has been bugging me to put up a journal entry that talks about basic computer lockdown stuff, similar to my Firefox post.

So here you go, Tracy.

Best protection against spyware? DON’T INSTALL STUPID CRAP. Second best? Ad-aware and Spybot. Run ’em every now and again. Plus, installing the free …

So I’ve been using So I’ve been using as my exclusive email account for a week or so now.

Here are my thoughts:

1. It misbehaves a little in Firefox. Every now and again, I get a message I just can’t open in FF, but if I load up IE, I can view the conversation. This seems to happen mostly on …

For those of you who are still on IE…try the 5 Days With Firefox Challenge

1. Read the “Why Use Firefox?” document

2. Go download Firefox and install it

3. Use Firefox as you default browser for 5 days

4. If, after 5 days, you’re still not convinced that Firefox is the best browser there is, uninstall …