Windoze XP upgrades in Microsoft's Power Toys.  The Alt-Tab Replacement, Tweak UI, and Power Calculator seem like the most useful utilities.  Hopefully they don't bog down the system.  I'll post comments (or a follow-up) if I run into any problems.

FolderMatch

My brother recommend FolderMatch for syncronizing files between systems.  I'm gonna give it a try ASAP.

FileZilla

I just tried out FileZilla, and…Me likes!  Free.  No installation (just run from directory of your choice).  No ugly banner ads.  It's the way an FTP GUI client should work.

Bugzilla

A week or two ago, I was discussing bug-tracking software with my coworkers, and today I stumbled across Bugzilla.  I haven't evaluated it yet, but it looks promising.