Weblog by Dan Stevens

Thunderbird & Lightning...

I wanted to take a moment and give some recognition to the software team at Mozilla.com, makers of  popular free internet utilities like Firebird (web-browser), and Thunderbird (email-client).  Several months ago I discovered a Thunderbird add-on called "Lightning".  What a great extension to an already great tool! Lightning adds a calendar and task list to Thunderbird.  While this might not seem revolutionary...just wait....there's more.   Thanks to PortableApps.com...Thunderbird & Lightning can be installed on a USB thumb-drive...making it easily portable (no synch required).  Who says you can't take it with you? I work on several PCs, laptops, servers (and even a Mac) during the week...and I travel a fair amount.  Having my address-book, multiple email inboxes & outboxes, and now calendar and task list portable...is really great.  Many thanks to Mozilla for making that part of my life much simpler.

Bommer Configurator Updated With New Pricing

Last Friday I posted the new pricing for Bommer. The "effective date" is November 3, 2008.  The increase was approx. 10%.