If you don't yet understand, that software is not like a chair - read this!
And even if you understand it, you most probably often have a hard time explaining people, what's the problem. Both ways, this is for you:
Owning ideas by Andrew Brown

We got minus degrees the last couple of days - and now it's there: snow! Yes, no lame stuff - the real thing! :)
Might very well stay.

Wired has a nice summary of Google's services and their potential and threats to competitors: Who's Afraid of Google? Everyone.
One interesting bit of information from it: "Within hours of the Base bombshell, eBay's market value dropped by almost $2 billion."
Base is Google's new service, that let's people submit items to the search engine.

The first thing I found out after waking up was, that there are americans who dislike their government enough to start a second declaration of independence. Starting the Second Vermont Republic certainly has something cute to it.
Even better is the plan of the Free State Project to gather 20,000 people to move to New Hampshire with the goal of 'taking over' the state whose license plates read "Live free or die".
Perhaps this idea could be enhanced for the finish people to gain control over the Republic of Karelia without war? ;)