Cottleston Pie

...when an idea strikes you, one you think is really quite good, only to find out that someone's already done it, and probably better than you would have?

I know I do.

I had an idea, then found PasswordMaker, a great implementation of said idea, and went off to cry. I now use it (near-)religiously, because it makes my life easier than having one "throw-away" password for sites I'm not so concerned about, and because I now have more secure passwords on sites I am concerned about than I used to. I've been using their Firefox extension for well over a month now, and wholeheartedly recommend it. :)

Saying how cool I think PasswordMaker is was one of two main points for this post; the other is this: How many of you have had one of these great ideas, only to find you've been beaten to the punch? Do you think it's easier these days, or increasingly more difficult, to do something innovative on the Internet?

I'm still undecided.