The Inquisitor

Despite the crazy speed of the new Firefox 3 beta, there are still some cool things about using Safari, like the Inquisitor.  

Here's their short pitch: Spotlight. Immediately. Autocomplete. Shortcuts. Free.

Here's my suggestion: Download. Install. Awesome.

Firefox 3 beta

Here's all you need to know: the Firefox 3 beta is fast! Like really, really, really, fast! Its speed shames Safari like someone with a can of spray paint and a passed out frat boy. (What? You guys just use permanent marker, bunny ears, a tiara, and a melon? Better step it up.)

It's also buggy as hell, but hey, it's a beta. Download here.  

Be sure to download and install the Proto theme as well.

Digital Signatures and Encryption in Mail

For those of you using Mail, you need to make sure you have your digital signature and encryption enabled.  Despite the rumors, it does not appear Apple is offering this functionality along with .mac subscriptions.  The reason why is beyond me; even more so now that iChat has encrypted chat through .mac.

Great instructions for getting yourself set up can be found at Joar Wingfors' site and at O'Reilly's MacDevCenter.com.

One hot tip if you are following the instructions from Joar's site and using thawte:  

When Firefox asks you to "Please Enter The Master Password For The Software Security Device" and you are like me and have completely forgotten what it is, enter

 

chrome://pippki/content/resetpassword.xul 

in the browser's location field, go to that page and then click on the Reset button in the bottom-right corner of the window.  That will clear the master password and all of your other saved site passwords in Firefox. 

Or you could ignore Joar's recommendations on browsers and just use Safari and be done with it.

Travis Barker Soulja Boy "Crank That" (remix)

Just enjoy.  Nothing better than seeing Travis Barker jamming out.