My favorite launcher application Launchy has come out with a new version.  This thing is a huge time saver and I don’t even use my Start menu any more because of it.  The new version has some much needed features.  My favorite feature is that you can use it as a calculator just by entering 1+1 and it works great and faster then launching calc.  Some of the new features include:

• A new look! New icons and skin thanks to Tyler Sticka
• Much better skinning support
• Options merged into a single, tabbed dialog
• Skin selection now shows previews
• Plugins much more configurable
• Launchy can hide when it loses focus
• Fade in/out effects
• Customizable transparency
• Optional shallow scan of directories
• Unicode support for Firefox bookmarks
• Vista support
• Can Run on Pen Drive

I don’t know how I missed this one on my blog.  This program is an awesome time saver and super light weight.  Also with the new version you can do math and stuff right in the window without having to launch calculator.  Very handy and pretty much the only way I launch programs any more for Windows.