Anyone know how to disable the "caps lock" key?

I'm a klutz typist who needs to look at the keys when I type, and I often hit the caps lock key by mistake and have to go back and retype a lot. There used to be in the real old days a freeware utility to do this, but I don't know how to do it today.
PowerBook G4 Titanium 400   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Hi, Starratt, and welcome to Apple Discussions. Here are some links to possible solutions:
http://mkaz.com/archives/86
http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-10186.html
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?forumID=97&threadID=199678&messageID =2150130

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