21 days ago
nelson : MouseJail - For dual monitors: traps the mouse in the primary monitor if the program you're running isn't smart enough to
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nelson : AVG vs user32.dll - Popular anti-virus software destroys Windows. What's wrong with AVG's quality control?!
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Rod Begbie : Bejeweled Twist - PopCap's latest. When I watched the video, I was skeptical -- it all looked a bit crazy and flash and overkill. But it is ace fun and a worthy addition to the Bejeweled family. #
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Andy Baio : World of Goo is released to the public - the best game I've played this year; coming to Steam and WiiWare later today
Rod Begbie : 2D Boy: World of Goo - Stonking little indie game, finally officially released. Filled with bizarreness and imagination, I've been having a blast with it. #
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2 month ago
Rod Begbie : If politicians were operating systems… - Origin unknown. [via] #
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2 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Input Director - Input Director: it's like x2vnc except for windows hosts. excellent!
joshua : Input Director - like synergy. seems more windows-oriented
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2 month ago
joshua : Turbocharge PuTTY with 12 Powerful Add-Ons
Jeremy Zawodny : The Geek Stuff » Turbocharge PuTTY with 12 Powerful Add-Ons - Software for Geeks #3 - The Geek Stuff » Turbocharge PuTTY with 12 Powerful Add-Ons - Software for Geeks #3: definitely some useful stuff in here for putty users
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3 month ago
deusx : B3TA : INTERVIEWS : WES CHERRY - "Wes Cherry. Never heard of him? Well, he's only the creator of possibly the most played computer game ever written. Nope, it's not Space Invaders, but humble Solitaire for Windows, installed on hundreds of millions of machines World wide.
joshua : B3TA : INTERVIEWS : WES CHERRY - woah. guy who wrote solitaire for windows likes memepool
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3 month ago
Andy Baio : Microsoft debuts new Vista ad with Gates and Seinfeld - aside from Bill's mugshot, a rambling and unfunny ad [via]
deusx : Windows ad w/ Seinfeld - I don't think I know what I just watched here. Was it an ad for delicious.com?
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3 month ago
plasticbag : God, will you look at these Microsoft TV adverts from the last ten thousand years. - Some of them are so painful, I can't watch them all the way through.
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4 month ago
nelson : BSOD at Olympics - One of the projection computers crashed at the opening ceremony
Andy Baio : Blue Screen of Death during the Olympic torch-lighting - appeared for a split second in the broadcast, but attendees took photos [via]
mmb : Olympic Fail: Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird’s Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting - Olympic Fail: Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird’s Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting via Waxy.org: Links Miniblog [via]
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4 month ago
nelson : Switching to the Mac - Even-minded comments on switching from Windows to Mac
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4 month ago
Rod Begbie : Ophcrack - Windows password cracker. Has an interesting open-source business model: The cracker is GPL, and there are free (but limited) Rainbow tables. To get the full tables, you need to pay $99. #
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5 month ago
jcgregorio : HighTouch: Has Google jumped the shark with Lively?
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5 month ago
nelson : Vista file sharing - Remarkably clear article about how to make Windows do its file sharing thing
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : An epic Bill Gates e-mail rant - Even billg gets frustrated by the pain of Windows Update. [via] #
Khoi Vinh : Bill Gates on Windows Usability - An old message in which Gates details his experience trying to find, purchase, download and install his company’s own MovieMaker software.
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6 month ago
nelson : hwmonitor - simple, no nonsense temperature / fan speed reporter
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6 month ago
wearehugh : Nelson's Weblog: New Vista box a success - for some definition of "success" that includes googling for network drivers and 64-bit headaches (if this were linux, the windows fanboys would be giggling now)
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6 month ago
nelson : Add Gadget - tasteful, simple cpu and network meters for vista's silly sidebar
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joshua : How To Run Windows 3.1 on DOSBox - inside Windows or Linux! - now i can finally get lotus improv working again
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gleuschk : Apple - Mac OS X Leopard - Technology - Bonjour - the actual answer to my networking question
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6 month ago
deusx : Microsoft Vista is a Not-so-Functional Innovation: Part 1 - The Bullpen - "Microsoft intended Vista to be more user friendly, but it is only more user friendly for beginner users, from what I have learned."
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