Here's something that most of us geeks have though of trying to do, but have never had the time. A very nice ( dare I say, comprehensive? ) list of tools to allow you to leverage the web for the best software available. Well someone finally decided to bite the bullet and get it going here , and it serves as a fantastic example of a very simple mash-up created via the DabbleDB API. So go there right now ... NOW I say!
As many have found before me, orgmode in Emacs is an extremely useful tool. I've come late to the game but after two weeks of daily use I can comfortably say that I'm quite sorry that I didn't make this a part of my development toolkit a long time ago. The main value it brings to my daily routine is ease of use. It's a great note taking, time logging, and general organization tool. Publishing solutions for several targets is built in. Specifically the HTML and Open Office targets are extremely solid. Considering the lack of issues I've encountered thus far I hold high hopes for the return on investment of my time once I go deeper into this tool. Currently experimenting on building a process for publishing a few of my hobby static sites as org mode pages.
There's probably no easier way to do this than to buy some pre-built machine, but for those curious about a little checklist put together back in 2005 by the EFF here's a little light reading. As I find more links with better details I'll add them to this blog. powered by performancing firefox
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