Java Jane's Good Stuff

What the HELL is "Twitter" In Plain English? No Geek Speak...

2008-03-10T13:33:15Z

Although I have posted in the past my disdain for Twitter, that did not keep me from signing up for an account and even enabling the ability to post to Twitter from my address bar. Once I watched the video below, I finally "got" it. Maybe I wi...

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Favorite Foxfire Extensions

2007-08-10T02:01:00Z

Although I try to keep Firefox from becoming bloated by too many extensions, I do have a cadre of them I just can't do without. I do go through them periodically to see if I can weed out and uninstall any of those that I do not use regularly. Abo...

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QotD: My Daily Dose

2007-05-03T15:58:39Z

What websites do you visit every day? Submitted by Chez Michelle. In an effort to streamline my life and get more things done in less time which in turn allows me more time for the pleasant things and less time spent dealing with the daily grin...

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10 Most Commonly Used Passwords Online

2007-04-28T14:40:33Z

In PC Magazine's upcoming May 8th issue they list the 10 most commonly used passwords online. IF you are using any of these, download this add-on for FireFox. 1. password 2. 123456 3. qwerty 4. abc123 5. letmein 6. monkey 7. myspace1 8. p...

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Good Stuff: Better, Cleaner Email & RSS with Firefox Extensions

2007-04-19T13:03:00Z

My style has changed over the years. I used to be a pack rat. I still like my stuff, but I'm aggressive about weeding out now, and if I keep something, it's in functional storage. While my overall style still could be classified as somewhat eclect...

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Make Use of: Cool Stuff that Makes Life Better

2007-04-18T16:10:16Z

Useful? Let me know! IKEA Hacker - I am a fan of IKEA (for some things) and my computer desk is a small IKEA unit that I too have modded to suit my needs. Perwoll Black Magic Detergent - Now available in the USA. Gentle and earth friendly, it...

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Share2Me Firefox Extension - Share Anything to Anyone, Anywhere

2007-04-07T02:15:34Z

I'm going to intstall this tonight. It's in Beta form right now, but looks really cool. You can share anything on the web to your contacts email, IM, MySpace or FaceBook and you can post to your MySpace as well. Although I'm not a big IM user an...

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GTD = Life Enhancing Tools for the Daily Grind

2007-04-03T13:59:23Z

Many of you probably wonder what the heck is GTD? Go to Dallas? Grip the Dashboard? Get that Dollar? No. Get Things Done. Who doesn't need to, from domestic engineer to CEO? You don't have to be militant or OCD to be organized and productive. Even...

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Vox Good Thing: Snipshots Web Based Photo Editor

2007-03-21T00:07:03Z

Get SNIPSHOT Hate to pull out Photoshop or other large programs to crop or resize an image for your blog/web? Well with Snipshot you can quickly undo, resize, crop, rotate, adjust photos, right from your browser, via FF extension or bookmarklet. ...

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bLogGer ToOLs & OTheR fuN JJ ReCoMmENds

2007-03-02T22:01:03Z

Okay, we're into March and I've actually kept my blogging resolutions so far this year. Lots of posts today as it's a day off from the regular routine and I've decided instead of accomplishing anything I need to do, I'd goof off on the web today....

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