This isn’t an exaggeration – part of the problem of using a computer for me since the availability of broadband has been the constant distractions: IM, email, the Internet party.

Dark room is a free, lightweight text editor that looks like my web page from 1998. Sure, you could just fullscreen Microsoft Office, but there’s something about the green on black text and lack of features that just makes it appealing. It also makes you feel like you’re typing in the Matrix.