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Desktop Google Reader: brings Google Reader to the desktop, integrates with Read it Later, Instapaper, and Twitter
Desktop Google Reader is a free app that can launch your Google Reader feeds right on the desktop, including popup notifications for new posts in the system tray. What’s interesting about this particular app is that it offers both "Read it Later" and "Instapaper" integration, allowing you to quickly add posts or items from your [...]
Twelve absolute must-have Google Chrome plugins
There’s somewhat of an explosion of Chrome plugins taking place at the moment. Which is great, because to be totally honest for me the biggest barrier to switching to Chrome was the collection of plugins that I used with other browsers and have come to depend on (e.g.#1, 2, and 4 below). The following is [...]
10 wallpaper selections, part 2
This is the second installment of my “10 wallpaper selections” series. (See the first installment of wallpaper selections here). I have a few rules that I use when making these selections: the images are not just pretty but will have to “work” as background images on the desktop. In most cases they will be straight [...]
Seven apps that work really well in the Windows 7 taskbar
So you’ve recently installed Windows 7 and become familiarized with the new Jumplist-enabled taksbar. If you are looking for Windows7 taskbar-friendly apps then read on; this posting will present 7 interesting (and free) selections that work really well with the Windows 7 taskbar. Here’s the list: (1) Dexpot with SevenDex plugin, (2) Standalone Stack 2, (3) JumpList [...]
Switcher: elegant application switcher for Vista and Windows 7
Switcher is a free ALT+Tab like application switcher for Windows Vista or Windows 7 in the vein of Expose for Mac. It provides three variations of visual display: tile view, dock view, and grid view (see examples of the first two in the screenshots above, respectively). The program is invoked by a user-defined hotkey or [...]
How to speed up WordPress: a case study
One of the issues that I have struggled with for a long time is the persistent slowness of this WordPress site. This is something I faced over the span of the past 2 years, during which period I used four different themes and four different hosting services, always with high hopes that the ’problem’ might [...]
SkipScreen: Firefox extension automates downloading from file hosting services such as Rapidshare, Megaupload, or Mediafire
Anyone who has every downloaded files from file hosting services such as Rapidshare or Megaupload is well familiar with the ritual “dance” involved in the process, which consists of waiting for on-screen counters to count-down then moving through multiple screens until at long last your download link becomes available. (Not to mention having to re-do the [...]
