For example, I specified in Jot! that when I typed “jlp” followed by a space, punctuation, or Enter, it should replace those letters with my full name. I first discovered these utilities about 25 years ago, way back when I bought a simple program called Jot! (if memory serves me) that spilled out whatever text string I attached to an abbreviation. These programs make lots of text out of very little. Over the years, my favorite time- and finger-savers have included typing expanders. Special guest blogger Mark Lautman probably is lazy too, but still industrious enough to try out equation editors for our benefit (see below). And the wonderfully generous programmers who populate the Internet keep coming up with new ways to make our lives more pleasant. That’s how I became a utilities maven to begin with, long before there was a Tool Bar & Grill. So a lazy guy like me looks for anything that makes the work go by faster and easier. Managing the Tool Bar & Grill requires lots of hard work and long hours.