"Even without a modem, the computer offers vast possibilities for distraction. With Windows or OS/ 2, you can spend all day changing the color scheme, the fonts, the icons, the look and feel of your screen.... Stephen Manes, a novelist and co-author (with Paul Andrews) of a recent biography of Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, named this kind of program 'fritterware.' "
—Janes S. Fallows, "Computer Nerds, Stop Worrying: Your Obsession Can Make You a Better Human Being," The Los Angeles Times