These are some interesting links I found on the web March 25th through March 28th:

• Mailplane – the most productive way to use Gmail on your Mac -
• IPhone App to Sidestep AT&T -
• CopyPasteCharacter.com -
• Database Powered CSS in WordPress Themes -
• Email and Focus -
• WordPress iPhone App Gets Geotagging -
• List of the 500 worst passwords -

These are some interesting links I found on the web March 23rd through March 25th:

• Data URIs | CSS-Tricks -
• The Lost Principles of Design -
• Logging with MySQL -
• Google Redesigned – Make Google services shine! – I’ve been using this as a Firefox plugin for the last 3 months and can only say good things about it. Makes the UI a lot better and the user experience as a whole a lot more enjoyable, especially if you use Google Apps constantly throughout the day as I do.
• Official Gmail Blog: Detecting suspicious account activity -
• The Complete Guide to Fixing Google Contacts [Annoyances] -
• Mojito – The Social Aggregator -

These are some interesting links I found on the web March 17th through March 23rd:

• Pick Up The Realtime Pulse Of Your Website With Chartbeat’s New Beta – Most of you know about my fascination with ‘Status Dashboards’; this looks very cool!
• Google Online Security Blog: Meet skipfish, our automated web security scanner -
• Set Expires -
• Amazon Takes Wraps Off Kindle App for iPad – PCWorld -
• HOWTO: CSS for the iPad -
• Make: Online : Weekend Project: Vortex Cannons -
• SiteSucker for Mac OS X – Awesome utility. Does just what is says; sucks down a site, etc. The ‘plus’ is that is also downloads Javascript and images referenced in CSS, which Firefox doesn’t do.
• WordPress Admin Toolbar Bookmarklet -
• MagnoGrip -
• Google and Partners Seek Foothold in the Living Room – NYTimes.com – Google TV is just around the corner!

These are some interesting links I found on the web March 14th through March 17th:

• Rework: Unveiling the cover – New book from the folks at 37signals –
• Blazing Fast Password Recovery With New ATI Cards –
• Everything You Need to Know About Humpty Dumpty –
• Fail2ban – Scans logs and bans IPs that cause too many password failures. – Tired of seeing all those brute-force attacks on your SSH port? This should help…
• CSS3 Generator – Very cool online CSS3 generator with live preview!
• Magic Mouse, Fixed – MMFixed.com –
• Probe questions runaway Prius story | Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota | WTSP.com 10 Connects – Finally, the truth is starting to come out. I hope this guy gets thrown under a bus; one with a runaway accelerator pedal
• Designing for the Web: A book by Mark Boulton – Great book, now FREE to read online!

Looks like I’ll be getting my hands on an iPad on April 3rd when the first batch of ‘pre-orders’ get delivered.  The order is in for a 64GB Wi-Fi only model; the 3G option is too costly and I really don’t see myself using this device anywhere that Wi-Fi isn’t available. If I do need some form of access via 3G, I can always use a Verizon MiFi 2200 unit which would also be usable by all my other devices. As much as I wanted to be part of the whole ‘in-store’ experience, chatting with my good friend Matt made us realize that we stood a better chance to actually get our iPads on April 3rd if we had them delivered instead of picking them up at our local Apple store. We also took the opportunity to grab some accessories; in addition to the actual iPad, we’re both getting an iPad Case, iPad Dock, iPad VGA Adapter, and an extra iPad Power Adapter.

I’ve been using my small Dell Mini 10 netbook pretty often over the past couple months, and I can definitely see how the iPad will be a more ‘portable’ solution for much of the tasks I used the netbook for. Lots of folks have been calling the new iPad a ‘big iPod Touch’, and I’m really fine with that. I use my iPhone at home pretty often for quick access to information, and the iPad will make the experience a whole lot more satisfying, not to mention quicker and easier. As for the whole issue with buying the first version of any Apple product, I already have a plan for that. When the next version is released with extra features, bells & whistles, etc, I’ll just hand this one down to my wife and get a new one. Of course, that’s contingent on just what those new ‘Version 2.0′ will actually be and if they’re worth the upgrade. I’m willing to wait for ‘Version 3′ if I have to; that’s what I did with my iPhone.

UPDATE: As of release 3.6.2 of Firefox for Mac, my issues seem to have been resolved. Installed it the morning of 03/23 and everything seems fine now. I know others continue to have issues, so something weird is going on…

The day Firefox 3.6 was released, I immediately upgraded all my computers to this latest version, since Firefox is my browser of choice. On my Windows boxes, the upgrade was seamless, as it was on my Linux box. The issues began when I started to upgrade my Mac computers. Once the upgrade was complete, attempting to start Firefox 3.6 on any of my Macs was a futile effort. The Firefox icon would bounce a couple times on the Dock and then just stop. Firefox would simply not start. Launching it in Safe Mode, I was able to actually use Firefox but that was simply an unacceptable solution for any type of regular usage. I uninstalled, reinstalled, cleaned out every trace of Firefox and then installed again. Nothing worked and I always ended up with the same issue. I began looking through the Firefox Bugzilla site on Mozilla in order to see if I was alone. Turns out I’m not the only one suffering from this problem. Mozilla has yet to acknowledge the issue, even though it seems to be more and more wide spread. Even worse, the issue still exists in the latest development release which will eventually be Firefox 3.6.1. So for now, I’m back to running Firefox 3.5.8 on my Macs, as much as it pains me. Mozilla doesn’t seem to be interested in spending time looking into this issue, so I’ll have to use the 3.5.x release until they finally admit there’s an issue. This whole mess has even gotten me to spend more and more time with Google’s Chrome browser. I’ve VERY impressed with Chrome and if they keep throwing in more features at the same rate they are now, and if my issues with the 3.6.x release of Firefox continue, who knows what browser I’ll be using by the end of the year.

Mozilla, get your act together and listen to your users; they’re telling you there’s a big issue with your current code and you’re just brushing us aside. Not a smart move when you consider that the browser wars are no longer being fought by only two entities…