If I could, I'd install Ubuntu on my little brother

Okay, so I love my iBook. But I don't like the price of Apple hardware. In fact, I hate it. Don't even try me on Windows, which I avoid like the plague. At the end of the day, I like inexpensive hardware and open source software that gets the job done. Whenever one of my friends starts whining about their windows machine letting them down, I always say: "Delete windows, install Ubuntu, be happy." You can read about it all over the internet, and you can try Live Discs without installing anything. I found this on LifeHacker today. If you're not using Ubuntu and reading LifeHacker, you're not even trying to get things done (no pun intended).

Toast

Okay, I know I hail all things open source, but at the end of the day, you need to get stuff done. When I can't get it done with freeware, I pull out the big guns. Toast 8, the newest verison of Roxio's disc burning application for OS X, is where it's at. From the site:

"Roxio Toast® 8 sets the standard for burning CDs, DVDs, and now Blu-ray discs on the Mac. Create superior sounding audio CDs with crossfades. Enjoy your TV shows anywhere with exclusive EyeTV burning and TiVoToGo™ transfers to DVD or iPod®. Copy your audio CDs, movies and DVDs. It's your digital life, Toast It!"

Yup. It really is all of that and hook kick to the face. Check it out here.