If you using it to write code, I like Eclipse. You can add extensions to it much like you can for Firefox, and there are extensions for FTP/SFTP, SVN, etc. It also has really nice syntax highlighting and code completion features.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.