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Map your IP on Google Maps

Published on April 4, 2006 in Technology. 0 Comments

I thought this was a pretty interesting use of the Google Maps API. It takes your IP address and tries to find where you live, including phone area code, latitude and longitude.

http://www.zabasearch.com/frames/zaba_location.map.php

Awesome Firefox Extensions

Published on April 3, 2006 in Technology. 0 Comments

Since everyone seems to always be looking for good Firefox extensions, including myself, I thought I’d list out which extensions I use. I’ve found all of these extensions to be very useful.
Enabled Extensions:[25]

  • Adblock Filterset.G Updater 0.3.0.3 – Synchronizes Adblock with Filterset.G
  • Adblock Plus 0.6.1.2 – Ads were yesterday!
  • Add Bookmark Here 0.5.5 – A convenient way to add bookmarks.
  • BugMeNot 1.3 – Bypass compulsory web registration with the context menu via www.bugmenot.com.
  • ColorZilla 0.8.3.1 – Advanced Eyedropper, ColorPicker, Page Zoomer and other colorful goodies.
  • EditCSS 0.3.5 – Stylesheet modifier in the Sidebar.
  • FireBug 0.3 – Web Debugging Evolved.
  • Firefox Showcase 0.5.8.2 – Easily locate any tab you’ve opened in Firefox.
  • Forecastfox 0.8.5.3 – Get international weather forecasts and display it in any toolbar or statusbar with this highly customizable extension.
  • Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer 0.61 – Synchronizes your bookmarks across machines.
  • Google Images Re-Linker 0.3 – Jumps directly to the full-size image on images.google.com.
  • Google Toolbar for Firefox 1.0.20051122 – Take the power of Google with you anywhere on the Web!
  • Greasemonkey 0.6.4 – A User Script Manager for Firefox
  • Html Validator 0.7.9 – Adds HTML validation to the View Page Source of the browser. The validation is done by Tidy from W3c.
  • IE Tab 1.0.8 – Enables you to use the embedded IE engine within Mozilla/Firefox.
  • IE View 1.2.7 – Open pages in IE via Firefox menus
  • MeasureIt 0.3.5 – Draw out a ruler to get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage.
  • MR Tech Local Install 4.6 – Local Install power tools for all users. (en-US)
  • PDF Download 0.6 – Allows to choose what you want to do with a PDF file: download it, view it with an external viewer or view it as HTML!
  • Reveal 1.0.6 – See everything.
  • SearchStatus 1.15 – Display the Google PageRank and Alexa ranking with search-related tools.
  • Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.5 – Tab browsing with an added boost.
  • TinyUrl Creator 1.0.1 – Convenient tool to create small url redirects from longer ones.
  • Update Channel Selector 1.0.1 – Allows you to change the application update channel.
  • Web Developer 1.0.2 – Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.

Installed Themes: [2]