actually thats not an affirmation, its an intent to, but whatever.

quick commands make life so much easier. mind, my desk is a plank of wood bearing a slightly larger resemblance to the base of my laptop, so mousing room is nigh non-existant. well, to be precise, there is room adjacent, BUT since my hands- necessarily- reside top side, using the keys at hand is simply logical and efficient. ha ha. here are some of my favorites:

command + Z, X, C, V =undo, take out, copy, and paste globally. best "i heart N Y" derivative t shirt i saw ever, was "i heart command z" where command was the little splatted fly looking loopy logo. good stuff.

command + tab = toggle open programs. toss in a shift and it works backwards.

command + ~ (tilde) = toggle windows of same program. usefull when tabbing (like in adium or firefox) doesnt work.

option + 3 = the £ sign. no longer will shift + 4 work ($). im in the wrong country.

command + left or right arrow = back and foreward in that tabs history, firefox. (in adium it toggles through tabs)

command + option + left or right arrow = scoot from one tab to the next. i use the broad side of my left thumb for the holding down, its nice and easy.

command + shift + R = hard reload (in firefox). similar to a cold reboot, this is a dry start where nothing from memory (cache) is used in building the page. usefull for web designers (and bloggers alike). cold booting gets its name from theoretically actually shutting down your computer for so long that it cools off. although this never really happens (specially if your in the midst of software updating and such) it does have a marked improvement on performance. i highly recomend the cold boot when updating operating systems, or installing heavy softwares (like CS2).