Ten Windows Apps You Need. I can’t agree with the Picasa reco, Picasa doesn’t seem happy with my photos stored on a remote server. But Notepad2 is awesome, ffdshow is nice, etc.
Fineprint raves. It doesn’t excite me but I guess I should try it for a week
Windows Live Writer. Phil seems to like. I don’t know, I just don’t have the time to install software on the 4-6 machines I regularly use.