Hi, hello, howsya? Not keeping up with this thing like I used to. Update on life…We’re one step closer to things being what we want when we move. I get to have the experience of teaching at the college level! It is only a part time adjunct position, but I’m really excited about it. My days are still open for high school teaching so I’m continuing that search.
I went searching for a content filter to integrate with Firefox (THE best web-browser). I found the FoxFilter add-on that seems to serve the purpose. It is password protected and you can customize the settings.
FoxFilter is a personal content filter based on user-defined
preferences such as keywords, filtering sensitivity settings and URL
exceptions and is password protected. Currently, FoxFilter has only
been tested on the Windows platform.
I also decided to download the email companion to Firefox, Thunderbird. Thunderbird is very similar to Outlook, only more customizable. I integrated a calendar program, Lightening, with it. Mozilla has a stand alone calendar, Sunbird, that looked good, but I like having the calendar with my email.
To sync my iPod with my contacts in Thunderbird I found mozPod. It syncs contacts with no problem, but I haven’t played enough to sync the calendar. I know there are programs that already to this. Currently the only calendar program I use is through Google, and I haven’t figured out how to sync that.
Do I need all this? No. It simply amuses me. I do like Thunderbird though.
powered by performancing firefox
March 27th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
So are you going to make fun of me if I confess to STILL using IE?
March 27th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
some people like IE and some people even like IE7 (which is a rip of Firefox) I prefer FF. Love my button bookmarks and tabbed browsing. I also dig the fact that I can change themes with my mood or the season. Some sites still require IE so I haven’t gotten rid of it yet.