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Patagonia Capilene Base Layer

The best option for high-sweat activities, Capilene baselayers come in four weights for different conditions and exertion levels.

Silkweight: the lightest synthetic baselayer - with UPF-15 sun protection - keeps you dry and cool.

Lightweight: the most breathable baselayer - keeps you dry and comfortable.

Midweight: the most versatible baselayer - keeps you dry and warm.

Expedition Weight: the warmest baselayer - keeps you dry and warm.

• Stood up to 9 hours outdoors on a winter cross-country ski outing.
• Great job wicking moisture away from the skin. Quick to wick, quick to dry.
• Compared with a polyester "high profile" base layer on the same trip, the Capilene was 4 times more effective (estimated).
• Anyway, Capilene was great.
• No cold, clammy feeling when the workout was over.
• Comes in colors.
• Patagonia products come with a lifetime warranty.

Highest recommendation: I'm buying more capilene from Patagonia.   patagonia.com

Arnica

• Sports and fitness fatigue and strain injuries: arnica is your friend.
• When you get some bruises or soreness, use arnica.
• Key ingredient: arnica montana
• Relieves bruises, joint pain, and stiffness from overuse, falls, and light sports injuries.
• Do not use on broken skin.

Highest recommendation:  it works wonders, it's all natural, and 
not too expensive. 

Gentoo

• Linux distribution for a wide range of individual computer enthusiasts.
• Boasts a great online forum.
• portage sysem makes managing, compiling, and installing software a snap.
• Don't fret about dependencies, portage handles them too.
• A learner's system, and customizable: how much do you want to learn?

Highest recommendation:  educational, powerful, flexible, global. 

Firefox from Mozilla

• Cutting-edge new browser from Mozilla.
• Open-source gecko based.
• Better display of favicons.
• Easy to get hooked on new features: tabbed-browsing, page search bar, password management features, popup blocking.
• It's open-source, so plug-ins and add-on features appear regularly, organically.
• Runs on unix, linux, windows, and Macintosh

Highest recommendation:  free, fair, fun, cool, and:  better!