Security bits give you access
On more than one occasion I've wanted to open something up, only to find it has some weird fastener put in place to keep me out. I can understand wanting to keep…
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Great software: Multi-Monitor Wallpaper
Two monitors are great for productivity, but aesthetics are important too. Who wants to stare at the same picture on both desktops? No one, that’s who. The NVidia display control panel that…
Excellent and free panorama software: MS ICE
Panoramic pictures are a great way to convey the scale and beauty of a scene, but building a panorama requires a good set of tools. Fortunately Microsoft Research is giving one away…
Should you sit through the credits? Check MovieStinger
You’ve made it to the end of the movie and the credits start to roll. Your soda is empty, your pop corn bag is mostly empty (it’s cold and you’re out of…
Turn your handwriting into a true type font, for free!
Want a vanity font to go with your vanity plates and vanity domains? You can do it without having to learn post script or hiring a typography expert. Just hop on over…
Get Fuzzy Unofficial RSS feed
Many thanks to Patrick for pointing me to the unofficial Get Fuzzy feed. I can now get my daily dose delivered right to my desk.
Useful software: A great tool for web or software UI designers
Have you ever had to:a. take a screen shot of just part of your screenb. try to match your web page color to something on your screenc. figure out how wide to make a div…
A great site for the color blind web developer
I've built my share of web pages. I can do the layout. I can do the CSS, HTML, etc. I always have problems picking a color scheme. I've now found a site…
A tip for smugmug users – timeline
When I made the choice between smugmug and Phanfare one thing I found I missed was the ability to filter my pictures by year taken. To my delight, smugmug added this feature…
Picture sharing sites
Over a year ago I started trying to find a photo sharing site. Now, many moons later, I have finally narrowed down my search and chosen the perfect service... all three of them.…
Keeping multiple PCs in sync
I have a work laptop, a work desktop and a personal computer at home. Moving between each of these machines could be frustrating if it weren’t for a couple nifty tools. The…
My computer is now a fat jukebox
Success! I have finally reached the end of my CD collection... they are now all ripped. 870 (give or take) CDs are now stored on my PC. 17,501 files in 1,411 folders…
MSN Search as a dictionary
While at the 2nd annual MSN Butterfly Tour the topic came up of using search to look up the definition of words. I mentioned to the testers that it can be done by…
I kan’t spel
I rely on the red squigglies in word. What happens when I author blog posts? How about typing in gripes to web forms on web shopping sites? The answer: I use IE…
Hey, I can see my house from here!
On Sunday most people got their first glimpse of MSN Virtual Earth (well, the PR started Sunday at any rate) and frankly... it’s pretty damn cool. Imagine the useful features of Google…
Eye scream, you scream…
From high school biology I remember that blue eyes is recessive and brown eyes is dominant. I have blue eyes… so I have two recessive blue eye genes… should I have children,…