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pc video and screenshot - camtasia is good but Jing is free

Posted Fri, 01/23/2009 - 10:52

I've used CAMTASIA for a while and it's a great tool for recording screen demo's, snaffling screen shots and recording nice youtube style screen scrapes of things your doing.

But wait! if you dont want to pay (and who does?) for the full product you can download Techsmiths excellent application called Jing, which is basically a Camtasia Lite, from here:

http://jingproject.com/

I use it for various short tutorials and screen shots of everything from technical setup instructions to simple in instructions to my mother-in-law on how to setup her email.

essential software that needs to be installed when rebuilding a pc after a virus

Posted Wed, 01/21/2009 - 10:03

Re-installing my trusty little Thinkpad Z60T is a process that I've been through a dozen times since I first fired this little beauty up in late 2005. It's had just about every flavour of operating system installed from Windows95 through Vista to various flavours of Linux (Ubuntu was definitely my favourite by the way)

After this morning nasty little virus interlude, and as it's just been a long time since I last installed anything exciting on it, I think it's time to try out the Windows Seven Beta... or maybe Ubuntu... or perhaps just plain old Windows... [insert hmmmmmm here]

So this is the process that going to happen this afternoon... probably...

Install Windows 7 - I've download the Beta from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx

- or -

Install Ubuntu - from http://www.ubuntu.com - its neat and just simply works, but, I had some problems with skype last time so I'm not sure... that was about a year ago mind you.  Slant

- or -

Projex400

Just what is Projex400?

Essentially Projex400 is a free ibm iseries application for as400 developers and operators. 

It's an application bursting with goodies designed to make life easier for every developer, operator and user of the IBM AS/400 iSeries i5/OS. Speeding application development and boosting problem investigation is going to save you time and money. Projex400 is, and always has been, free!

Projex400 has been around since 1990 (originally branded PGMRAID it was renamed PROJEX400 in 1994) and this library of commands and applets has multiplied many times over during this time. The bundle contains some really neat tools that enable you to use provided commands or menu options to present you with data in very readable formats.

Essentially PROJEX400 is a collection of Software tools; utilities, commands, procedures or any other way you choose to describe them.

thunderbird 3 with lightning is the ultimate free replacement for outlook

Posted Mon, 12/29/2008 - 09:27

The latest Beta release for Thunderbird 3 is finally out and it rocks!

This beta release includes:

  • Tab interface for Mail
  • Improvements to IMAP for faster message viewing
  • Improved message reader view
  • New Add-ons Manager
  • Improved Address Book interface
  • Improved import of mail from other Mail clients
  • Integration with Windows Vista search
  • Integration with Mac OS X Address Book

 

living without microsoft office

Posted Tue, 12/23/2008 - 12:08

So having taken the decision to REPLACE Microsoft Office with something else it's a strangely worrying, yet cathartic time for me: I feel like I'm kicking a bad habit like smoking, drinking or chainsaw juggling - I know Office may not be the best thing for me, I know it costs me a lot of money but I like it and I've been using it for years.  It's in my comfort zone.

I definitely think its time for me to stand up and announce "my names Nick and I'm an addict"... it's time to go through techno-rehab.

 

This blog will be edited after succesful installation.

Short lists so far

  • Thunderbird 3
  • BAT
  • Live Mail

 

NOTES ON WIP:

BAT - nope. just dont like it. very dated feel. clunky. not for me.

What is the best alternative to microsoft outlook

Posted Tue, 12/23/2008 - 09:46

I've been a longtime user of Microsoft products from the early days of Dos through to the current incarnation of Vista. On the whole they are great and despite rumblings from the nay-Sayers of Microsoft is evil or Bill Gates controls the black helicopters and Vista stinks you should use mac/Linux/OS2/etc whichever way you look at it the last last 20 years of human evolution has been guided by the firm corporate hand of Microsoft to an incredible amount.

Anyway, before I start ranting about software - I've been a long time user of Microsoft Office products but the latest incarnation Office2007 has just left me feeling slightly miffed. 

IBM System-i (AS400) Services

Projex is an authorized IBM AS/400 - iSeries - i5 software developer and IBM Business Partner

Focused on AS400 Application Programming and Systems Consulting we can also step in on an interim basis to fill a job vacancy - whether its a programmer position, project manager, or helpdesk position.

$100.00

Opensource Essentials for the Apple Mac

Roughly ten years ago the terms freeware and free software were regularly used for software that was free to install but then frequently had an annual license, or renewal fee after a certain number of uses. Over recent years the Open Source community has really started to thrive.

Why is Open source so popular? "Open Source" refers to software where the source code is available to the public for use free of charge, i.e., open. Open source code is typically created as a collaborative effort in which programmers improve upon the code and share the changes within the community. Free and open-source software is good for you and good for the world.

OpenOffice is simply the best Microsoft Office suite and its free

OPEN OFFICE

Filezilla FTP freeware client

FTP

Filezilla is an opensource FTP client. With all the features of Cute FTP, WS FTP, Turbo FTP and all those other expensive commercial programs. I use FileZilla virtually everyday and think it's great. It's got a built in updater so when new releases are announced it autoupdates itself and best of all it's utterly free!

http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/

FileZilla 3 on Windows XP

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