Jake of the Web

Older versions of favorite applications
Particularly useful if you have older hardware/operating system that are unable to handle the newer software. Or simply if you don' tlike 'features' in newer software versions.

Old Version.com

A downloadable app for your iPhone that will recognize a song being played in the background, and tell you the artist and title of the song. This service is currently free via the iPhone, although it has traditionally cost about $1 per identification or $4/month unlimited. Next week I'll talk about similar options for people who don't want to shell out for an iPhone.

Shazam!
Shazam! for the iPhone

Firefox rules. I have the Release Candidate version of Firefox 3 on all my computers. It really is that good. Unfortunately, in attempting to get the absolutely final version of Firefox 3, I discovered their site is not working right now. Keep trying.

On the one hand, this is likely because so many people are wanting to help with the goal of breaking the World's record for downloads in a day. On the other hand, you would think they would have been a little more prepared for this.

UPDATE:
The site is working! They are currently at 1,809,494 downloads. Impressive.

AdBlock plus kicks!
I disabled AdBlock plus for a screenshot I needed, and was astounded at web sites that never had ads were suddenly ugly, overwrought sites.
This is only one of many reasons why FireFox is superior to all comers - AdBlock plus makes the web a prettier place.

We're creatures of habit. Everybody has a certain order they like their application buttons to be in on their taskbar. But what happens if an application crashes or times out? I've known more that one person (yours truly included) who is willing to close out 10 apps only to reopen them again in the preferred order - all so the taskbar buttons are where you want them to be.

Taskbar Shuffle allows you to drag and drop any taskbar button within the taskbar area:


With Taskbar Shuffle, I was finally able to get the monkey off my back. I can re-order individual windows or groups of similar windows as I choose:


You can also rearrange system tray items if you so desire, although that functionality has yet to find its way in to my daily routine.

Taskbar Shuffle is free, small (only 630k), and brilliantly simple. Best of all, it quickly proves itself indispensable.