Here is a list of my favourite applications for Android.

I'm sick to death of poor/low quality service from UK companies. Here is my list of companies to avoid.

I will update this article every time I receive an unacceptable level of service.

City Link, Bristol - Once I collected a flat screen monitor from them only for them to drop it at my feet. Luckily for them it survived the fall. Their staff were so rude that I didn't even get an apology. Last year they claimed to have attempted a delivery while I was out. I wasn't. They simply lied. This week they claim to have made two deliveries but mysteriously failed to leave a calling card. How difficult is it to drop a piece of card board through a letterbox? Beware.

Here is a list of my favourite Firefox plugins.

Web Developer
The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools. If you do any sort of web development using HTML or CSS you absolutely need this plugin. There is no debate about it.

Xmarks Bookmark and Password Sync
Xmarks is a bookmark and password syncronisation add-on. You can install it on all your computers to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords backed up and synchronized. Xmarks also allows you to see what sites other people are bookmarking.

The following web tools are now available :

Hash Generator
This page will allow you to create hashes of a text string using a number of popular cryptographic algorythms including md5, sha1

Mortgage Calculator
This page will allow you to calculate mortgage payments.

There is a growing collection of free, well written software out there and this is a list of some of the applications I use.

Many of them can be run standalone so are perfect for carrying around on a USB stick.