November 30, 2008

Down for everyone or just me?

You can't reach a website. Do you wonder if it's just you, or can no one reach it? This site can help: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ And even better, you can be notified by email when the site is back up via this site: http://notifymewhenitsup.com/

November 21, 2008

Every Video Format You Need to Know

Codecs and Containers, oh my.

November 20, 2008

How to Clean Up Your Messy Windows Context Menu

"One of the most irritating things about Windows is the context menu clutter that you have to deal with once you install a bunch of applications. It seems like every application is fighting for a piece of your context menu, and it's not like you even use half of them."

November 19, 2008

A Memory Cleaner That Actually Works

"... doesn’t force memory to cache on the hard disk, but rather uses a windows API function to request memory back from processes that are claiming more than they actually need."

November 15, 2008

Comfort Through Innovation - Moshi Lifestyle

A speaking, voice-responding clock. For $50. How sweet is that?

November 14, 2008

Yasni - Find information about people on the web

"Yasni is another people search engine that does a fairly good job of getting useful information about a person. Note that ZabaSearch is much better if you want to know more real world details, like phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, etc. Yasni is good if you want to search the Internet and get a picture of how a person shows up in the virtual world. Kind of like a track of their online activities rather than their physical location."

November 08, 2008

Computer First Aid Using Knoppix

"Windows just crashed. The computer won't boot back up. Those 'System Recovery Disks' that came with your computer will erase all of your data. In most cases, when Windows breaks and will not start up again, none of your data has been lost, you just don't have a way to get to it. These instructions are a way of getting to your data when Windows won't work."

Fab's Autobackup to the rescue!

"Fab's Autobackup is a slick, free utility that I wish I'd come across a long, long time ago. It's available as a PE Builder plugin or as portable application. The portable version is a nice alternative to FST [files and settings transfer wizard], and it's intelligent enough to gray out options that you don't need to back up - either because the program in question isn't installed or the user's profile doesn't contain any pertinent application data."

24 Great Open Source Apps for Admins & Technicians

November 07, 2008

Ammyy Admin is a free TeamViewer alternative for remote support

"Both the host and remote user download the same file - a tiny (128kb), portable executable. Launch it, and Ammyy displays one tab for the client and a second for the host (operator). Just like TeamViewer, your host connects to an echo server and receives an ID. Enter it into your client id window and click connect. Like TeamViewer, all communications are fully encrypted."

Sound Machines: Ecotones Adapts to Outside Sounds to Lull You to Sleep

"Audio backgrounds react to cues in the listening space and combine them with hundreds of “natural” sounds to make a soundscape that's supposedly a lot more relaxing."