Got a new laptop at work today. The old T41 gasped it's last breath after only 18 months of use. I'm pretty hard on laptops I guess.
Got a newer T61 that's a little better. Weird screen aspect ratio but I can get used to it.
Here's a list of stuff I had to put on it to make it workable again:
- Firefox (portable version for those of us without admin access) with these extensions:
- Adblock Plus. Once you've gotten rid of the ads, you can't go back.
- Google Notebook. Allows you to clip and save links. You have to use it to get it.
- Google Gears. Lets you take Google Reader offline.
- Stockticker. Unobtrusive little extension that shows Suncor's stock price in green when up and red when down.
- Google Sync keeps all my machines lined up with the same bookmarks. Nice.
- ForecastFox gives you real-time weather updates in a quiet way.
- GSpace uses your gmail account as a 6+Gb file share.
- Launchy lets you run almost anything without having your hands leave the keyboard.
- JDarkRoom is a really minimal text editor.
- FreeMind is an open-source mind mapping tool.
