“Hey, there should be more posts in my blog … But what do i blog about ?! … If i don’t have something to blog, why blog in the first place….. Do i just throw some random crap in there …. what if people actually read this crap … they would think i went bananas … Hmm … maybe i should write about my Firefox addons …. well, there’s two problems with that. First i switched to Chrome and secondly i already talked about my firefox addons right before switching to Chrome and sticking to it. … HMM

Well, do i write about my projects at work … but that would mean revealing internal information … i cannot do that. EISD (European Information Security Department) will not be happy :p (if you guys are reading this, i confirm that i do not reveal internal information in any way against the Information Classification and Security Policy.)

Ok, then I should write about Technology in general, Virtualization, Storage, System management … etc.  ….. But there’s like a ton of technology blogs that i always read, who would want to hear from me. Do i have much to add to that. Maybe i will just refer to their writings and comment on them. That’s what i’m gonna do. …. When i have time to do that.

Why i don’t have time to blog ? because i cannot blog while in office, that’s a waste of time. Also, i really don’t have time to blog while in office because i’m swamped with work. In my break i read news, barely finish three blogs of the 15-20 blogs i follow.

When i get home, i do some research on some technologies that i’m going to deploy, i can’t do that in office because i need to concentrate and do a lot of draft sketching and multi-screen browsing. This gets my wife to say stop spending time on your computer and let’s go out, play with the baby, talk or watch a movie. When i’m free with any of that, i get to my PS3 and pretend i’m achieving something when i level up some virtual reality character (Final Fantasy) or invade an alien planet and kill those damn violent aliens who are killing my teammates just because we are invading their planet (Killzone 2).

The BIG question is … why blog ?! … to share information with who ?! … what information is not available online nowadays ?!

Here’s the most important reason to blog …. To share personal experiences with the world in hope that someone will actually find this information useful. Whether it is useful Tips in anything, a nice place you went to, a technology you have experience with first hand or to simply spell out what’s in your mind to relax. In the end, a blog is simply your thing and your personal shout out to the world”

Signing out …..
Fadi Kelzia 

The Thing i like the most about firefox is how much i can customize it to be the way i want my browser. Using Addons i create my own version of Firefox. I will list my favorite addons, most of them i cannot imagine the browser without them. I hope this benefits you, especially if you are a new “Convert”. The list does not have preference order.

- Adblock Plus: When i use IE on somebody’s PC, websites feel pretty much different and in some cases feel like a totally different site. This addon will remove ads from websites very efficiently and therefore makes page loading much faster too, and more comfortable for the eye.

- LastPass: Many people i know would not even look at a tool like this because they are privacy freaks, but i still have at least a little bit of trust in humanity and morals , i hope i’m not wrong. This tool will save passwords for websites and has auto logon. I rarely type passwords since i started using it.

- Tab Mix Plus: I like starting a new Tab for everything and close the ones i don’t want manually, this addon allows you to start new tabs from the address bar, favorites, search box and more. Also, it will open new tabs next to the current one to allow you to organize the location of you tabs without much manual effort to waste. Many more features are available as well.

- Xmarks: i have bookmark folders that are more than five years old. When i go to office i would like to have them with me, and when i add something new, i want it to be available everywhere too. Xmarks is the best bookmark synchronize tool among the one i tried.

- Download Statusbar: Amazing improvement to your firefox experience, it will show you your downloads in the statusbar (as the name suggests) and therefore you can see the progress of the download without having to open the downloads window.

- Download Them All: Again the name speaks for this addon, it will check the page and look for resources to download like images, music files and videos. You can multi-select file extensions or individual files. The best of it’s category.

- Gmail manager: lovely tool that automatically logs in to gmail and google apps mail and shows a small icon in the status bar displaying the number of unread emails. When you get a new mail, it will show you a snippet of the mail to have an idea what to expect when you open your account.

- Dictionary Tooltip: Just double-click on any word in you browser to have the definition of the word and more in a very nice iFrame without opening a new tab.

- ShareThis: Easily share any page with many online services like Email, Facebook and almost any similar locations.

Tree Style Tab: Now this addon is not for everyone, it is difficult to get adjusted to this new Tab concept because it will switch the location of the tabs from the top to the left, but if you open dozens of tabs like me with different purpose for every bunch, this is your savior, it will put the related tabs in a tree the can be collapsed nicely. Check it and see if it appeals to you.

- Image Zoom: This addon will zoom any image inside any web page. Great tool for image viewing.

- Glazoom: Another zoom tool but for pages, it will zoom the whole page in customizable portions, i know about the Ctrl-Scroll in firefox, but this one can save the settings for specific websites so that you won’t have to manually do it everytime you visit the site, nor affect the other ones.

Of course i use many more addons, but usually they serve a more specific purpose other than day-to-day use and you might not need, these i will share one by one later on.

Please share any interesting addons you use whether their functionality is similar to the ones i use or adds more functions. I would love to hear your suggestions.

Please stay tuned and feel free to comment, i would like to know your opinion.