Sometime’s Google’s motto of "do no evil" translates into "do really cool stuff". I’m a big fan of several of Google’s non-search realted projects (not all, but several), though I think their Firefox extensions might be my favorite. Here’s what’s on the menu:

• Google Toolbar 2.0 for Firefox. Enhance Google search, receive warnings about web pages that may be unsafe, subscribe to feeds with one click.
• Google Browser Sync (my favorite). Synchronize your browser settings across computers. Restore tabs and windows from your previous session.
• Blogger Web Comments. See what bloggers are saying about the web page you’re visiting, and add a post to your own blog.
• Google Send to Phone (second favorite). Send text messages of web page content to your mobile phone (U.S. numbers only).

Good stuff, Google.

I’m a big fan of del.icio.us. In fact, I’ve come to rely on del.icio.us because of how easy it is to organize and access my links. But I also like the convenience of having bookmarks in my browser. I realized yesterday that I can have both, without installing any extensions.

The key is Firefox’s Live Bookmarks. Live Bookmarks track a site’s RSS or Atom feed to show you updates as though they were actually bookmarks. In other words, you can bookmark a feed rather than a site, and Firefox will aggregate the contents right into your browser, treating each item in the feed as a bookmark. And it just so happens that del.icio.us generates all kinds of RSS, just like any good Web 2.0 application should, so by live-bookmarking my del.icio.us tag RSS feeds, I now have all my most important del.icio.us links in my browser, and they are automatically updated as I add new links.

For even more Firefox and del.icio.us integration, check out the del.icio.us Firefox extension.