I found an interesting article on how to use Windows apps on Linux without going through some of the headaches of using WINE.  VirtualBox looks a lot like VMWare but with something called “Seamless Mode” and VirtualBox is free.  I wish I had known about this prior to forking over money for VMWare so long ago.  I doubt you can use this VirtualBox to play games but everything else would work just fine and with less time spent configuring WINE.  I’d still prefer to use WINE if I could but that’s not always possible for most people.

Unite Windows and Linux With a Single Mouse Click! – Windows/Linux Symbiosis… an easier method. – Softpedia.

The general opinion about Microsoft among computer users of all types, save those employed by Microsoft, is the company makes inferior products and distastefully dominates every market they have established a presence in.  Up until a couple of years ago, PC users who expressed that narrow-minded belief could only complain, buy a computer from Apple, beat their hairy chests in frustration while cooking the large woodland animal they just killed over an open flame, or dive head first into uncharted Linux territory.  Linux and Unix, in its various flavors, have been around for years, much longer than Windows.  If age were enough to establish dominance in a consumer market life would be very different.  Now back to reality, Linux only had one gigantic gap to fill: Make something that the general population could not only setup and configure on their own with relative ease but also still use in their daily lives like Microsoft had done in 1992 with Windows 3.1. Read more

Just thought I would pass this along, sounds fantastic if it comes to exist.

Green nPower Personal Energy Generator | The Chic Ecologist.

Shopping from your chair isn’t as lazy as it sounds since you’re utilizing some of the many benefits this method has to offer.  I strongly believe that no matter what the weather is outside that people need to get out of the house as part of a balanced life.  Just get out, even if it is just to grab some groceries, take the garbage out that’s been stinking up your house, or chase the neighbors dog off from pooping on your lawn. Read more