Archive January 2007
French to English
I speak French! Kinda. Here’s the original article, and the Google translation: “If you like your software better than Windows, keep XP at least a year moreâ€?, advises Chris Pirillo, on the site Windows Fanatics, by giving a long list of “tricksâ€? for the difficult passage of XP to Vista. “Your software will not go. [...]
Pirillo’s Picks for 2007-01-31
[LOVE] Valentines Games You Can Print and Play (tags: love heart valentine valentines games print play game fun) [OUCH] Burnt by Firewire Cable! (tags: hurt burnt burn burning firewire cable) [VIDEO] Online FLV Converter (for YouTube) (tags: free flash tools flv youtube converter video) [FREEWARE] Tweak your IE 7 Settings (tags: ie7 tweak tweaks freeware [...]
Windows Vista and Outlook 2007 Thoughts
Oh, there’s more content coming down the pike – Jake’s still busy encoding interviews he did at CES a few weeks ago. Until then, I’m pushing my own personal envelope and inviting you along on a ride across town. Since I spend a fair amount of time in my own car, traveling to get a [...]
Windows Vista Clipboard Secret
If you need to copy the full path for a file (or any object), press SHIFT before right-clicking it and you should see a “Copy as Path” option in the context menu. Could certainly prove useful in your day-to-day file operations, although I’d also recommend both on ShellToys and CopyURL for extended shell clipboard functionality. [...]
Windows PowerShell for Vista Released
As promised, they did it – so if you want yet another cool tool to play with, give ‘er a go. “One hundred and twenty-nine command-line tools (called “cmdlets”) for performing common system administration tasks, such as managing services, processes, event logs, certificates, the registry, and using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).” It’s like CMD.EXE on [...]
Copying Brandon’s Copy
Via Brandon Paddock, a note on how Vista handles file transfers: Now, when you copy a large number of files/folders – Vista will prompt you for any permissions, overwrite requests, etc – at the start of the operation, for everything in the copy list. It will also copy as much as it can and save [...]
links for 2007-01-30
[TALK] Windows Vista Interview (tags: windowsvista windows vista vistaultimate os microsoft interview) [VOIP] Make Free Calls from the USA (tags: voip phone free telecom mobile call calls telephone telephony) [TOOL] Microsoft USB Flash Drive Manager (tags: usb microsoft backup software flashdrive XP Windows) [HELP] How to Clean Anything (tags: cleaning howto home reference tips household [...]
Windows Vista TV Commercials
DUDE! MAKE THEM STOP! SERIOUSLY, THESE ARE EMBARASSINGLY BAD. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO USE MY CAPS LOCK KEY TO CONVEY JUST HOW MUCH OF A WASTE OF MONEY THIS WAS. I’m sorry. I’m watching Comedy Central right now, with Windows Vista (apparently) sponsoring the hour of standup (even though Scrubs was scheduled to [...]
Gnomedex 7.0 Dates
Congrats to Scott Beale for getting his photo of John Edwards at Gnomedex 6 into the latest issue of Time Magazine. Sadly, “Gnomedex” didn’t score any ink in the article – but that’s not keeping us from rolling forward with Gnomedex 7. If you wanna save the date, put August 9th – 12th 2007 on [...]
Sy Snootles Didn’t Die!
I’m still a Simpsons nerd after all these years. Didn’t really get into ‘em until I was a junior, though – when my roomie (Craig McClure) brought home a VHS tape with back-to-back episodes. I happened to catch last night’s episode, although I didn’t devote my full attention to the screen throughout. Before credits rolled, [...]
24, Lost… TV Recommendations?
Do I dare start watching 24, Brad? What about Lost, Maryam? Quite simply, I’m afraid I’ll get addicted to either show. I don’t have much leisure time these days, but “everybody” swears by these two television programs. It’s easy enough to pick up DVD sets to get caught up on earlier episodes, but…? Maybe I [...]
Windows Vista Launch
I’m celebrating tonight’s Windows Vista launch in style – at home, on my computer, sitting in my half-finished home office, with the candlestick, watching the Plasma television screen (currently running an OS X RSS screen saver). Party of one! I’d turn on my new webcam so that you might celebrate with me, but… Microsoft’s LifeCam [...]
Windows Vista Makes Your Life Easier?
I kid you not. Here’s the official process for saving an image in a different format inside Windows Vista (using only what ships with the OS). Directly from the Windows Vista help center: To save a picture in a different file type Click to open Windows Photo Gallery. Click the picture you want to change. [...]
Vanishing Point Clue
Heh heh heh. I was trying to learn more about tomorrow night’s Vanishing Point Game event in Seattle (Saturday night). The invitation link shared with me ultimately 404′ed. I checked Google’s cache and came up empty handed there, too. What about Live Search? Pay attention to the fifth link. “Good, you’re paying attention. You’ve found [...]
Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) is no longer included with Windows
Okay, this is completely lame: Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system. WinHlp32.exe is required to display 32-bit help content files that have the “.hlp” file name extension. However, the Windows Help program has not had a major update [...]
