If you ever wanted a classic example of why Free doesn't equate to Open Source or Free Software (Free as in Liberty), here you go: "A fork in the road (An important announcement about I want Sandy)". Note the comments below on how people invested time and effort into a …

Logitech says it has shipped a billion mice

Here's three that are currently in use. I've got several more that I've purchased over the years.

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Congratulations, Logitech! Here's to a billion more mice!

Also, while I'm on the subject of spleen-venting over softwae, I have to say that I've moved back over to Gallery for one reason and one reason only - FSpot integration. FSpot makes uploading photos into Gallery so incredibly easy, it's almost criminal how easy it is. You'd think we were …

This is a long, somewhat involved post about one productivity geek's love / hate / love / hate relationship with a piece of software. If this sort of thing bores you to tears, or if you're in a hurry and would rather get to something more important, please consider this my invitation to …

Recently I turned off my computer because of a problem I was having with an upgrade to Evolution (more on that later). In the time the machine was off, I noticed something quite remarkable. My den was actually quiet without the computer's fans blasting away like some makeshift wind-tunnel. When …