Blocking ads in Firefox and Chrome

Nobody really likes ads on web pages or enjoys watching crappy commercials. Devices like Tivo give television viewers the option to jump through commercials.  If people skip TV commercials, then why would people put up with huge flashing ads on web pages?  Is it because people don't know about a way to remove ads?  Ahh, but there is an easy solution to block ads.  AdBlock Plus is an extension for Firefox and Chrome which automatically filters most ads from pages, and can even stop the ads inside Youtube videos from appearing.

So much for bookmark backup

Foxmarks is one of my favorite extensions for Firefox. But to my dismay, it appears to have failed me. Normally it backs up your bookmarks or favorites from Firefox to a server, for synchronization to other computers or purely for backup purposes. This time though it the case would seem to be that my bookmarks have disappeared. Fortunately, I may have a copy of my bookmarks elsewhere, in case I decide that they are really that important to me.