Required Stuff

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:

1. Firefox (portable version for those of us without admin access) with these extensions:
   
1. Adblock Plus. Once you've gotten rid of the ads, you can't go back.
2. Google Notebook. Allows you to clip and save links. You have to use it to get it.
3. Google Gears. Lets you take Google Reader offline.
4. Stockticker. Unobtrusive little extension that shows Suncor's stock price in green when up and red when down.
5. Google Sync keeps all my machines lined up with the same bookmarks. Nice.
6. ForecastFox gives you real-time weather updates in a quiet way.
7. GSpace uses your gmail account as a 6+Gb file share.
2.  Launchy lets you run almost anything without having your hands leave the keyboard.
3. JDarkRoom is a really minimal text editor.
4. FreeMind is an open-source mind mapping tool.