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Stormpulse Hurricane Information Center (1)
permalinkIf Hurricane Season has a meaning for you you might be living in an area that is seeing its fair share of hurricanes and tropical storms. One of the most important cautionary matters is to be well informed about new and existing hurricanes and storms and the path that they take. Stormpulse is a website dedicated to delivering hurricane and storm information. They list all the existing storms and hurricanes on their website along with ...Shared by James Dorminey (6)
- James Dorminey said: Found this site the other day myself. Very cool, great visual display.
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gdgt - a new gadget site from Peter Rojas and Ryan block, the guys behind Engadget and Gizmodo. Coming soon.Shared by Adam (11) Amit Chowdhry (73) Andy (1) Anthony Farrior (3) Ben (1) benji (2) C.K. (116) Christian Postier (2) David (33) David O'Halloran (5) GavinS (44) Harrison (7) James Dorminey (6) Jeff March (2) Jose Marques (8) Josef (11) judson (6) LonelyBob (17) MasterMaq (19) Matt Pierson (6) Peter H (24) Peter Sciretta (8) Ryan Adams (5) sirmikester (17) Stuart Gibson (7) Surferbill (5) Tommy (4) Veronica (2)Contribute comment -
Sysinternals Tools Now Available as a Single Download (11)
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Filed under: Utilities, Microsoft, Freeware The MS Sysinternals crew has created a number of really useful tools, like the previously mentioned Desktops, TCPView, and Process Explorer. In May, Microsoft put all the downloads together in one place, at live.sysinternals.com.Fresh off the three-day weekend, they decided to simplify the download process even further by creating a single 8mb file containing their popular troubleshooting utilities. No, the file doesn't contain the oh-so-fun BSOD screensaver (coming soon to ...Shared by Andrew Mitry (21) Andy (4) D (2) Don (13) Ed Kopp (18) James Dorminey (6) Joe (53) Kwasi (120) Murtadh (2) Thomas (13) Vincenzo (45)- Don said: these tools are a must-have for your Windows PC
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Cable News Blowhards (1)
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I love this article from the Washington Post on the insanity seen on cable channels yesterday… echoes the rant I have made here in recent days… High Chance of Blowhards In Storm Reports, Newcasters Exude Bravado By Paul Farhi Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, September 2, 2008; C01 Is it really a hurricane, or even just a “tropical depression,” unless a TV reporter in a hooded windbreaker is flopping around in the wind and rain ...Shared by James Dorminey (6)Contribute comment -
Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Google Chrome Preview (2)
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Free: Free Replacements for Paid Tools (136)
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There might be no such thing as truly free beer, but in the world of computers and software, you can often brew your own substitutes to premium paid software and service with just a few double-clicks and some know-how. Aside from the dough you shell out for a computer and net connection, you can get a lot of neat stuff done without spending another dime, and we've highlighted a few of our favorite no-cost solutions ...Shared by | Balu | (0) 100rabh™ (8) Aaron (0) AaronTN (21) Adam S (3) Alec Peden (6) Andrés Milleiro (25) ani625 (57) Art (19) ashwin.nath93 (1) Bill (17) Black_Skorpio (3) Bob (3) buxx (0) Carlos (19) cesaracardoso (69) Chandoo (9) Chris (3) Chris (0) Christian (6) Christian (44) Christian Santos (59) claudine (13) Colby (2) Compulsivo (36) Compuwizard123 (16) CtrlBreak (11) daisylinbluez (0) Dan London (8) David (4) Derick Valadao (12) Donna (3) Doug (23) Doug Stewart (10) Duane (16) Eliacin (19) ema (3) Eric (39) Eric (11) Evelien (10) Fred Schechter (53) Fredrik Carlsson (15) Gabe (0) Gordon (13) Gordon (7) Greg (6) hasamba (32) Hasan (21) HejGustav (7) Henry Webb (0) Heraldk (13) hibiscusroto (0) iammikeb (17) Ingar (4) Isaac (45) James Dorminey (6) Janine White (1) Jason Matthews (0) JBu92 (25) Jeremy L. (0) Joe (53) Joe (6) Joe T (3) john headstrong (3) Jon (3) Jonathan Sterling (8) jwmosley (2) Karan (5) Kathy Brewis (57) Keener (4) keith (52) KenFan (20) Khoa (5) Krazy (83) Kristian (28) Kyle (17) Laura Smith (2) Le prof. (6) Lee G. (21) Live & Direct (28) Maddy Lou (12) Marcel (21) marilink (11) Michael P (0) MichaelMJ (5) mike (0) Milan Navratil (33) Mitch (1) Mohammad Behdad (6) Mona N (57) MrQwest (36) Nicholas Schiller (5) Nick (4) Noah (22) nparker13 (67) oevl (2) Olivier (29) Pamela Heywood (9) Punksolid (26) Pyros (2) raddevon (13) Rami Taibah (298) rasml (5) RaynerApe (24) Ricardo M. (23) Richard (40) Robby Colvin (7) Robert (5) Role (36) Roopesh (2) Ryan (11) Ryan Adams (5) s7 (0) Sam (9) sapereaude17 (0) Scott Mitchell (30) Setu (4) Shawn (10) Shinn Photography (4) Steve (2) Steven (84) Sukij (0) taylor (190) The (2) thr33 (23) Tim (11) Travis Jon Allison (4) tsangal (8) TwisterMc (8) Ullash (0) War-N (5) WazNeeni (6) Witek Koroblewski (2) wwdj (8) yiwenyao (8) Zsolt T (1)- Derick Valadao said: Excellent guide for saving money on pretty much any platform.. except Linux :p
- Bill said: Problem is, most of that free stuff basically sucks. That's kind of why I'm switching to Mac. People who get paid to make stuff they like tend to do a better job.
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10 Captivating Camera Rigs [Photography] (8)
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If you are a photography buff, you will certainly get a kick out of OObjects 10 favorite camera rigs. The list includes a random looking setup for capturing meteor showers, Czech artist Miroslav Tich’s trash camera, and camera designed to capture maximum redeye. Pfft...I've had a cheap camera or two in my day that could probably challenge that redeye rig. [OObject]Shared by Chris Schrier (12) Gareth (21) Grandje5ter (18) J. Curtis (3) James Dorminey (6) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (30) Steve (27) Vox (42)Contribute comment -
Ask The Admin & Blog Archive & An awesome rant on the state of the IT industry by JoeWare (3)
permalinkJoe is an Admin after my own heart! I read this cover letter for his resume and knew AtA readers would enjoy this as well. I found it from a link off of Phil’s MindCircus blog. Check it out: Here is the home for my resume. I am not actively looking for work but I will always look at opportunities because I wouldn’t be where I am now if I didn’t keep my eyes and ...
- James Dorminey said: Excellent piece...
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Psystar countersues Apple (8)
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Filed under: Apple Corporate, HardwareThe Psystar saga continues. Back in April, Psystar went public with the first commercial Hackintosh clones. For US$554, they'd send you a Core 2 Duo minitower with Mac OS X preinstalled. In June, they released rack-mount servers with Leopard Server preinstalled in both 1U (starting $1599) and 2U (starting $1999) configurations. Last July, the inevitable happened and Apple filed a lawsuit against Psystar citing copyright infringement, and demanded that they recall ...Shared by David Risley (11) ja | castillo (5) James Dorminey (6) Jordan T-H (5) Jose (6) Marcus Beagley (15) Mike (15) Roberto (9)Contribute comment -
Expand Your Brain with Evernote (191)
onA new school year is just around the corner, but this semester you're looking for a safer way to enhance your brainpower than getting all hopped up on caffeine pills Jessie Spano-style. This year, the robust note-taking software Evernote is your answer. Let's take a look at how you can use your computer, cellphone, and digital camera in conjunction with the free, cross-platform application Evernote to remember everything for the rest of your life—or at ...Shared by AaronTN (21) adam (666) Alec Peden (6) Alex (2) Alex (8) Alex Carpenter (18) Alex Pachikov (0) alfred westerveld (24) AlphaPapa (11) Andre Siregar (1) ani625 (57) arkiver (0) Armando Alves (22) Avi (437) axemclion (3) Babychen Mathew (236) baron (3) Benjamin (770) Benjamin Shyong (7) Brandy (5) Brian (26) Bryan (4) Bwana (62) Bwood42 (8) Captain Heart Nibbler (10) Casper (44) Chris (8) Chris (5) Chris (3) Chris Corwin (0) Chris Heuer (0) Chris Ryall (4) Christopher (47) Christopher (21) Christopher Harley (11) Christopher Martin (60) Chuck Lawson (6) Computer Tips and Tricks (0) Compuwizard123 (16) ConcertfreakJJ (5) count.dokument (13) Coze (7) Creeva (25) CtrlBreak (11) Dan McCall (5) Dan Russell (11) Daniel Kirk (10) Darkwookiee (1) Dave (2) Dave (15) Dave C. (11) Dave Huston (3) David (6) Deborah Petersen (1) Derek (3) Derick Valadao (12) deusdiabolus (56) digits12 (614) dobata (281) docbaily (28) DVD (0) Eliacin (19) Erik (29) Ethan (0) Frederic (3) Future-Forest (0) Gary (3) gastaoss (6) Gemstar38 (49) Gienah Ghurab (14) Haripako (0) hasamba (32) Hasan (21) iammikeb (17) IanMcKenzie (1) Ingar (4) izensun (3) James Dorminey (6) Jamie (9) Jamie (32) Jason David Pelker (8) Jeffrey (4) Jeremie Lariviere (4) Jeremy (0) jim crossley (5) Jimmah (9) jimmysessions (12) joel (5) John (1) John (2) John (15) Jon Erickson (7) Jon Host (0) Jonathan Sterling (8) Jonnie (1) Jorge (18) jose (2) Justin "Uncle Bubba" Roepel (9) jv (3) jvoorhees (10) Kai (195) Karie (2) Karthik (0) Kenneth (6) kerim (5) Kim (16) KingBee (4) Krisalis78 (11) Leena (771) Leo (10) Leo (6) Link of the Day (1) LmZr (0) Maddy Lou (12) Manuel (2) Matt (7) Matt Chandler (6) Matt Hall (4) Matthew Bischoff (29) MDRoz (10) Miguel Wickert- Pineiro (13) Mike (8) Mikey (30) Misciel (18) mitja_i (0) Mohammad Behdad (6) motionless (1) mr94 (10) MrGuff (76) munir (5) Nathan (4) ndench (10) neal (352) Net (2) Nico (4) Niguel Valley (2) Noah J (6) ntutak (11) oneAustin (26) Pat (53) Paul Chapman (0) Pedro Markun (5) philayres (5) Pierce (1) pixites (3) pk (1) potentato (22) Puja (5) rajan (1) Rick (1) RJO (14) Rob (0) Robert Shellson (0) Ronald Wielink (2) RossW (2) Roy (3) Ryan (46) Ryan (9) Ryan (5) rzklkng (58) Sai Gudigundla (9) Sam (4) Sara (6) schmiddi (11) Sean Blakey (10) Sean McBride (50) Selwin (14) Shawn (10) Simon (4) Simone (10) Sridhar Katakam (14) Stacy (36) Stuart F (10) Super Mario (0) timmins (3) Tj Nelson (0) Todd Mundt (50) Tony (6) Tony (11) Tony S. (5) Travis Cannon (3) Vandywolfer (0) virtualcourtney (4) warrior007 (212) yasha.sozo (12) Yinka (9) yooper1019 (13) Ýtuš (19) Zenith (13) Zsolt T (1) 異塵行者 (20)Explore read 16 notes
- CtrlBreak said: Absolutely stunning.
- Sean Blakey said: Maybe I should give evernote another try. My first few attempts resulted in application crashes and lost data, but that was months ago...
- Derick Valadao said: Yes, this is a very amazing service. I've been using it for about a month now and I've got hundreds of notes stashed away. The possibilities are limitless.
- potentato said: I still haven't tried using Evernote, but this makes a pretty compelling argument.
- Derek said: I wish I felt comfortable using evernote, but it would mostly be for work and I just can't bring myself to do it
- yooper1019 said: Been using it for a while and Evernote is AMAZING!!
- ndench said: I wish I could love Evernote. I've tried really hard in the past. Perhaps this new version is worth persevering with.
- Noah J said: I loves me some Evernote!
- Matt Chandler said: I use the heck out of this.
- Jeremy said: @eingy I've been playing around with and love it as a concept. I keep trying to work it into my workflow and haven't been able to get it in completely. I keep telling myself it is because I don't have an iPhone so I can't take and note photos with it. The OCR is amazing!
- Nico said: evernote regelt.
- Andre Siregar said: Try it if you haven't. I've used Evernote for a few months and have been very happy with it.
- munir said: I'm a big fan of Evernote, though I don't use it nearly to its fullest.
- Jon Host said: ive heard good things and am giving it a try, starting with firefox and iPhone. if i like it, i'll blog about it.
- Jamie said: Anyone have any personal experience with Evernote? It sounds good ...
- Vandywolfer said: I think I would like Evernote...just gotta make the leap...
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Geek Repair: Create Your Own Ultimate Recovery CD (5)
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If you've ever had booting problems, spyware or viruses, you've likely attempted to boot from the Windows CD and run some repairs… but sometimes that's just not enough. Sure, you can easily backup your data using Ubuntu, but a much better option is to use the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows. The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows is a recovery CD with loads of useful software for repairing or fixing almost any Windows problem. Because ...Contribute comment -
Geek Repair: Create Your Own Ultimate Recovery CD (10)
onIf you've ever had booting problems, spyware or viruses, you've likely attempted to boot from the Windows CD and run some repairs… but sometimes that's just not enough. Sure, you can easily backup your data using Ubuntu, but a much better option is to use the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows. The Ultimate Boot CD for Windows is a recovery CD with loads of useful software for repairing or fixing almost any Windows problem. Because ...Shared by Bill (17) capt bro (0) James Dorminey (6) Kevin C. (4) lnewcomer (10) ManiacD (18) Sumesh (89) Terren (0) Thinh (133) Tony S. (5)Contribute comment
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Add More Functions To Office 2007 By Installing Add-Ins (3)
onThis article is part of Mysticgeek's Realm, a How-To Geek blog focused on IT geekery. Sometimes in your daily work routine you might need some extra features from the Microsoft Office Suite. One way to get extra functionality is through Office Add-Ins. Sometimes these are bundled with Office but not included with the initial installation. These are easily accessed and installed. Here I will show how to install an add-in with Excel. Open Excel and ...Contribute comment
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Add More Functions To Office 2007 By Installing Add-Ins (2)
onThis article is part of Mysticgeek's Realm, a How-To Geek blog focused on IT geekery. Sometimes in your daily work routine you might need some extra features from the Microsoft Office Suite. One way to get extra functionality is through Office Add-Ins. Sometimes these are bundled with Office but not included with the initial installation. These are easily accessed and installed. Here I will show how to install an add-in with Excel. Open Excel and ...Shared by James Dorminey (6) Joe (53)Contribute comment
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Dial A Human Cuts Through Automated Phone Prompts [Phones] (39)
onWhen you've just about had it with an in correct bill, a faulty product, or anything else you have to call a 1-800 number for, waiting for the automated operator to finish listing all the buttons you can push can feel like rubbing salt in the wound. Dial a Human, a web directory of shortcuts and end-runs around unnecessary prompts, eases the pain. Right now, the site's just a long, single-page list of what button ...Shared by AaronTN (21) Adrian (10) billspaced (8) bkim (2) Charles (20) Chris Unwin (0) CKL (5) CtrlBreak (11) Daniel Light (0) EricTheDJ (3) Greg T (17) Gschultz (9) Heather (29) irishandrew (25) James Dorminey (6) Jeffrey (4) jer_c (10) Jon (2) Josue Sanchez (3) KincaidKMF (2) Kiwi Nerd (5) Laura (4) Mark (7) Matt (3) Mike (1) nilegomez (3) Paul Winch (0) pneal (11) Robert van Bregt (0) Ryan (11) Shinn Photography (4) Srinvard (28) Terrence (23) Tim (11) Tim Bertram (2) Travis Roy (6) Victor M.J. (10) Werner (0) WindPower (28)Explore read five notes
- pneal said: For the UK too please...
- James Dorminey said: This is pretty cool.
- Matt said: Hah, I had the same idea a month ago, though I'd like to have it as an android app.
- Ryan said: oh gethuman is the one i have bookmarked.. wow, it didn't even occur to me that this wasn't that lol
- CKL said: See also: gethuman.com
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FixYourOwnPrinter.com Offers Hacks and Fixes from Fellow Printer Owners [Printers] (44)
onOne of the few guarantees the computer world offers is that, at some point, your printer will report that it's out of ink when it isn't, mangle pages because of a small break in a plastic part, or otherwise make even the geekiest of users pull their hair out. FixYourOwnPrinter... hosts an active forum of users who share their tips on managing the money-grubbing machines, with tips like placing black electrical tape over the ink ...Shared by AdamB (2) Alex (79) Art (19) Carl (0) cat_aidg (3) Christian Santos (59) Cliff (5) Compuwizard123 (16) coonhnd (1) Daniel (5) deniman (0) digiSal (5) Dom Barnes (2) ekaye (4) emaynard (2) Galtenbergs (4) Gatewayy (4) GG (24) Hasan (21) James Dorminey (6) James F (6) Jay (0) JeDa (0) Joe (53) Joe (3) josh (0) Joshua Nobles (0) Kenny (4) Leo (6) looprock (0) LostAirman (0) marilink (11) Micah (5) nilegomez (3) nlnnet (3) pikagwong (4) rOckY (113) Srinvard (28) StevieB (37) TO-Double-D (6) Ulises (5) Ullash (0) virtualcourtney (4) WindPower (28)Contribute comment
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Microsoft Office Slipstreamer (5)
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It has just been a week ago that I reviewed the Microsoft Office Integrator, a tool that made it possible to create a new Office installation disk containing all the official Office Service Packs and Updates that have been released by Microsoft. Microsoft Office Slipstreamer looks pretty much alike and one could think that both software programs have been developed by the same person. There are however some differences that are worth to be mentioned. ...Contribute comment - Convert Video_TS Folder To One Video File (6)
