After four months of testing, my own version of Linux is ready for release. Its name: Tipsy Puppy. It's fast and cuddly at the time, can boot off a USB stick and likes to play games, including Windows games. Will you take it home?

Have you ever been in a place that is so interesting that you wished you could photograph the whole thing?

Did you know you can make a picture that surrounds you completely? It's called a spherical panorama, and you can see it in more and more websites every day. You only need to have Quicktime installed, or better yet, a plugin called DevalVR.

There are also websites that will teach you techniques to make your own panoramas, like for instance panoramas.dk. The problem is that you get the sense that you need pretty hefty equipment to even get started. Not anymore! In this article, I spill the beans on how to use a point and shoot camera (maybe even the one in your cell phone) to make these gorgeous panoramas and send them to friends and family.