Posted by cascadehush on February 1, 2007
It’s probably obvious, but I’ve taken a week off from the blog. (Apart from a few linkdumps, which don’t count, because who really reads them anyway.)
Vista is released today, that is the big story. I don’t like it, but it’s happening anyway. I could rant and rave but that’s not going to change anything. Many people will buy it, many more will get stuck with it and a significant number will continue with XP for many years to come. That’s my plan.
And if the OS after Vista isn’t something totally new, re-engineered from the ground up, without all the silly DOS throwbacks and over-the-top self conscious showboating (designed to mask the silly DOS throwbacks) then I’ll be switching completely to OSX and or Linux for my sundry boxxens.
Hey, maybe in 5 years Linux will actually be good.
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Posted by cascadehush on January 29, 2007
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Fortunately, the young woman in the video manages to restore her iPod to its previous working state (or so it would seem) without incident.
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Intel will be the first to market with processors based on a 45-nanometer process, dramatically boosting performance and/or lowering power requirements for the new devices compared with the current 65nm parts.
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just use https://mail.google.com/ as the URL, and you’ll have a secure connection.
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Newly-hatched webapp Footnote offers an impressive database of original historical documents for searching, viewing, annotating and discussing.
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Google Docs is now incorporated into Gmail as an option for opening Microsoft Word documents.
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I’ve always wanted an preference pane that would show and hide the dock based on which app is in the foreground. This simple plist hack does the same thing on a per-app basis.
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Move over, Partition Magic. Windows Vista has built-in hard drive partition management with the ability to shrink, create and format new partitions without the dreaded fdisk, third-party software, or even rebooting your PC.
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If you share a computer with family members or roommates, or if you simply browse for different reasons – like work, blogging, school research, or play – you may want to use different Firefox settings each time you sit down to surf. Luckily, the Firefox p
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Posted by cascadehush on January 26, 2007
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Feed Rinse is an easy to use tool that lets you automatically filter out syndicated content that you aren’t interested in.
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‘m going to show how easy it is with an Apple iBook G4. I’ve also replaced the screens on Panasonic, Gateway and other laptops just as easily.
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Posted by cascadehush on January 26, 2007
» 10 expert tips and tweaks for Windows Vista RC2 | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report | ZDNet.com:
Tweak #1: Add an elevated Command Prompt Windows power users know that a command prompt (Cmd.exe) is the fastest way to many tasks–much faster than digging through menus and tabbed dialog boxes. In Windows Vista, this is more true than ever, thanks to User Account Control.
Doesn’t it speak volumes when the first Vista tip on a major news site is to make it easier to revert to the command prompt? Doesn’t it demonstrate that for all Vista’s supposed prettiness that there are still fundamental usability problems in Windows?
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Posted by cascadehush on January 25, 2007
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here are 10 deployment differences between Windows® XP and Windows Vista™ that you’ll be glad you discovered when it’s time to make the move.
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Performancing started some great services and tools, and I participated and used many of them, and its sad to see Performancing tools go this way…
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Microsoft Photo Info enables easy editing of “metadata” for digital photographs from inside Windows Explorer
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I just can’t help but wonder… what do you all use to read blogs every day?
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Almost every day I find a completely new way to use RSS feeds that I hadn’t seen before. So, with that here are 35 ways you can use RSS feeds today. in most cases, they go beyond news and blogs.
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Posted by cascadehush on January 24, 2007
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Other guides on this site for toshiba laptops
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Fun stuff to do with Flickr Images. Shame about the appallingly distracting ad which makes the site unusable without adblocking software.
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Once installed, it’s a snap to filter elements at their source-address.
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This is a companion extension to Adblock or Adblock Plus and should be used in conjunction with it. This extension automatically downloads the latest version of Filterset.G every 4-7 days. Filterset.G is an excellent set of filters maintained by G for Adb
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“My Toshiba laptop suddenly shuts down by itself without any warning. Sometimes it works fine for hours, sometimes it shuts down in 10-15 minutes.” This complaint we hear from our customers over and over again. About 15-20% of all Toshiba laptops we g
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Not sure how good the forums are…
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Repair Centres for Toshiba Notebooks in Australia
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Mac OS X only: Freeware app InstantShot is a menubar app that takes screenshots of your Mac desktop, windows, or selection, and saves them in one of three formats.
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The holes in your desk meant to embrace order and cleanliness are far too often left underused. Belkin aims to put an end to that with their 4-port USB 2.0 Grommet Hub, which assuming it isn’t placed inconveniently behind your monitor would make plugging
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Posted by cascadehush on January 24, 2007
Attack Of The Tech-Savvy Toddlers – News by InformationWeek:
The NPD Group announced results from a survey of American parents with children ages 2 to 14 in its report, Kids & Digital Content. The report said children are becoming more tech-savvy, with children as young as 2 years old downloading content to cell phones, computers, and portable digital music players.
Did you notice who was surveyed? The Kids? No, the parents.
I never cease to be amazed just how often technologically illiterate parents overestimate their children’s tech-savvyness. Usually it doesn’t take much for a child to be a step ahead of their parents. When they are, the parents often assume the child knows much more about the device than they actually do.
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Posted by cascadehush on January 23, 2007
Compare Linux distros side by side – Lifehacker:
Pro-Linux site polishlinux.org has a new tool that lets you compare Linux distributions side by side.
Too little, too late for me. In the past I have spent many hours searching the web in search of distros, and many more hours struggling with various flavors of Linux.
In the end I run XP on my PC boxes, because for me the windows license is a reasonable price to pay for a system that I can setup quickly with known results. I know XP will work with my hardware. I know it will not crash. I know my software will work, and almost all the best open source software has Windows binaries available.
For those occasions when I get a hankering for something like Unix, I have OSX.
You can access the site directly: polishlinux.org » Compare distros
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Posted by cascadehush on January 23, 2007
Melman Quicksilver User’s Guide – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):
The great thing about Quicksilver is how much functionality it puts at your finger tips. Of course the main problem with Quicksilver is how much functionality it puts at your finger tips!
I must say I still only use it as a launcher. Maybe one day I’ll read Melman’s guide.
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Posted by cascadehush on January 23, 2007
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Vista Tips
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How Microsoft’s long-awaited operating system disappointed a stubborn fan.
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DSLR Review
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Windows only: Recover deleted files with Recuva, a new utility from the developers who brought you the venerable system-scouring tool CCleaner.
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