Here’s a Web development tip I’ve learned after more than 10 years managing The Virtual Chase: Keep several browsers, and even several versions of browsers, and occasionally test your site in them. Also run tests when you do something new. It’s amazing how differently they render a page.

While I’m now fortunate enough to relegate this duty to our Web developer, if I had to do it myself, I would keep these browsers on my portable hard drive. I recently purchased a 160gb USB-powered hard drive so that I could do backups when I travel and carry around infrequently used programs without crowding my laptop drive. (And I can watch something other than the scheduled movie on the plane!) The drive is about the size of a PDA.