There can be only one!

Nothing better then simply running linux and having a native shell.  (one of the big advantages of Macs).    But some of us are forced to use Window, and thus we must put up with Putty (a truly great value, but still...).  Well, now there is MobaXterm.  Simply said, it does everything.  (kind of scary everything.)  Check it out.

It's Full Of Stars!

Google has a new webpage that lets you navigate around the sun and visit it's nearest 100,000 stars. 
- see slashdot, and TNW for more info. 

Maybe we dont' vote based on party?

NPR has an interesting article on how Professor Allan Lichtman has created a prediction model that suggests that the next president can be predicted more then a year in advance (before the candidates have been chosen), based simply on how things have been going.

Ticketing

BMC Remedy is the de-facto Ticketing solution out there, and if you ever had to install it, you would understand the choice of picture.  It's massively bloated, costs millions if done completely, takes months or years to install, and if you don't spend even more time thoroughly customizing it, no one will be able to use it.  (or only swear when they need to.)

As an alternate, check out the great open source ticketing system Best Practical's RT: Request Tracker.  Its Perl based, very-very easy to customize and easy to add automation to it (very good api).  If that seems like too much work, check out Asana, a completely hosted and very easy to use online ticketing solution.  (all you need to do is log in and start using it.)