I love Dropbox. I use it to back up and synchronize all my important files, and it has pretty much replaced my need for external hard drives and USB keys. I also use it to share specific folders with co-authors or students so that any changes they make or files they add are synchronized [...]

Last week was our campus-wide electronic waste collection drive, with several drop-off sites set up around the university.  Needing a few parts for some hacking projects I have in mind (for one previous example, see here), I decided to browse the e-waste items that had been dropped off.  There is also a regular e-waste [...]

I have recently decided to try Ubuntu (a South African term meaning “humanity towards others”), which is an open-source operating system built on Linux but similar in interface to traditional Windows or Mac operating systems. My question is whether a scientist could get by using only free software. Here is a list of programs [...]

I have been a CrackBerry user for several years, and am rarely seen without it in my hand or on my belt. Last week I traded my 8700 for the Bold (9000) — wow, what a good move! The Bold is faster, sleeker, and has 3G capabilities for functions that I would not have [...]

Some time ago, I posted about my search for a new reference management program for Windows that would be the rough equivalent of Papers for Mac (which is the rough equivalent of iTunes for PDFs).

I played around with Zotero, but I prefer something standalone rather than embedded within a browser. You may like [...]