Windows
Consider It Spread!
Apparently, we made quite an impression with the dedication. This morning, we found this message from Katie Gruver, Marketing Manager for Unitus (Innovative Solutions to Global Poverty) flaoting in our respective inboxes: On behalf of the Unitus team… I just wanted to say a HUGE thanks for lighting a fire on our Empowering Women site. [...]
Cacheboost Pro
Cacheboost Pro optimizes the system cache management of Windows XP/2k/NT and .NET Servers. This results in a performance boost without any new hardware, hardware tweaking, and without restricting your system’s stability. Simply install Cacheboost and you are ready to go. No special configuration or rebooting is needed. Within minutes you activate your system’s unused resources. [...]
Microsoft Fiddler v1.2
Microsoft Fiddler is an HTTP Debugging Proxy that logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP traffic, set breakpoints, and fiddle with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler is designed to be much simpler than using NetMon or Achilles, and includes a simple but powerful JScript.NET event-based [...]
RapLeaf
If you’ve ever browsed through eBay, then you know that both buyers and sellers have ratings and reviews that let you know ahead of time whether or not that individual is a good person to do business with. In a marketplace like eBay, this type of evaluation system is very important, but even then, it’s [...]
Your Points Are In Big, BIG Trouble!
In response to Microsoft Windows Is In Big, BIG Trouble, Gnomie Nicholas J. Mincone writes: Chris, I truly enjoyed this article, and I shared many of your thoughts until I came to your “points” section. If I may address each one briefly: Apple Must Be More Competitive. Competitive with who? No one currently makes better [...]
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A Tribute To Empowerment
A few days ago, my friend Dave Shappell (not Dave Chappelle) sent me a simple email: Not sure if I told you how Dave McClure and I met… but it was through a microfinance-enabling/poverty-fighting organization called Unitus – it was started by a former Microsoftie (Mike Murray), who was the same guy who was running [...]
AutoHotkey v1.0.46.12
When it comes to hotkeys, many of us know the Windows defaults. Don’t you wish there was an easy way to extend on that idea though? What if you could develop your own set of hotkeys that would help you get your work done faster? AutoHotkey is the freeware download that you need to make [...]
ePassportPhoto
In life, there are always things that you have to do that you really don’t want to do. Now, that may be how it is, but the Internet can certainly simplify many of these tasks. For example, let’s examine something as random as getting a passport photo taken. My wife recently had to do get [...]
A Modest Goal: Spreading Awareness Of Alternatives
This week the man who normally facilitates our seniors PC users group was selected for jury duty the day before our meeting (Seniors are more likely to serve on juries simply because they often do not have a job that would disqualify them, and they probably have the time). He called me in the evening [...]
