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Breaking news on the showbiz rags – Danny Devito has made a hobby of posting pictures of his feet from various parts of the world. Millions of DeVito fans are enamored by his foot, known as “Troll Foot”

Mr. Devito, where did you get that idea? My foot series got it’s start on Paradise Island, Bahamas  in the late 80’s. With the advent of Flickr, it now boasts over 70 snapshots of my so-called “swan feet”

Paradise Island, December 1987

DeVito - You are on Notice!

If you’re like me, you have hundreds of online accounts. Security experts recommend using a unique password for each account! How can anyone remember hundreds of passwords? It’s tempting is to use the same one over and over again, I am guilty of doing just that for throw away accounts, for example just to read an article.  But if there is any personally identifiable information tied to an account, that just won’t do.

I don’t want to install a 3rd party password manager, in part because I use at least 5 different computers on a regular basis and in part because I do not subscribe to the “put-eggs-in-same-basket” theory. Therefore I have decided to use a password algorithm. I know I will be more secure – but we’ll see how often I am forced to use the “forgot password” tool. Here are some ideas for crafting your own password algorithm.

How do you manage your passwords? Comment below.

Firefox remains my choice of browser, even though IE has finally jumped on the tabbed browsing bandwagon. There are many reasons to like Firefox,  especially the extensibility. You can  make it your own with plug-ins, themes and add-ons. Here’s my list, what’s on yours?

• Fire FTP – speedy, built-in FTP client
• Delicious Bookmarks -This add-on makes it even easier to manage your bookmarks
• IE Tab – emulates IE inside FF; now you’ll never have to launch IE!
• Firebug- the webmaster’s secret for debugging css
• ColorfulTabs- eye candy for your tabs
• WAVE -Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool – modifies the current web page to reveal the underlying accessibility information.