We had a look at how you use your medial player not long ago and I’ve taken a look at some of the ones you mentioned I particularly liked Billy (thanks for the tip Xaro), a no-frills (but also no complications) music player, which does exactly what I want it to do. Play my music [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Apr 5th, 2009
- Comments: 7
Create an automated XP install with nlite
In today’s world of internet connections and everything readily available at the push of a button, do we really need 1Gb of printer drivers? Ok, that goes for Vista, not XP, but XP still has a bunch of camera drivers, printer drivers, scanning devices and a whole lot of things we don’t ever need, since [...]
Play with and understand WiFi Positioning System
A few months ago, Mozilla generated lots of buzz through its Geode extension, which locates users through the WiFi access point they were using. Other popular tools have similar features, such as ‘Locate me’ on iPod Touches.
So, a very interesting question is how does such technology work?
They consult a service called Skyhook Wireless. They drive [...]
- Author: Daniel Pataki
- Published: Mar 30th, 2009
- Comments: 8
Count your keystrokes every day
If you do any work on your computer, especially if you do some sort of writing, a keystroke counter isn’t just a fun tool for stats, it can be a serious output measurement device. I’ve taken a look at some tools available to do this, and surprisingly there is not too much out there.
Two of [...]
Remote SSH: Run processes anywhere on different platforms
SSH is a way to remotely and securely access command prompt/terminal on another computer, giving you access to that computer’s files, services, network connections and programs.
Some services offer free SSH accounts, so you can edit and access files anywhere, host websites, use them as proxies (or IPv6 gateways) and some even let you run processes [...]
5 essential tools to learn a language
gHacks has a diverse range of editors, living in, amongst other places, the UK, Germany and Hungary. All write in the medium of English, but learning a foreign language is no easy task.
I am currently trying to learn French and German and often find myself using many computer-based resources to ease my learning, some obvious, [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Mar 23rd, 2009
- Comments: 2
Create Interactive Classroom Pages with CourseForum
If you are a teacher or have any need for a classroom-based Wiki project, I have the perfect solution for you. I discovered CourseForum a few years back when I was looking for a web-based software that could help a peer create a web site for her class that could help students stay organized. There [...]
