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For those of you who don't know... Digsby is a multi-protocol chat client, (IE you can use it to access icq, msn, yahoo, gtalk, aim, as well as myspace twitter facebook, and various email accounts as well.)

Digsby came under fire yesterday from an unfair, pejorative blog post on life hacker.... and just so I can't be accused of being one sided.. here is the link. http://lifehacker.com/5336382/digsby-joins-the-dark-side-uses-your-pc-to-make-money

Now, for the other side..... this was -my- respo… Continue

All right ladies and gentlemen, I do believe it's time for another sermon from the Wheelie Knight. Now, if you've been following along you'll be aware because I've said it before, but for those of you just tuning in let me repeat myself I am a fan of Windows Vista. Now before you begin shouting I am quite aware that I may be a rarity among the flock, but I have been quite fond of Vista ever since I caught my first sight of it on my wife's machine over a year ago. I liked the way it looked and I… Continue

A year ago, on my last birth day in fact, I was gifted with a brand new in the box copy of Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.5 as a prized gift. It was very prized in fact, not only because I happen to be a self proclaimed geek, and love the idea of talking to my computer, and having it respond, as in such classics as Star Trek, but also, because at the time, I was suffering from a rather painful case of rotater cuff tendinitis, and found my self rather unable to type. This year, when I was happily un… Continue

http://www.ablenetinc.com/Home/Products/Switches/Impulseswitch/tabid/361/Default.aspx


The link above will lead you to the Able net Impulse. Impulse is a wireless switch, enabled with Bluetooth technology. It uses Electromyography, a technique for recording and recognizing even the smallest voluntary muscle movement. Impulse uses these muscle movements and custom software to activate keystrokes a… Continue

Chris is giving three different $500 gift packs, Family Games, Star Wars, and Lego. http://chris.pirillo.com/2008/12/15/receiving-the-gift-of-giving/

It took me quite a bit of thinking before I finally decided which pack I would request. Both of my kids are star wars addicts, even though the youngest is only 5, and I knew my family would enjoy the Family Game Night Package, but there was so much in there that because of my various disabilities I would not be able to take part in. True we would… Continue