In a world of Word and Google Docs it’s easy to overlook Notepad. Notepad sits quietly in Windows just waiting for some action. Every time that quick thought or copy/paste moment enters your brain, Notepad gets excited. Then feels bitter disappointment when you go to Word or some on-line app. It’s time to make Notepad happy.

Remember going to the circus? I remember going almost yearly when I was little and I was always excited, but then when we got there it was always a little disappointing. I guess it’s because I’m the video game generation and gas like a minibike in a sphere didn’t really amaze me. Thankfully though, as an adult there is another circus to enjoy - pro wrestling.

I love the idea of a tablet PC. They make sense to me, but whatever tablets come out this year - Apple, Microsoft, whoever - they need to include one thing for me to buy them: let me write on it.

What goes up, must come down. And that old addege applies to toys as well. When it comes to building toys, you almost guarantee that any sort of giant structure is going to come down, usually in a most spectacular way. At one point during my childhood I had a toy that was a little different than other building toys - it was meant to come down.

So after one week at a new job I’m just starting to figure things out. Despite being with the company for nearly 10 years, it was a little difficult to get settled in. I was expecting change but in many ways it’s change in the wrong direction.