For those bloggers who use Firefox, especially those who maintain more than one blog, I can’t keep myself from touting Scribefire one more time. The extension (or add-on, as they’re now called) is being maintained again after a several months’ hiatus, and new functions are being added every few days. The latest are support for tags (all versions), and for changing WordPress post timestamps (Firefox 3 only). Scribefire supports pages and notes, categories, tags, category additions, default to draft status, Technorati tags, and trackback URLS, and has a full rich text editor built in. There is custom HTML support, word-wrap support for image placement, and all the other things you’d expect — or most of them — with more on the way.

There are a million screen capture programs out there. I’ve been using Screen Capture Pro for about a month. It works great, and is now free to register. It sits in my system tray and stays out of the way. When I want to capture, I hit PrtScrn if I want the whole thing, or Alt+PrtScrn if I want only the active window. The image is stored in a folder of my choice, in either .bmp or .jpg (with a choice of image quality). That’s all it does. No pop-ups, no fancy image editors. It just saves screen shots where you want them and goes away. You never even know it was there. Great addition!

Most of the time, when I need a calendar that’s just what I need. No bells and whistles. If I want to make a big deal of it, there’s Google Calendar or Sunbird. When I just want to find out on what day the 27th of the month falls, I use Quickmonth Calendar. Mouse over the systray clock, and it pops up with the current month. I can click backward or forward if I need to. Remove the mouse, and it goes away.

Note: if you’re a sloppy mouser, it can be disconcerting to have it pop up when you accidentally hit the clock with the cursor. It goes away so fast, though, that it’s merely startling, and you get used to it — or you get careful. Either works.

Finally, there’s the program that I recommend every time I do one of these articles: Memorizer eXP from AYLabs. There have been no discernible changes on this application in about four years, and there’s a very good reason: none are needed. It’s just about perfect as it is.

Memorizer is a clipboard manager, and it costs $19.00 US. I know, there are dozens of free clipboard managers out there. I’ve tried at least two dozen of them, because when I set up a system for a friend or family, I like to include one of these highly useful critters. I usually install YankeeClipper3, but I always recommend, and sometimes donate, a copy of Memorizer. The only word to describe it, in comparison to the freebies, is elegant. Download a free trial and see how you like it. Even if you’re a freeware nut like me, I’m betting you’ll buy it.

Disclaimer: I won’t make a penny off it, but I’ll have the satisfaction of having given you a great tip.