| Web | Browsers | Firefox | It
is quickly becoming obvious that Internet
Explorer sucks big time. |
| | | Speed
Up Firefox | Bizare but Firefox
is configured for dialup access. Configure it for multiple pipelines and witness
a noticeable boost in performance. |
| | | Spell
Check for FF | If yu our hooving trible with yu spilling
yu mit lick this dictioninctinonarry add-in four Firefox. |
| | | Pic
Lens | Cool little tool for looking at pictures of the
internet if the site is compatible (mine is!) |
| | IP Utilities | Whois | Suspicious
of an email or a website then use Whois to
locate the domain details. This includes the date the domain was registered which
can be a good indicator of dodgy locales |
| | Online
Storage | MS
SkyDrive | This handy tool from 'ol Mr Gates lets you store
25Gb online. Check to make sure that fecking Websense doesn't block it at work! |
| Windows | General
Utilities | Powertools |
Microsoft's utilities for tweaking and fixing windows.
Includes (but not limited to!) - RAW Images
thumbnailer and viewer
- Cleartype Tuner
- TweakUI
- Virtual
Desktop Manager
|
| | | Karens
Power Tools | Some good tools here, I use the Directory
Printer if I need to output the content of a drive to file or printer. |
| | | Cute
PDF | Free PDF 'Printer Driver' free of any limitation
/ watermarks. |
| | | DVD
Shrink | Excellent tool to backup/re-author DVDs. |
| Unix | OS | Ubunto | Not
many people know that Windows actually runs best when left on its CD and hidden
in a draw someplace. Ubunto is the likely direction I shall be taking when shifting
to Unix in the not too distant future. Of course you can configure your machine
to dual boot until the transition is comlete. |
| | Virus Checker | AVAST! | Pretty
good virus monior that isn't a resource hog |
| Applications | Photo Applications | Picassa | This
is a great way to keep and organise all your photos. Better still is its simple
and intuitive non-destructive editing tools are great fun. In particular I have
to recommend its backup feature. |
| | | | Handy
bat file I wrote to prevent Picasa from starting
if an External drive is not connected (read the embedded notes) |
| | | UFraw | Comprehensive
RAW converter. Make sure to get your
cameras ICC profile. |
| | | Pixel
Fixer | Maps the dead/hot/stuck
pixels out of RAW files. |
| | | ICE | Photo
stitching software from Microsoft - deceptively simple but super effective. |
| | Office | Open
Office | Toss Microsoft out the window and move
to Open Office. Another factor inching me towards a Unix OS |
