BlogEngine, Lightbox Extension and Live Writer

Posted on October 30, 2008 by 1 Comment

Wow, I just learned about the Lightbox Extension for BlogEngine.net. Two simple files to copy to your web server for install. URL: Lightbox Extension But to use it you need to edit the HTML of the post and wrap each image tag with the anchor tag: <a href="/blog/wp-content/importImages/picture.jpg"> <img src="/blog/wp-content/importImages/picture.jpg" /> </a> Ok, I […]... Read More

Gmail Drive Config Mounts Multiple Gmail Accounts as Disks

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Leave a comment

Windows only: Mount more than one Gmail account as a remote disk drive with free utility Gmail Drive Config. It works with Gmail Drive, which we've covered in the past. Yes, it's all very experimental, I did encounter some annoyances, and Google could probably make it all go poof with a few keystrokes from some […]... Read More

MZ Ultimate Tweaker Modifies and Optimizes System Settings

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Leave a comment

Windows only: Free application MZ Ultimate Tweaker is a system modification tool that covers the gamut of system tweaks, putting everything from performance to display tweaks just a few clicks away. The application is very similar to the TweakUI Windows XP PowerToy. But apart from all the minor modifications it can make to your system, […]... Read More

AutoPilot Automatically Downloads Video from Your TiVo or the Internet

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Leave a comment

Windows only: Beta video downloader TVHarmony Autopilot can automatically transfer, encode, and remove commercials from TiVo recordings, as well as suck down online clips to your hard drive. You've already seen one method of downloading, de-commercializing, and encoding TiVo video with KMTTG, but AutoPilot offers a more native Windows interface with more options for video […]... Read More

FormatFactory Centralizes DVD Ripping, Media Conversion

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Leave a comment

Windows only: Free media file converter FormatFactory is a handy all-in-one utility for taking one kind of audio, video, or picture file and converting it to another. The interface is a dead-simple drag-and-drop affair, and it's meant for running batches of files through converters—FLVs to Windows Media, MPEGs to iPod-friendly video, DVDs to DivX files, […]... Read More

Iron Is Google Chrome for the Tinfoil Hat Crowd

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Leave a comment

Windows only: Free application Iron is a slightly modified version of the Chromium source of Google Chrome that removes components of Chrome that report your usage habits to Google. In practice, that means it removes your unique user ID, doesn't send user-specific info to Google, skips crash reporting, and doesn't check with Google for updates. […]... Read More

System Explorer All-In-One PC Monitor and Manager

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Leave a comment

When you want to manage your PC's processes, startup items, network connections, windows, tasks, open files, and installed software, you can do that all using the free all-in-one monitoring tools System Explorer. The long list of functionality in System Explorer's broken down into four categories: Monitoring, Autoruns, Software, and Settings (they're tabs across the top). […]... Read More