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Plurkit on Adobe Air

I’ve been playing around with Aptana and Adobe Air to see if I could create a basic application.  What I created was Plurkit; an Adobe Air version of Plurk mobile. Ok, I’ll be the first to admit, this is not as good as something like Twhirl. 😉 However, it is my first attempt at anything […]

GA? – Google Anlytics Extension – Turns 1.0

I finally dug into GA? and figured out how to take it to the next level! GA? now checks the entire HTML page to see if it contains Google Analytics code.  Prior to 1.0, it only checked for analytics code within the body of a page. GA? is a Firefox extension that automatically detects if […]

Get ready to download Firefox 3 tomorrow!

Tuesday June 17th is the release date for Firefox 3! We (Firefox fans) are hoping to set a Guinness world record for the most times a piece of software is downloaded in the first 24 hours! If you could download Firefox 3 on Tuesday, that’d be a great help! So what’s new in Firefox 3? […]

Plurk Lurker – Basic Plurk Search

Ever want to search Plurk.com for topics or friends?  Well there isn’t a formal search yet, however you can search with Plurk Lurker, a customized Google search just for Plurk.com. Plurk Lurker makes it quick and simple to find information on Plurk.  It is limited to what Google can see, but it’s better than nothing.  […]

Plurk Firefox Sidebar [Updated x2]

I recently discovered Plurk.  A micro-blogging site much like Twitter, only with more features, a cool layout and that headless thing! I’m a fan of the interactive and innovative timeline of posts.  However some people feel the timeline is a bit busy and go for the simplified mobile version.  So I decided to take a […]

TwisterMc Themes and Firefox 3 – Vote for your favorite.

With the Firefox 3 release upon us, a lot of people will be wondering about the status of my themes. So what is the status? iPox has been released. MidnightFox has been released. MidnightFoxy is in available. Miint has been released. iPox Aqua has been released. PinkHope is ready to go. HalloFF is ready for […]

How I moved my email to Gmail

A few weeks ago I took control over my email.  Not only did I clean out my inboxes, but I also converted everything over to Gmail.  Why would I do this? Always online and availabe to me. Doesn’t take up space on my webserver. The labeling system is fantastic.  I didn’t really know this until […]

WALL•E Comes to a Firefox Theme

While browsing through the Mozilla Addons site yesterday I came across the official WALL•E Firefox theme! Unfortunately the theme is Windows only. However, with a bit of investigating, I was able to extract the jar file and install it on my Mac. The theme is pretty good. WALL•E is a bit hard to see behind […]

Spice up Adium with iPhone Backgrounds

Did you know that iPhone backgrounds make great backgrounds for chat windows in Adium?  See for yourself. It’s really simple to do too.  Here’s how. 1 – Grab a cool iPhone background.  Here is the blue iPhone background I’m using. 2 – Open Adium and go to the preferences and click on the messages area. 3 – See […]

How I Got My Inbox Into Shape

I keep hearing people say that they got their inbox down to zero or their email is so organized and I never knew how they did it.  Then, last weekend, I sat down and started organizing a few messages.  Before I knew it, I was cleaning out my inbox and got it down to only a few messages. So […]