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Folder Size for Windows Explorer

2006-07-19T21:49:00.000-07:00

Folder Size for Windows Explorer

freeware
be sure to read the 'known issues'

No Media Kings » How to Silkscreen Posters and Shirts

2006-05-24T10:56:00.000-07:00

No Media Kings » How to Silkscreen Posters and Shirts

The Odeo Blog: Embedded Recorder

2006-03-21T22:46:00.000-08:00

The Odeo Blog: Embedded Recorder

Points.com | Help

2006-03-17T22:10:00.000-08:00

Points.com | Help: ""

Very disappointing customer service experience here.
I received a new id and password from this company today as a result of my milepoint.com account being converted.
The password was apparently wrong and now I'm locked out.
Lame.

Song Search by Tapping - Search for music by tapping the rhythm of the song's melody.

2005-12-29T07:33:00.000-08:00

This totally worked.
very cool.

SeanGreasley.com - Free Downloadable Tutorials!

2005-12-07T19:58:00.000-08:00

downloadable tutorials for programming.

PocketMod version 0.3 beta

2005-11-16T10:46:00.000-08:00

this is so cool.
To me this is so simple but such a great implementation of a technology matched with a straight forward need.

PocketMod version 0.3 beta

presentacular - Adding effects to S5 with script.aculo.us

2005-11-16T09:47:00.000-08:00

presentacular - Adding effects to S5 with script.aculo.us: "Adding effects"

powerpoint replacement??? not really but could be fun.
using AJAX (script.aculo.us) to implement power point effects/slideshows.

HousingTracker: Median Home Prices & Housing Inventory Data

2005-11-08T10:03:00.000-08:00

cool tool
track housing prices in major metro areas.

Vitaly Friedman | Blog: 25 Best License-Free Quality Fonts

2005-11-07T14:58:00.000-08:00

some of these links didn't work. So, you're mileage may vary.
I think I've mentioned before that I love fonts and design even though I don't often have many chances to really produce stuff. I sure like to look around and explore the options though.

FeedTier - RSS Web Feed Generator for Web Pages without Syndication

2005-10-31T22:37:00.000-08:00

CoolMon - system stats on your desktop

2005-10-05T10:54:00.000-07:00

Tried out this software today.
It was brief because I just didn't see a whole lot of value (for me).
I sometimes am interested in some of the stats that it tracks but I find that I don't need that information most of the time, so it doesn't make sense to me to have this running all of the time.

I've started using Konfabulator for processor speed (along with some other features of Konfabulator) - so, having this running too seems to be over kill.
However, if you don't like Konfab, or you just like to have all kinds of information at your finger tips about what's going on in your computer, CoolMon seems to be a good way to go.

This is pretty interesting but not all that surprising...

2005-10-04T14:10:00.000-07:00

Grabbed from infectious Greed blog --

This story about a digital plague in the online game World of Warcraft is both fascinating and depressing:

[The game’s designers gave] a monster the ability to curse in-game avatars with a self-propagating, albeit temporary, disease. While the developers only intended the disease to affect the group of characters fighting the monster, the infectious malady quickly became a tool in the hands of malicious players known as griefers, who found ways to bring the digital virus into heavily inhabited areas of the world.

For a week, the efforts of malicious players left behind massive casualties, made cities nearly uninhabitable, and became a reminder of the uncontrollability of self-propagating code.

"There are three things you can do: infect people, die, and watch other people do the first two," said one person posting to the World of Warcraft community forum under the handle 'Modahan.'

The result was entire cities and regions of the game that became uninhabitable, contrary to what WoW’s designers intended. As Matthew Skala puts it, “It's claimed that it would have been well-contained if the initial victims had had the grace to just stick around and die, but human nature took its course, and massive devastation in the game world ensued.” It took changing the code to limit the outbreak’s geographical spread to bring things back under control.

[Infectious Greed]

It's an interesting look in to human nature and at how "real" something like the WOW environment can be.
I've always wanted to play and wish I could have at least seen this going on.

The Adventures of ACTION ITEM!

2005-09-29T15:33:00.000-07:00

I very very very rarely ever forward stuff to people unless it's business or tool related. Even then I censor what I send to ensure I'm not wasting anyone's time. I don't like it when people send things to me and like to show them the same respect.

I found this strip to be very humorous and it made the list of exceptions. I actully sent it to 2 co-workers. That is dang good.

Lazy Sheep Bookmarklet

2005-09-26T17:33:00.000-07:00

Generate del.icio.us bookmarks - the lazy sheep way.

Lazy Sheep Bookmarklet: "Username

My del.icio.us username:

(Required!)

Cornell Notetaking Method Custom PDF Generator

2005-09-19T09:22:00.000-07:00

Handy web application that will generate pdf versions of cornell note taking sheets.

Cornell Notetaking Method Custom PDF Generator: "

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Play Land

2005-09-09T00:11:00.000-07:00

japanese paper construction kits for construction vehicles.

taking apart the ipod nano - not me but an article from elsewhere...

2005-09-08T12:57:00.000-07:00

Filed under: iPod Family
Thanks to narco for sending in this little tidbit of info. This Japanese site has already managed to grab an iPod nano and they even performed a detailed dissection of the little wonder. Here's a link to the Beta Google translation of the page.

From the looks of these pics and the horribly translated Japanese, it appears that the 4GB iPod nano features two 2GB flash chips while the 2GB features only one. It also doesn't look like people will be able to canabalize the memory to use in their digital cameras the way people did with the iPod mini. Too bad.

In any case, head over to the site and make sure you click on the pics to see the full-sized pics.

[Thanks, narco!]
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Opera - Reviews and free downloads at Download.com

2005-08-31T11:35:00.000-07:00

Opera offering FREE Opera Browser.
Download here and then follow easy directions to obtain registration code.

Trouts and Seasons of The Mountain Village - Paper Craft 1

2005-08-30T07:07:00.000-07:00

Japanese paper craft from MAKE from boing boing.
cool stuff.
downloadable pdf files with color cut out pictures of fish and instructions for putting them together.

Exclusive First Look: The New DIRECTV DVR | PVRblog

2005-08-25T10:56:00.000-07:00

Over at the PVRblog they're talking about the new DirecTV DVR (the replacement for the Tivo). While I'm interested in the new HD capabilities, I think I'm emotionally attached to the idea of "tivo" and am not looking forward to a replacement. It may even be a lot better but I very much have a resistance to a replacement.
What great marketing.

That being said, I wouldn't mind more hard drive space. I just haven't had a compelling reason to make a change.

Magazine Cover

2005-08-23T06:06:00.000-07:00

Cool magazine cover generator that links to your flickr account.

Confused about ActiveWords

2005-08-19T16:08:00.000-07:00

I don't get it.
ActiveWords seems like a great/good program that does what it is supposed to do... However, I just don't understand why it gets so much "press" (blog entries).
I use Macro Express from www.macros.com and it seems to do basically the same thing. There's scripting and there's action recording. I use hundreds of short cut keys for names and obscure e-mail addresses that I use often.
When writing documentation I often create a short key for the project title and I've got on that includes my conference/bridge line information along with some 'fill in the blank' items that should be in every meeting invite... Regardless of all that, it was cheap to buy - I think it was about 39 dollars - and has a similar feature set as ActiveWords. So, I just don't understand why it doesn't get more attention.

Download Squad

2005-08-18T15:55:00.000-07:00

http://www.alienware.com/Standalone_Pages/darkstar.aspx

from download squad - free desktop skins from alienware... not bad for a freebie!

2005-08-18T02:22:00.000-07:00

Track Flights with FBOWeb
Have you ever wanted to track a plane as it flew across the country? With FBOWeb, you can. Stop by their main page, select an Airline, enter a flight number, and click Track. FBOWeb displays the current location of the flight and its ETA. This information updates itself once a minute, so you can track the plane as make its way to its destination. Cool stuff.
FBOWeb
Note: The main FBOWeb page is getting a facelift. You can preview the new (not yet functional) page here.

[Lifehacker]