I'm really loving Firebird and Thunderbird - moreso Thinderbird though.

For years I've worked in MS shops so I've naturally turned to MS for my needs - IE, Outlook, etc.

After 3 years, my desk chair is dying. About a year ago the vinyl covering on the armrests started cracking due to it hitting the edge of my desk all the time. Now just recently the back is refusing to stay straight, it constantly bends back about 15 degrees. So I get up, and bend it back in again, only to have it bend out again when I sit down.
So out came the duct tape. Huge swaths of it reinforcing the back so it stays relatively straight. I was worried I'd end up breaking it due to met