Since I’m still using a Windows XP box for work – now, now, stop booing – I’ve added a few items to it to make it more bearable.

One nice addition is the Google Desktop Search sidebar. Now, if I can only get a hotkey to work for it then I’ll have a reasonable replacement for QuickSilver on the Mac.

The other item I’ve added is Cygwin – allowing me to have sane GNU (and other) tools at my disposal. I’m currently logged into a machine via openssh, with forwarded ports, using Cygwin.

Considering the stability improvement of XP this is an almost acceptable desktop. On a Windows box. How did that happen?