Net tools

Some tools that you may find useful.

Blogbridge. I have been using this regularly now. If they can get their plugin architecture sorted out to play enclosures, it'll be quite nifty.

Firefox 3 Beta. The latest release is fantastic. Add-ons need to be ported but I am not very big on add-ons. Ars has a review.

Opera. I have been playing with the Widgets. Love this widget.

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