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Firefox update

My post on Firefox is severely out of date. The only one of the plugins I listed in that post that I still use is Webdeveloper. I have a few to add to the list as well:

  • Firebug. In my opinion, the best plugin to date. I’ll even take it a step further…it is the most useful free tool for a web developer, ever. Used in conjunction with the web developer plugin, trouble shooting time - especially concerning javascript and CSS - is greatly reduced.
  • Screengrab!. Grab a screenshot quick, without copying and pasting into paint or the gimp.
  • MeasureIt. Need to know how tall that image is, or how much room you have for a button/text/dancing baby? MeasureIt!
  • ColorZilla. Eyedropper color selector that will paste whatever format you need right into your clipboard. Hmmm…spend time tracking down what class/id you’re currently looking at, then find it in your multiple css files OR click twice. Your call. There is no wrong answer…wait, yes there is.

Top 5 Albums

I’m on an email chain with a bunch of my friends. Recently, a topic that came up was “Top 5 Albums”. Narrowing down to a top 5 is difficult indeed, but here is what I came up with:

1) Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2) Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
3) Faith No More - Angeldust
4) Alice in Chains - Dirt
5) Weezer - self titled / “The Blue Album”

Enable Right Click

UPDATE: Do not keep this script enabled, only use it as needed. It could cause some issues while browsing, as it loops through every HTML element on the page.

Greasemonkey script to reenable right clicking on sites that disable it for “security” purposes:

EnableRightClick.user.js

Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name           enable right click
// @namespace      http://forrestledbetter.com
// @description    enable right click
// ==/UserScript==

if (document.all)
{
	iElements = document.all.length;

	for (i = 0;i < iElements;i++)
	{
		document.all[i].setAttribute("oncontextmenu", "return true;");
	}
}
else
{
	iElements = document.getElementsByTagName('*').length;
	aElements = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
	for (i = 0;i < iElements;i++)
	{
		aElements[i].setAttribute("oncontextmenu", "return true;");
	}

}

Functional Javascript

I found this blog on del.icio.us I think. This is by far the best explanation of the various ways to use functions in javascript. Don’t stop with this one, look at all the other posts. There is some pretty advanced stuff here, and javascript isn’t going anywhere any time soon.

Chopper

Chopper
He thinks hes a lapdog.

Wekiva

Wekiva

Lake Purdy Bridge

June 06 119 bridge over Lake Purdy, Shelby County Alabama, June 2006.

Fruit Bat, Bham Zoo

A fruit bat in the Birmingham Zoo.
This one was favorited most (I think) of my pictures on flickr.

Blackpoint Wildlife Drive

blackpoint wildlife drive
in the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

Merritt Island Manatee Observation Deck

manatee coming up for air

A manatee comes up for air briefly before taking off again.