Archive for 'Software' Category
Alt-Tab Happiness
I like Windows 7 but i hate the windows preview when Alt-Tabbing around. Maybe it’s just me but I can’t tell what the heck is in the browser just from looking at the mini-preview. I’d rather have my old school icons back so imagine how happy I was to find this article over at HowToGeek.com: [...]
Free OCR
Every once in a while I need to copy the text from a pdf to a word document or somewhere else. After a little searching I found this little gem. Nothing serious, not always accurate on fuzzy/grainy pdf’s but it gets the job done in a pinch and doesn’t cost and arm and a leg [...]
DropBox
I realize I pass up a lot of programs people might like so heres one for ya. It’s called DropBox. It’s free, gives you 2GB of online storage and is accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. There is also an Iphone app that will let you access in case you have a pdf or [...]
Better Browser Management
How do you cope with your daily internet feeds? I always feel like I have a hundred browser tabs open first thing in the morning, and usually I do by the time I run through and check all my daily blogs, news updates, site stats, etc, etc. I’ve remedied part of the problem using RSS [...]
Quick Reference
Do you find yourself always asking the same questions over and over to your closest geek? Are you tired of seeing their frustration when you ask, “What did you tell me to press to highlight everything on the page?” Try these quickguides I just found. There is one for almost all of your commonly used [...]
Track-It!
I’ve used Track-It! at a couple of previous jobs, but I never explored all the available features until a few months ago when I was put in charge of the IT department here. I needed a way to organize all of the requests that were submitted to us and also keep track of all the [...]
Yay for Boxee!
So today as I am scanning the net looking for stuff I find out Boxee has made a new release…for windows. Although I didn’t pee myself I could have. Boxee is one of the cooler programs I’ve come across lately for streaming video, music, picture media but it was only for Linux so I couldn’t [...]
It Was Bound To Happen Sometime
Here goes my first post kiddies. Have you ever stared at your desktop and looked at a million icons and wished you could organize them better? Well, try out Fences, it’s pretty nifty. I went from having no icons on my desktop to having way to many. Fences allows you to block off sections, make [...]
OpenOffice 3.1
Well OpenOffice 3.1 is out. I found out last night and have not had a chance to download and update my copy of OpenOffice. OpenOffice is a free office productivity suite that includes a compatible set of products to Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. I use it for a lot of in-house documents. I recommend [...]
Thunderbird 3
Thunderbird 3 Beta 2 is out. I do not remember talking about Thunderbird since I actually started using WordPress. Since I am an avid Outlook fan and convert as many people as I can to Outlook, I do not give much time to other email programs. If you are not going to use Outlook then [...]