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National Archives & Google Offer Historic Films Online
Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Co-Founder and President of Technology Sergey Brin today announced the launch of a pilot program to make holdings of the National Archives available for free online. This non-exclusive agreement will enable researchers and the general public to access a diverse collection of historic movies, documentaries [...]
Googlefasting: Day 1.5
If you’ve been listening to the show lately, you’ll have heard me exclaim that I was going to give up using Google for search for an entire week. So, I started yesterday – and it’s been a very painful experience thus far. Interesting, but painful. As I remarked in an earlier entry on the first [...]
Mayk v2.0
Mayk is a simple file launcher that can hold up to 54 icon shortcuts to your favorite applications. You can simply drag a program, document or folder into the interface and the shortcut will be created for you. While not in use, the interface hides along the edge of the screen, and appears when you [...]
KS-Soft MIB Browser v1.02
KS-Soft MIB Browser allows you to access SNMP devices and view a tree display of MIB variables with their associated values. You can easily load standard and proprietary MIB files, and also manipulate available data. KS-Soft MIB Browsersupports SNMP Get as well as Get Next requests. [551k] [Win98/2k/XP] [FREE] [SpapFiles]
MetaFilter
To most people, a blog represents a dynamic tool that can be used to document personal information and share it with the world. The majority of bloggers like to keep a tight leash on their blog as it is basically an extension of themselves. While reading what one person has to say can be really [...]
Microsoft: Upgraded Motherboard = New Windows License
Microsoft recently made changes to the license agreement. A new motherboard is now apparently the equal of a new computer, and if you upgrade it you need to purchase a new Windows license. Microsoft’s new policy states: An upgrade of the motherboard is considered to result in a “new personal computer” to which Microsoft OEM [...]
Find Another Computer's MAC Address
The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a handy little networking utility that you can use to find the MAC address of another computer on your network. Before you can communicate with another computer on the network, the computer name must be resolved to an IP address. Then the IP address must be resolved to the [...]
Mind Performance Hacks
Remember where you put your glasses, reduce the clutter in your mind, sharpen your decision-making skills, and turn “stage fright” into a strategy for success. You can learn tricks to master all this and more from Mind Performance Hacks. The author calls this fascinating and useful book “a course in martial arts for the mind,” [...]
The Next PayPal: TextPayMe
I’ve been a PayPal user for several years (as have we all). It’s a simple system for Internet commerce, but not without its limitations. I remember learning from a friend that the idea from PayPal came about after a shared lunch with friends – there was no easy way to split the bill. Well, PayPal [...]
What The Flock? Another Web Browser!
It’s not often I get too excited about Web browsers, but man, I just found one that looks to be an amazing one. Based on Mozilla, like Firefox, Flock takes a different approach from the other browsers available. Concentrating on the blog and image sharing space that has become so popular in the last year, [...]
