Thunderbird has an extension to support Webmails!

Thunderbird is a wonderful mail client. You can expand its functions by adding extternal packages. I just found this extention "web-mail" that enpowers me to access my hotmail account without using a web browser.

Grammar check in OpenOffice Writer

現在可以更舒服地用Open Office Writer(MS Word的替代軟體)來編輯英文文件囉！安裝Grammar Checker之後，你也可以像在MS Word下檢查文法了。check it out: http://www.danielnaber.de/languagetool/