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A few computer/technology related tid-bits that in years past would have been much longer posts.

1. Look, I really kind of like K-Meleon, the lightweight, native Windows Implementation of the Geko Layout Engine. Think of it as Firefox for Windows without the Firefox part. On the Operating System of the Future (Windows 2000), K-Meleon is the browser of tomorrow.
2. If only there were a similar version of Pidgin. I am now taking applications for the windows native multi-service XAMP client of tomorrow.
3. I am currently experimenting with Windows Live Mesh. Mesh is Windows online folder syncing, basically, except that it also syncs to a "Online Desktop," so you can always get at your synched files, so long as you have access to a browser (even KM. So far, I've got my entire allotment of space allocated and it's still uploading. Nice! I wonder what that means. They say that there is a MacOSX Client coming. It has some kind of RDP or VNC built into it, but it's flaky and doesn't work as nicely LogMeIn, for example.
4. If I could add one feature to the Windows Platform, I would add Universal Spell Checking like they have on the Macs. Hands down, Universal Spell checking is OSX's best feature.
5. I still miss you, Linux. Do something awesome and I'll come back to you. Here's a hint. It's not being sold in a box at Best Buy. Hundreds of crappy software products have been sold in a Box at Best Buy over the years.
6. You should be using Evernote. If you're not, you don't care about keeping notes. I have a Ocono.com Story Ideas notebook that I'm publishing there, but it's not about publishing, it's about having your data synced up to the web and on every computer you use. Except for Linux.

I just activated my PayPal/Verisign Fob/Token/Credential at heygabe.pip.verisignlabs.com. I hope that I can make writelarge.com/openid my id, but I'll have to spend some time figuring out how to do that. I think Pip did it. I guess I'll start looking there.

I had been using heygabe.myopenid.com as my OpenID provider, but I got tired of lugging the 128-bit pesudorandom string on my USB Drive that passed as my credential. It basically meant that I didn't get openID on anything I didn't trust to stick a USB drive in. I'm a big fan of OpenID, but I really don't get to use it enough. Live Journal supported it, but there wasn't a way to merge your OpenID account with your LJ account, so I never really used it there. I used it for BarCampMilwaukee.com all the time. I also use it at Icon Buffet.

Anyway, I digress. With the VeriSign Open ID implementation, I can use my Paypal dongle as a second factor of authentication on any OpenID enabled site. In oder to log into to heygabe.pip.verisignlabs.com, I have to give my password and then give them the six digit number that appears on the PayPal Football.Since the Football is on my Keys, the likelihood of having it with me is pretty good.

I supposed I need to get around to installing the OpenID module now. Edit: 10:13 p.m. CST. Done. Log in via OpenID to your heart's content.

Edit: 10:23. I can now use http:writelarge.com as my openID, which will pass me on to Verisign for confirmation. Nice.