With Wordpress 2.7 hitting the market for self-hosted Wordpress.org blogs, I've finally decided to make the jump. After reading some helpful tips regarding the 2.7 upgrade over at the Lorelle on Wordpress blog, I began making my own preparations for the upgrade and ran into a little more technical issue. Step 1 of the extended Upgrading Wordpress instructions states to … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
NetSetMan – Manage your network connections
NetSetMan allows you to manage your network connections b profiles. In the free version, you get six profiles that you can set, which seem like it would be ideal for a laptop, where you might be switching networks frequently. Under each profile you can configure a ton of settings: IP address (DHCP or specified), DNS server, WINS server, computer name, domain, default printer, … [Read more...]
Save Icon Position on your Desktop
I have my icons spread around my desktop to make the most of the space. I like to clump icons together in related themes: computer, Internet, scripting, and applications. I catch a lot of criticism for this way of organizing my desktop, but it makes sense to me. If I want to open a browser, I immediately go the Internet section (top-right corner) and only have to choose from … [Read more...]
Ammyy Admin – The Easiest Remote Control Program Ever
There have been plenty of tools to work on a remote computer over the network, like LogMeIn, VNC, and others, but I have never seen one that has been as easy as Ammyy Admin. If you're trying to help somebody with a computer problem, you might just decide it's easier to fix the problem yourself instead of telling the person what to do. However, sometimes working remotely and … [Read more...]
SUMO Paint – A complete in-browser photo editor
SUMO Paint is one of those things that further blurs the line between a web site and an application, thus you get a web app. What PDFescape does to Adobe Acrobat, SUMO Paint does to Photoshop. SUMO Paint is something you have to see to actually realize its power. You can open images from your computer (jpeg, gif, png) or a URL and when you're done you can save them to your … [Read more...]