The Daily WTF is a site that has a daily example of programming gone completely awry. Some are hilarious, others are just sad, and some are too deep for me to figure out – if you’re a programmer, this site will most certainly have you in tears.
OGLE is a project that captures 3D objects on your computer (eg. in games) and then allows you to re-use them for other purposes.
There are a few ways to visualise internet and the traffic on it. One way is to map it. The BBC has a good article on this. The following programmes take a starting point and use linking for distance. The amount of links to and from a place is used for size. I/O/D 4 (the Read more about Viewing the internet[…]
A bit late, but apparently due to some patent issues, MS launched an update on April 11 which breaks Flash object interactivity in IE: you have to click the object before it will do your lovely mouseover type stuff. Well done Eolas, you’ve broken a large segment of Internet. This is yet another example of Read more about MS Patch destroys Flash interaction[…]
Huge list spanning spyware, audio, business, and a whole load more types of software – all freeware
This little program turns the windows hotkey into a slider for your volume control. You press the hotkey and use the mouse scrollwheel to change the volume. Small and neat.
So maybe these maggotboxen will be good for something: comparing them with PCs running the same OS… Has Apple finally seen the light? Their new bootloader, Boot Camp, allows users to run MS Windows or OSX in a multiboot configuration.
Using NASA’s Blue Marble, you can recieve high resolution updates often on the state of the earth on your destop.
Because every so often it would be nice to just have Windows turn itself off. Or on. This is a lovely little scheduler for system tasks, not limited to powering up and down.
Nice article running through the features of Vista which make it a quantum leap away from Windows XP. It’s nice to see that the OS2 Warp desktop has FINALLY been incorporated into windows. And if you don’t know what that means, you’re a n00b.
Microsoft has been using those dance dance dance mats to (among other things) stamp out (literally) spam. Apparently stamping with two feet to delete that email is a satisfactory thing to do. Also healthy! They will present it sometime soon – give it to meeeeeeee! (Link = PDF file)
This site has a large list of programmes to manage your windows processes, memory, cpu etc etc etc. This is the list of programmes I thought might be usefull: Sysinternals Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded Informer shows the time, processor load, amount of processes and Read more about Windows System Tools[…]
Yup, become a virtual machine for free! Download and VMWare product comparison here Don’t forget to pack a few extra Gigs of RAM!
Google has a calculator built into its search engine. Apart from the basics it can also be used for unit conversions, etc. Usually I’d say that’s very nice and can be handy considering just about everything has a google query form attached to it these days. However.. What do you think would be the result Read more about Google sucks at mathematics[…]
Engadget has a nice feature showing how easy it really is. On any platform.
A UK company – Discount Licencing – has figured out that there are some software licences that are, in fact, transferrable through sale. Currently, they have approached MicroSoft and asked them if they would raise a stink if they went and brokered these second hand licences and MS agreed! Anyway, you have to buy in Read more about Second Hand software[…]
These guys are coming out with a new browser: Flock – it integrates galleries, blogging, online bookmarks with descriptions, etc – they say there’s more to browsing than just looking at websites. Which is fair enough, I guess. With Opera being free, the triumphant march of Firefox, IE bending its back to get better, does Read more about Another new browser: Flock[…]
These guys are offering free calls from PC to landline (no, not mobile) using their software. I couldn’t find out how or why, but I didn’t see any weird stuff in their terms or privacy statement…
With my compulsion for graphical representations of space, I found this programme, which takes a drive and graphically represents the space useage on it. You can zoom in on folders, view and delete file etc – it’s really very good at showing how a drive is utilised and it’s free!
Using the SBS-1 module from Kinetic Avionic Products Limited, you can track all aircraft in their radar coverage on your PC, if they’re Mode-S/ADS-B equipped. How long will this stay legal? 🙂
Google Earth puts a planet’s worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more. I wouldn’t go so far as to call Paris exotic, but it really is a pretty fantastic piece Read more about Google Earth[…]
Ian Murdock (of Debian fame) has written an excellent article on the Commoditization of Open Source Software.
http://chaos.magma-net.pl/doom/
It’s wtf time again as someone with waaaay too much time on their hands brings us the Operating System icon guide – with clickable icons taking you to app shots, etc. There are also tabs for splash screens, sounds, interfaces and components.
Clever – a little java app that installs itself on your phone, and as soon as the simcard is changed emails the new number to you. You can then choose to have a message sent to the phone every 10 minutes with your contactdetails on it. SIMWatcher by Denda