Web-based email is the future and it is now. We live in a world now where access to email from wherever you are is pretty important. Putting your email in the cloud (the Internet) is the best way to do that.

I am a big fan of Gmail. Rich bailed on Gmail because he thought they lost one of his emails. He is now using Hotmail. But, Gmail continues to rule the roost and I think it is a great email client and service.

But, Gmail is not without some annoyances. Some of those annoyances are big and would need to be solved by Gmail themselves (such as the addition of a to-do list). Others are small but can be “fixed” using Greasemonkey. Continued

YouTube is a great site but sometimes you just don’t want to see any comments on videos at all. An add-on by Lifehacker cures that ill in short order for users of Firefox and Netscape 9. Grab Greasemonkey first, then the Better YouTube add-on and you’re good to go. See video below for an example of how it works.