August 30, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-30

• iPod Earphone Pink Color Stereo Quality: Add some more color to your iPod earphone. These earphone are high quality with stereo sound and designed just like the original iPod earphones.
  ( iPod *ToBuy Music )
• The Inflation Calculator: The following form adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2005.
  ( Finance Economy Calculator Reference )

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August 29, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-29

• uuasc-june-2006.pdf (application/pdf Object): Linux O/S performance tuning
  ( Linux Performance Tuning Reference )

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August 28, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-28

• Calisphere - A World of Digital Resources
  ( Education History UC Study Images )

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August 27, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-27

• SSL-Explorer: The World's First Browser-Based, Open Source SSL VPN: SSL-Explorer is the world's first open-source, browser-based SSL VPN solution. This unique remote access solution provides users and businesses alike with a means of securely accessing network resources from outside the network perimeter using only a stan
  ( SSL Security Encryption VPN Software Linux )

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August 20, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-20

• Infrant Technologies Ready NAS RNV1 S2 0000 Diskless System Ethernet 3 USB 2.0 Ports Infrant(IT3107): Infrant Technologies Ready NAS RNV1
  ( *ToBuy )
• Xee 1.2.1 - VersionTracker: Xee is a lightweight, fast and convenient image viewer and browser. It is designed to be a serious tool for image viewing and management, with a sleek and powerful interface. Xee works as a much more useful replacement for Preview, or most any other imag
  ( Software MacOSX Photography )
• gui.interacto.net - Overview: UNO is a theme that brings the sunken unified toolbar/titlebar look&feel to every single window on your system (cocoa or carbon, metal or aqua and already unified windows as well).
  ( Software MacOSX UI )

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August 15, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-15

• ClearContext Information Management System - Microsoft Outlook Add-in for Inbox Prioritization and Management: ClearContext IMS for Microsoft Outlook? is the smart way to organize your workday: Boost productivity by processing tasks and emails more efficiently, Organize your email, calendar, and tasks by project, Save time and reduce stress by simplifying your Out
  ( GTD Software Win23 ms_Outlook )
• Getting Things Done Software Systems (Part 1 of 2) - Download Squad: While there are a great number of ways to put a Getting Things Done system into action on a Windows PC, I'd like to compare and contrast the benefits of using native Windows software like Outlook
  ( GTD Productivity Reviews Software Win32 ms_Outlook )

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August 13, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-13

• DIY panoramic tripod head tutorial: Stitching software and digital cameras make panoramic photos far easier than ever before. However, to get the best results, you need a special tripod head. These can cost hundreds of dollars, but making your own isn't that hard. Even better, it's dirt che
  ( DIY Hacks Photography Tutorials )
• WinVi: Win32 version of VI
  ( Editor Software VI Win32 )
• TigoTago - Tag editor for media files: Tag editor w/ Excel like interface
  ( MP3 Software Win32 ms_Excel )
• Sparklines in Excel: Simplicity Itself - Juice Analytics: Thankfully, Bissantz, a German company, had an elegant idea. The created a set of special sparkline fonts and an easy to use tool that you can use to build sparklines in Excel using their fonts.
  ( Software Sparklines Win32 ms_Excel people_Tufte )
• Tufte Charts in Excel - Juice Analytics: A set of working examples in Excel of the graph types Edward Tufte recommends in “Visual Display of Quantitative Information”
  ( Examples ms_Excel people_Tufte )
• � Lightweight data exploration in Excel - Juice Analytics: the first tool you should pull out of your toolbox in cases like this is the trusty PivotTable (it slices, it dices!). But at times we have to dig a little deeper into the toolbox and pull out the in-cell bar chart.
  ( Tutorials ms_Excel )
• More on Excel in-cell graphing - Juice Analytics: In cell graphs to aid in data visualization
  ( Examples Tutorials ms_Excel )
• Motivator: Inspire! Motivate! Mock!: Armed with a digital camera and that non-stop wit of yours, you now have the power to turn a simple photograph into an inspirational message that will burn forever in the hearts and minds of dozens. Print it, frame it!
  ( Amusing Art Photography WebApps )
• MacOSX keyboard shortcut library: A repository for every keyboard secret in OS X. Some of these are well known, some are not. Shortcuts in the Menu category are common rather than universal. This list should continue to grow exponentially over time.
  ( Keyboard Lists MacOSX Shortcuts )

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August 09, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-09

• Tip For Best Purchase Time of Airline Tickets - SeekingAlpha: What's the absolute best time to purchase a ticket directly from the airlines? Turns out it's Wednesday from midnight to 1a.m. in the time zone of the airline's "home base." (For instance, Delta is headquartered in Utah and United currently calls Chicago
  ( Airlines Shopping Travel Tutorials )

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August 08, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-08

• Geek to Live: QuickLogger redux - Lifehacker: For those of you keeping your time map in a spreadsheet, the xlsQuickLogger appends the date and time plus your current activity directly to an Excel worksheet.
  ( GTD Productivity Software ms_Excel )

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August 07, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-07

• Bikely - Discover and share your favorite bicycle routes: Put very simply, Bikely helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes. It can be quite tricky traversing a car dominated city by bicycle, particularly when you need to travel an unknown route to a new destination.
  ( Cartography Cycling Exercise Travel )

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August 05, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-05

• Action Tracker: Action Tracker is a project and to-do tracker with a clean, lightweight interface which makes it easier for you to manage your tasks, projects, related contacts and project files. Because it is based on FileMaker Pro it is powerful and easily customizable
  ( GTD MacOSX Productivity Software )
• FreeMacWare.com
  ( MacOSX Software )
• TriLateral Systems - VirtuFrame: VirtuFrame is the original virtual frame application for Mac OS X. VirtuFrame sports a clean user experience and refined interface for the photo aficionado.
  ( Art MacOSX Photography Software )
• OpenSoft Development: Todos: Sometimes you just don't want to take time going to your Applications folder or searching around your hard drive. Just click a quick hotkey (Command-Option-Control-T) and Todos will simply appear.
  ( MacOSX Software Utilities )

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August 04, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-04

• TidBITS: Getting Things Done with Your Macintosh, Part 1: For those of you who are new to it, GTD (as it is frequently abbreviated) is not merely the eponymous book, or an organizational method. GTD is a cult, or at least it sounds like one if you listen to many of the thousands of people online who practice it.
  ( GTD MacOSX Productivity Software Tutorials )

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August 03, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-03

• Geek to Live: The art of asking - Lifehacker: Asking good questions is an essential skill that takes mindfulness, strategy and practice. The bottom line is: few people will help a person who doesn't help herself.
  ( FAQs Questions Tutorials )
• CRN | Steve Ballmer, Windows | Ballmer Analyzes Microsoft's One Big Vista Mistake: Microsoft made one big, wrong decision that led to Vista's delays, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts during his meeting with them last week. The company took a Big Bang approach and tried to overhaul all of its operating system's core co
  ( Op-Ed PM Programming co_Microsoft ms_WinVista )

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August 02, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-02

• DicksSportingGoods.com: Sometimes even the right shoe doesn't seem to fit right. Fortunately, you may be able to accommodate a narrow heel, high/low arch, or wider foot by simply changing the way you lace your shoes. Try one of these lacing techniques to help your favorite athle
  ( Feet Healthcare Shoes Tutorials )
• InformationWeek | Windows XP Management | Langa Letter: XP's No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option | June 19, 2006: The "it" in this case is XP's most powerful rebuild/repair option, and yet Microsoft chose to hide it behind seeming dead ends, red herrings, and a recycled interface that makes it hard to find and (at first) somewhat confusing to use.
  ( Helpdesk Tutorials Win32 ms_WinXP )

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August 01, 2006

Notable URLs on 2006-08-01

• Rachota project home page: Time tracking tool for precise measurement of human work at computer.
  ( Linux MacOSX Productivity Software Timetracking Win32 )

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