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Thanks to Tim Berners-Lee for dreaming up the web 20 years ago. I’ve been making a living on it for more than half of its existence so I’ve got a lot to thank him for. =)

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This is really awesome; this guy takes random youtube videos and mixes them — both the audio and video — to make something infinitely better:

I’ve been helping Mike Rivard — amazing bass player and composer and leader of the Cambridge-based band “Club d’Elf” — turn his emails into a blog proper. It’s live at http://blog.clubdelf.com/ and Mike’s begun posting there. Great stuff, check it out!

Here are just a few of the things I’ve done to my Firefox client to make it more useful.

Install Add-ons:

• Firebug
• Yslow
• LiveHTTPHeaders
• ieTab
• Clear cache button
• Web developer

Configure UI:


View > Add Ons > LiveHTTPHeaders > Options > Config > ‘Add … to sidebar’ checkbox



View > Sidebar > LiveHTTPHeaders



View > Toolbars > Customize: drag icons to Navigation toolbar, esp. “Clear Cache Button” and ieTab and Firebug


Teach LiveHTTPHeaders about your CDN:

Type URL "about:config" in location bar, confirm "ok" at warning
Right-click and choose “new > string”
Enter name (without quotes) “extensions.firebug.yslow.cdnHostnames”
Enter CDN URL values (without quotes), e.g. “im.529.com,olmcdn.529.com”


Teach ietab to automatically use IE for specific URLs:

Right-click and choose "new > string" again
Enter name (without quotes) “ietab.filterlist”
Enter value (without quotes) “/^file:\/\/\/.*\.(mht|mhtml)$/ http://*.usa-ed.net/* http://*update.microsoft.com/* http://shrpt/* http://ushare/* http://www.windowsupdate.com/*”


There are many more add-ons I like, and some about:config tweaks as well, but as a core shortlist of web development -related add-ons I find these ones indispensable. Enjoy!