Software I'm thankful for:

• LimeSurvey for conducting surveys.
• R for data analysis.
• noweb for literate programming.
• ESS as a place to work.
• ggplot2 for plots.
• Sweave for literate programming in R.
• Python for almost everything, programming-wise.
• SciPy for scientific computing.
• apsrtable for saving me from hours of tedium.
• sed for saving me from hours of tedium.
• Ubuntu for saving me time and money.
• Zotero for managing my bibliographic stuff.