So I just got cable internet installed (income tax and a fat bonus check helped out), and I’m doing some serious catching up. Del.icio.us, flickr, Firefox, and Bloglines have become major obsessions. It’s been my experience that when I use things on a regular basis, I tend to think of ways they could be better, so look for more of the old webgeekery soon.

First up is the Netflix Preview Direct Link script, a user script for Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey, if you haven’t heard of it, is an extension to Firefox that lets you have domain-specific user javascript, just as you might have user-defined styles. The script I wrote changes the “Preview” button in Netflix to link directly to the movie file instead of displaying it embedded in the page (which no worky in Firefox). The script is generously hosted by the guy whose script I cribbed from. There is also a very useful Greasemonkey Script Repository.

I’m also going to probably have to learn how to edit extensions for Firefox, to keep AdBlock from coming up every time I Ctrl+Shift+A to insert a link in Blogger. And how to edit firefox chrome to remap Ctrl+N and shift+click (old habits) to open a new tab instead of a window. And I’ll have to write a script so that Ctrl+Shift+I and B in Blogger work like they used to, instead of inserting a <span>. Hmm. Okay, that’s enough for one day.