Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection client for Mac OS Xinitially left me unfazed because Timbuktu offers roughly the same thing. That is, it allows me to connect to my Windows XP Professional desktop from home and control the entire machine remotely. But then I realized that it’s a really great cross-platform product from Microsoft, that Microsoft published it for no better reason than it’s really, really nifty, and on top of that, they give it away absolutely free. Which solidifies my contention that the Macintosh Business Unit of Microsoft is one of the coolest software publishers anywhere.

Having owned a VAIO PCG-SR7K, I’m a little wary of the durability of Sony’s laptop line. Still, there’s no denying their cool-factor — especially the ones they reserve solely for the Japanese market. The VAIO PCG-U3, for instance, is just about the cutest little laptop I’ve ever seen.

The number one lesson I’ve learned since we started Behavior is that taxes rule every consideration, task and goal. Taxes consume more time and energy than I could have possibly have imagined, and right now I am immersed in getting a year’s worth of billings and expenses in good order for the tax man. No one at design school ever told me it’d be this complicated.