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Archive.February2008

Leave notes to yourself around the Web

Ryan • February 23rd, 2008 • Web

Internote leadIf you love leaving little memos or sticky notes on everything from your desk to your dog, you’ll love the Firefox plugin Internote.

The browser addon lets you quickly “stick” a sticky note (Post-it®) on any Web page you visit. Write whatever you want on the sticky, and the next time you return to the page the note will be there to remind you of whatever it was you didn’t want to forget.

Once you’ve installed the plugin, you’ll have…



Full Hard Drive? Try Spacemonger

rick • February 13th, 2008 • PC

Trying to clean up a bloated hard drive can be a tedious task. How do you know which files or which applications are taking up the most space? Are there massive video files or photo stashes hidden away deep in some obscure folder that you’ve forgotten about?

Well, Spacemonger is neato little app (just a 100kb download) which looks at your hard drive and then renders a graphical representation of its contents. Files, folders, and apps which take up the most space are represented by bigger squares.



8hands clearly better than one, erm two

Ryan • February 12th, 2008 • Web

8HandsMytube, Facespace, Flitter, Youbook, Twickr… it’s a full-time job just keeping these oddly-named Web 2.0 social networks straight! Thankfully a new download called 8hands is looking to help.

The free desktop client, which resembles any of a thousand messenger programs in looks, gives you quick access to MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, blogs and pretty much anything with an RSS feed. It puts the notifications of updates on any of a half-dozen social networks (with more in the works) right in…



Make XP Vista-ish with Zune theme

Ryan • February 11th, 2008 • PC

Zune ThemeTired of Windows XP’s three default colour schemes? Me too. Thankfully the folks behind Microsoft’s Zune mp3 player have a little something to give your Windows XP desktop a slicker Vista-ish style.

The Zune theme, which was previously called “Royale Noir”, has been out for a while - but unless you’re on a serious hunt for XP customizations, or have a Zune player, you’re not likely to stumble across it. However, if you’ve upgraded your Windows Media Player to version…



Adrift in the sea of technology

Ryan • February 11th, 2008 • Farrago, Featured Articles

anchorsawaySo this is it - the launching of a new blog. I can’t seem to get the images of a sea-side farewell with a smashed bottle of Champagne lying on the ground out of my head?

Somewhat fitting perhaps, considering the high-tech ocean around us, and its penchant for driving us me to drink.

Jokes aside, this blog is birthed for that very reason - the sea of information looking to crush us with her digital waves. It seems I spend…