Request for tech advice and announcement

Request for Tech Advice

What Windows OS virus-checker do you use, and are you happy with it? (I've gotten a bit fed up with ZoneAlarm and want to know alternatives.) Bonus if it's freeware, but does anyone rely on Spybot alone, with or without that annoying TeaTimer?


Announcement

My parents have been looking at retirement communities for the last couple of years, but they've been very unenthusiastic about anything they saw and very ambivalent about moving out of the house that we moved into when I was three.

So I was pretty gobsmacked last night when Mother called at a time when she's normally getting ready for bed to say they found a place they LOVE, the house is already on the market, and they move in January.

!!!!

(They say it's because we kids should have one last Christmas in the old house. However, later in the conversation, it started to sound a lot like "we need you kids to provide 4 extra hands and 2 extra cars to help us move stuff." I am amused.)

Linkages

The New Adventures of Queen Victoria weighs in on the election. Liberals will find it hilarious. Conservatives probably not so much, but the comment about America as a whole is certainly true.

On the non-political side, a fascinating article on how to do cabling without a cable needle. It's not just "slip it to the other needle." Well illustrated, if you click.

Hmmm... I'm just about to start a cabled project...