Here's a fantastic looking PIM that I would definitely try if I wasn't using one designed to integrate with my handheld computer.

VORG© Express the personal information manager designed for individual users provides an integrated solution for managing and organizing schedules, tasks, notes, contacts, documents and other information.
Features
Find information easily. All entities support advanced full text searching. Specify the text to be searched and the advanced search-engine matches the possible combinations of attribute-value pairs. Additionally search results can be organized in virtual folders...

http://www.vertikals...vorg/vorgexpress.htm

Use this software to create text-based jewel case inserts.

CoverCreator provides a quick and easy way to way to print plain text CD jewel case inserts. The program can also automatically create jewel case inserts from any of your batch scripts. You can automatically insert the current date on the label and save the layout for later use. CoverCreator is not intended to create flashy picture labels, but rather to organize a large collection of company or personal records with standard, plain text CD covers.

http://www.snapfiles...or/covercreator.html

In addition to the factors mentioned, some very interesting researchers has also found that giving people compensation for their work can actually decrease their motivation for performing a task.

What happens when a free and open source software (FOSS) project attempts to introduce compensation for its developers? Because FOSS remains based largely on volunteer work, many worry that payment might demotivate both those who receive it and those who do not. However, community leaders who have observed how payment interacts with the FOSS ethos suggest a more complicated picture. Identifying four main types of payment -- bounties, payment in kind, grants, and employment -- these experts suggest that what happens depends on the type of payment, as well as on the individuals involved...

http://www.linux.com...?sid=07/02/23/203207

In 2005 a new law was passed that changed the start of Daylight Savings Time from the first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March, in the US. This is 3 weeks earlier than it used to be. Canada will be following the US and will also be changing the date as well.

Software created before this law was passed has the potential for screwing up. And computers aren't the only devices that can be affected by this...your old VCR or wrist watch has the potential of having problems too. Any device that contains a clock that adjusts for Daylight Savings Time can be affected.

Some older operating systems that are affected are not longer supported and there is no patch available to correct it. (Windows 95, 98, ME, 2K) For these operating systems, you will have to turn off the automatic time adjustment and fix it manually when the change is supposed to occur.

For those running XP, there was a patch available that was sent out as an automatic update on Tuesday. You will need to have Service Pack 2 in order to receive this update.

Vista users are immune, as that operating system was created after 2005 and doesn't have this bug.

You can still be affected by this bug even if your operating system is patched, corrected, immune....other people may not have fixed theirs. Be very careful about trusting times for meetings and appointments from March 11 to April 1...confirm them and make sure everyone's clocks are synchronized, otherwise there could be problems with people showing up at the wrong time.

Also, avoid any type of transactions where the date is important within an hour of midnight, unless you know the system that will be recording the transaction is corrected. This means that your transactions could be recorded with the wrong date if you are not careful. Don't put off paying your car insurance till the last moment or you could find yourself with a lapsed policy.

Also be aware that any software that you use to update the time on your PC automatically, will need to be patched. Please check with the company that released that software for a patch or newer version. Most of these programs check with an official time server that gives the time in GMT and the software just subtracts time based on the date. If the date used in the software is wrong, your clock will be wrong.


http://www.cnn.com/2...ng.bug.ap/index.html

Einstein Puzzle is a neat little game created by Flowix Games for people who like challenging puzzles. I have played it for a long time already and have solved it on several occasions, but definitely not every time I play it.

Website quote:

Einstein puzzle is a free cross-platform open source remake of old DOS game Sherlock which was inspired by Albert Einstein's puzzle. Einstein said that only those with an intelligence quotient of 98 percentile and higher should be able to solve it.

Burn to the brim - An open-source freeware program designed to make selection of files to optimally fill a CD a breeze.

With http://www.frogaspi....ownload.htm#frogaspi for the dll it needs (dump it in system32)