The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Tinker With Your Computer, and Reap the Rewards

The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Tinker With Your Computer, and Reap the Rewards "It is therefore with both guilt and nervousness that I mention the existence of programs that can improve on the usual, built-in ways of getting things done on a computer - but that take some tinkering to set up, luring the weak into a cycle of further frittering. Please imagine the rest of this column being delivered in the tone of an N.R.A. instructional video about a child's first weapon: "Always remember, Bobby, a rifle is not a toy."