Let's face it, Windows Explorer is crap given the complexity of the OS. The best you can get is a two-panel window to navigate and manipulate files. For most people, this is fine which I guess why Microsoft has it this way, but for a geek like myself who manipulates a lot of files in [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Enhancement for Windows Explorer
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Copy multiple files from different locations
Posted in Uncategorized on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is what is said on its website: http://www.conceptworld.com/Piky/piky_features.asp With Piky Basket, you can reduce repetitive tasks when copying/moving files and folders in Windows. Piky Basket allows you to select files/folders in to a “basket” from different locations. Once you are done selecting, you can paste them all at once to the target folders. It [...]
Another webpage embedded tool
Posted in Uncategorized on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A few posts ago I mentioned PDFMeNot. There is an even better tool that does the same and more because this tool enables you to embed additional file types such as Word and PowerPoint. http://www.scribd.com/ipaper
Putting a timer of multiple downloads
Posted in Uncategorized on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sites like Rapidshare allow people to upload and download massive files. Unfortunately unless you are a paying member, you have to wait for a certain period of time between download. This site offers a ways to put all those downloads in a queue so that these downloads will take turn without your intervention. http://www.rapget.com/en/
Backing up your blog
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One would think that the information in your blog here would be backed up by the people who run the site. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. But if I were a betting man, I would not rely on other people to take care of my data. I am not saying that the good people [...]
Embedded PDF
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a service on the Internet called PDFMeNot. It offers you the ability to view any pdf files without the need to have a PDF reader installed locally on your computer. This is great if you try to access a PDF file online on a public computer that does not have this reader installed [...]
FreeNAS
Posted in Uncategorized on February 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I used to manage a computer lab at a high school with 20 iMacs running OSX 10.4. The reason for me choosing a NAS box was the old Windows Server 2000 machine at the time acting as the lab's fileserver had some serious problems. Firstly, some files stored on the W2K box got corrupted. The [...]
Remove email addresses before forwarding the email
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For some email clients, when you forward an email, the text of the forwarded email appears in the body of the new message. This somewhat blurs the line between the new and the forwarded message, and replying to the original message can get cumbersome and confusing after the original email has been forwarded a few [...]
A Glimpse of Windows 7?
Posted in Uncategorized on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that Vista is a bit of a flop — it’s the WinMe of the NT family — we want to look forward to its replacement. It used to be called Blackcomb, but now it’s being referred as Windows 7. Let’s see, Windows 1, 2, 3, 4 (NT4), 5 (Windows XP), 6 (Windows Vista), and [...]
The Irony Did Not Escape Me
Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is event is embarrassing and none of you want to have to experience this, but hell, I am sure it will happen to all of you if you live long enough. On my way home from work from a graveyard shift as I was getting off the bus, my lower bowels decided to have [...]
