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So I installed Ad Blocker Plus the other day on my firefox. It’s not that ads really bother me, I really just did it to be an elitist. “pssshh your computer shows ads ?!?! *puts fingers in shape of an L on my forehead*” But now I am having second thoughts.

Basically what the program does is it just blocks most ads from showing up in the browser, but in turn by not showing the ad your not giving back to the website. I know the logic is kinda crazy, especially since I believe my vote doesn’t even count (unless I vote Nader), but i feel like I should be giving them their half of a cent by me looking at their website.

It’s also not good for porn sites or torrent sites, since half the porn on most of the sites is in the ads.

(Note: Adblocker plus blocks all the ads on BrianCarl.com, so I urge you DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS PROGRAM. Before this post a quater of the readers began using the program and my gross profits went down a whopping 20% to $0.78 a month. Before you download this program think of the cats. If they have to wear homemade Halloween costumes this year it will be on your heads)

I downloaded Object Dock for my work computer and I have to say I am a believer. This is one of the best web 2.0 programs I have ever used. Object dock is basically a program for shortcuts. It doesn’t sound that impressive but let me explain.

• First lets compair to Del.icio.us. A greast website, that I use daily. (for those of you unfamiliar with Del.icio.us, it is a social bookmark website. Wikipedia has a great explanation.) But this isn’t just for website shortcuts, ObjectDock is on your desktop and can be used very well for shortcuts to websites you check daily. (My list of Internet shortcuts is Briancarl.com, Digg.com, and of course Del.icio.us, which honesty i visit more than the last two.)
• Then the next obvious comparison is the Mac. It looks like a Mac and feels like a Mac, but with all the positives of using a PC. The big difference here is that you can use ObjectDock to link to your programs on your hard-drive. (I link to Word, Photoshop, My Documents, plus others) You can even have it run on the bottom of your screen and have the Windows Start bar hide and this will completely replace it. (although I would not recommend this)
• The biggest plus not listed on here is that Object Dock can be made to hide when it is not in use and then show up when you hover. I use mine on the right side of my screen and when the time comes hover it and it pops out no problem so I don’t have to minimize everything I am running so that I can open something new.
• One of the most important feature of any applicatio, the interface. ObjectDock has such a clear and very customizable interface. You can download new skins, but ObjectDock comes with great options as is. (I use Glass Vista) The best feature of the skins is that you can make them transparent. My good friend Carter (who turned me onto ObjectDock) doesn’t even know what skin he uses anymore, because he has it fully transparent.
• Last but not least the internet shortcuts that we talked about earlier will open in a new tab if you are using Firefox.

Summary download ObjectDock

P.S. That is my cat on the background of my desktop. No I don’t think that it is girly to do that.