Category Archives: Software

No sour grapes for this new desktop metaphor

May 17, 2008 – 4:08 pm

I like GUI interfaces. For me the commandline is something that is better left off in the arcane past of black screens and blinking cursors. That said I have also maintained that the desktop we utilize today - regardless of the operating system - is basically a dumb idea of pretty little icons placed around [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Miscellaneous |

Getting ready to say good-bye to Object Desktop

May 17, 2008 – 1:42 pm

For those of you not familar with Object Desktop from Stardock it is their package of all their different utility programs like WindowBlinds and Iconpackager which are among the tools available allowing you to individualize your desktop. I have been a happy user of WindowBlinds for a long time and I upgraded to Stardock’s [...]

By Steven Hodson |

A couple of suggestions for the Windows Live Writer team

May 16, 2008 – 11:20 pm

I am an unabashed fan of Windows Live Writer and along with OneNote I think it is one of the best programs Windows has made available in the last few years. For me blogging wouldn’t be as easy or even enjoyable without this gem of a program. Along with all the well written plugins [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Blogging |

Laplink has a free copy of PCmover just for you

May 15, 2008 – 8:12 pm

I just spotted this on Ed Bott’s blog and knowing that I have a few readers who are always on the lookout for good free software for specific needs I figured I would pass this along. It appears that Laplink is wanting to celebrate their 25th anniversary by giving away free copies of their [...]

By Steven Hodson |

Silverlight gets ported to Linux - Welcome Moonlight

May 14, 2008 – 8:32 pm

While everyone seems to be positioning themselves around Adobe AIR for delivering Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) there is another player in the same space that goes by the name of Microsoft. Microsoft released it’s newest version of Silverlight (2.0) back in November of last year. As usual there were cries from the non Windows [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Internet, Microsoft |

Albelli Photo Book Followup: Adobe Air App

May 13, 2008 – 7:15 pm

Albelli said 7 days from upload to delivery via UPS Ground, and it turned out to be eight. I’d call that close enough to call "as advertised". Overall, the quality of the photo album is very high, and what one would expect to get from a company that has dedicated itself to just making made-to-order [...]

By Bill Vincent |

I tried really I did but Gmail still sucks

May 13, 2008 – 4:00 pm

For the past week or so I have been trying to let all this Web 2.0 goodness rub off on me and been using Gmail - the poster child web mail application for the movement. Sure I had tried it in the past but after a day or two left it in the corner [...]

By Steven Hodson | Also posted in Google, Internet |

Group Policy Editor in XP Home? A Tweakers Dream

May 6, 2008 – 4:11 pm

I often run across blog entries for a particular tip, trick or tweak for "Windows XP" that invariably starts with "…open Group Policy Editor..". Then, in true Digg-esque fashion, 15 comments not-so-politely inform the author that GPE is only present in XP Pro, so this tweak is useless for XP Home users.
Or is it?
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By Bill Vincent | Also posted in Microsoft, Miscellaneous, Tech Tips |