Okay, okay, the "essential Firefox addons" list has been done to death, but if everyone else can beat a dead horse, why can't I? Having just freshened up my system I had the unique opportunity to take a fresh look at which Firefox addons I have installed and which ones I can't live without. As it turns out, there's quite a lot of them, so without further ado, here's my 15 essential Firefox add-ons:

Adblock Plus: I don't like red-and-green flashing YOU ARE A WINNER!! ads any more than you.

BugMeNot: I don't like giving my e-mail address, much less taking the time to fill out yet another form and click on another e-mail confirmation link, any more than you.

DownThemAll!: DownThemAll! isn't just useful for downloading a ton of files at once (though that's most certainly its best feature)--it also makes a great general-purpose download manager for when Firefox's built-in options aren't enough.

ErrorZilla: Firefox's standard the-site-could-not-be-reached error message is so passé. ErrorZilla augments the lowly "Try Again" button with six more: Google Cache, Coral Cache, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, Ping, Trace Route, and Whois.

Hi my name is Mike, and I am a downloader. ("Hi Mike.") Here is my story of how I fell off the wagon.

So it was time for a cell phone upgrade to a new phone, and I stopped in over the weekend with all intentions of picking up the XV6700 Windows Mobile 5.0 device. I had one for some time as a development unit from a client I was developing a mobile application for. My co-worker who had recommended these phones to our client did the dog fooding thing and got himself one. Al though recently he picked up a new razor to use as his phone, he still has the XV6700 for data use and getting his email. While waiting to be helped I checked out the Motorola Q again, and decided on that form factor instead of the XV6700. I soon had my contacts copied over to a new Motorola Q and I was off with my new enabler phone.

So the first application I downloaded was SplashBlog, which is one I had played with, and setup an account with, while I had the demo XV6700. I went to the the site on the phone, found the CAB for the Smart Phone edition, downloaded it , and installed it. It is a great application and it installed just as quickly as when I installed it on the previous device. I soon logged into my SplashBlog account and got my previous account all set up on the phone. This was all done by the time I got across the street to the plaza where I dropped the wife off to go shopping as I went to the toy cell phone store.

Later on that night I followed some of the download links on the phone and downloaded one of my other addictions, a Sudoku game, as well as a couple others Sunday I VPNed to my work computer and installed the Wireless Sync software to get my work email. I also got some of my numerous personal emails setup.

Now, readers, let me know what your must-have Smart Phone applications (or games) are in the comments.

Now that we know what RSS newsreader you like, loathe, and can't live without, inquiring minds want to know what you like to read with your favorite reader. Tell us your "guilty pleasure" feed; the one you would feel embarrassed to reveal. Is it the celebrity gossip site, the one hundred and one most popular mustard flavors, or the latest in automobile bra fashion? Please keep it clean, as this blog is read by younger readers as well (my kid brother included). Tell us what your guilty pleasure is, and remember that we are doing this to get in touch which that chronic downloader in all of us. Don't worry, we won't tell - you can trust us here at Download Squad. This is the part of Downloaders Anonymous where you can tell us what's on your feed list and get it off your chest. We're listening, so spill the beans! What color does RSS turn when it is embarrassed? Bright orange perhaps?