Among The Jumbled Heap

Free Stuff!!

PC Magazine has a list of recommended free software. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2271644,00.asp It's freeware, but not necessarily Open Source. I would not have picked all the things they pick. I especially hate the Google Toolbar. I've found it to be clunky. It takes up too much memory, slows things down, and is always, ALWAYS, collecting information about how you behave online. That's the part I hate the most about it. I intend to check out the Maxthon browser right away ...

Be Kind Rewind

Are you the Key Holder or the Gate Master? --Wilson in Be Kind Rewind Critics of Be Kind Rewind range from tepid to hostile. Those critics who enjoy the film label it as "cute,""goofy and endearing," or "a heart-warming story." Those who hate it scream "undeveloped," "ameteurish," or "a thick stew of awful" (see Rotten Tomatoes). Many of the critics----both pro and con----refer to the story as "fairy tale." The far-fetched narrative, the flat, nearly caricatured, characters, the si...