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Mozilla FireFox is just plain customizable...It's all about the extensions (plug-ins) folks... It's all about the extensions...!

Here are my most used and highly recommended plug-ins for Mozilla FireFox:

1. TinyURL Creator - Oh man, this has got to be one of the most useful extensions around. Get this one and most of the other extensions at Jeremy's Mozilla Extensions

2. BlogJet This 0.4 Scroll to bottom and click the Release 0.4 link. This requires Firefox 1.0 and for those using the BlogJet desktop blog editor.

3. FoxyTunes 1.1. This one is hot if you are avid audio listener while you do your PC thing! According to the FoxyTunes site: "FoxyTunes supports many popular media players on three major platforms - Windows, Linux and Mac OS and works with all the main Mozilla products - Firefox, Thunderbird ...   more »

Via Search Engine Journal ...

Microsoft security update e-mail would will be discontinued in July. However, you can subscribe to their RSS feed. This feed delivers the headlines on major security update releases, which are usually released on the second Tuesday of each month. To subscribe, add this URL to ... Read More...

Very important for those of us who are blogging on a Windows platform. Make sure you get you get these updates to stay on top of things and keep your PC protected.   more »

Okay, another for the off topic category. Evil? Genius? or Evil Genius?

Let me introduce you to Toby. I nice cute bunny rabbit that was found injured under the stairs of someone's home. Apparently Toby barely escaped a cat attack. It was thought that Toby would not survive his injuries.

However Toby does recover quite nicely from his injuries. Now Toby is in full health and as cute as ever. BUT...the owner has a proposition for you.

You pay him $50,000 or he takes the rabbit to the butcher and eats him on June 30, 2005. SaveToby.com tells the story and showcases the rabbit.

To encourage your donations the owner has graciously included gallery of nice glamour shots of Toby posing in a pot (see below) as well as shots of Toby on a cutting board with a knife and Toby on a plate garnished with lettuce. He wants to make sure you fully visualize Toby's fate. Nothing like visual motivation to get people in action.

Here's the tag line from SaveToby.com

only YOU have the power to SAVE TOBY

Figure 1 Toby Poses In A Pot


There is also a section for recipes that the owner is considering for Toby. Hmmmm....how do I prepare the meal? Nice. How clever. [sarcasm]

But wait! There's more...you can visit the store and buy Save Toby merchandise.

Now, is the owner really going to eat Toby if he doesn't get the $50K? I'm not sure...but the site is real and the merchandise is real and SaveToby.com has already raised $18,000.00. Amazing. Whatever the case is, SaveToby.com sure figured out a way to make some money with very little effort.

I found this via the Bob Parson - Godaddy.com blog as Bob took some heat for allowing the site to be hosted at his company. Bob gives you his take on the whole deal.

What do you think?

Okay, I know I'm always blogging about blogging. I think an Off-Topic category for short musings could be useful. I promise that navel gazing will be a random event.

Now...is it me or is Googles GMail service simply very, very good and filtering spam and Phishing emails.

Ultimately the spam begins. I've been on GMail for just a few months. I've only had one friendly email fall into the spam filter. Not bad.

I got a phishing email from someone pretending to be PayPal and of course asking that I update my account details. Now I know we've heard a lot about this and I believe not enough people still know or are guard themselves against it. I do look out for them but I don't get phished for often...actually only two times with this one being my second. Now this email I got was filtered by GMail and the malicous link and code automatically removed. Sure, filters and such on the back end but I just could not help thinking about how many mom and pop users on GMail were spared exposure to being tricked and robbed. Nice.