Tonight -- on the eve of Thanksgiving here in the U.S. -- we dug the digital packing boxes out of the closet to rummage and reminisce over Download Squad in years passed.

In 2005, we gave you a list of 10 things you could do to spruce up Mom's PC while you're home.

full backups, installing Firefox and Skype, checking up on her A/V software and, have you gotten your mom on Gmail yet?

Oh, how times have changed. But, seriously, you *have* gotten your mom on Gmail, haven't you?

Last year, Christina and I were launching a video podcast -- who wasn't? -- and episode number three was titled, "A very Squadcast Thanksgiving."



Mostly this Thanksgiving we'd just like to give thanks for the ever increasing number of readers who take a moment out of their day to read the posts we cook up. We're thankful for a hot new redesign, a President-Elect who loves his Blackberry and is fighting to be the first POTUS with a laptop on his desk, and a talented group of writers who make this site sing, and who I feel privileged to count amongst my friends.

So, from all of us to all of you... A Happy and safe Thanksgiving!

And, if you're headed to brave the Black Friday sales, be sure to check out our Holiday Gift Guides!