BOINC, or ‘ Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing’ is the just the thing if your into getting the most out of your extra CPU cycles. Years ago this idea made headlines when SETI@home was started and you could download a program that would sift through the volumes of data that was collected by radio astronomers in the hopes that a sign of life could be found off our own planet. The software has evolved into a common set of tools that can be used to churn out results for everything from climate change to computer animation. For a full list of projects you can take part in go here and of course you will need the base software and thats avaliable when you follow the link:
BOINC
As the big consumer holiday approaches we must prepare for the possible high tech gifts that we are about to receive, or at least hope to receive. If monitors are on your list you might want to familiarize yourself with the many Digital Visual Interface versions that are out there. Seems that you can’t get away with a handful of simple RCA cables these days.
I’m a big fan of Protopage mainly because I forget things. Think of it as your plastic homepage. Very versatile and flexible. There has been a new release that adds all sorts of new features to it like streaming video windows, DIY widgets, Flickr photo feeds, and an improved RSS reader. 
