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October 1, 2014

So it’s time for a paradigm shift in the world of computers

So it’s time for a paradigm shift in the world of computers. In the past I’ve worked for companies that were Microsoft partners, that were Microsoft centric and some that were a mix. A previous web company did a lot of their dev work on Unix machines and even hosted sites on Unix servers, but they had a heavy mix of Windows machines and most of the desktops were Windows machines. Recently, I switched over to a new company and for the first time in my career, I’ll be exclusively using a Mac. They embrace Open Source and over the years have shifted further and further away from MS products. Today I was given a new MacBook Pro and it’s the only machine I’ll get. It’s the same type of machine everyone else in the office has. The only difference is some are MacBook Air while others are iMac computers. Oh my goodness, this is incredibly different for me. I’ve […]

June 15, 2013

Why does iOS7 look so damn ugly?

I’m a little distressed by this emerging trend of how operating systems look. Regardless of the feature set for iOS7, at first glance, it’s visually very unappealing. It looks like Apple took some design cues from Microsoft and decided a flat and dull UI is what users want. I’ve said it before, I think Windows 8 is an incredibly ugly looking OS. It’s flat, dull, rigid and the pastel colors are utterly annoying. Microsoft and others spent years developing an interface that had depth, rich color and smooth textures. With Windows 7 we were treating to a glassy style UI with a really nice 3D look to it. We had curves and depth and neat rounded edges. Now all of that is gone and Apple has done the same thing. I’ve always thought Apple lead the way in UI design. They always had these really neat icons that leapt out at you. They were bright and colorful with roundness and […]

April 6, 2012

Free Copy of O&O DriveLED for Easter, plus a coupon

O&O Software has an Easter Egg on their site that gives you a free license to O&O DriveLED v4.0. Since it’s an Easter Egg you have to go searching for it. But where to start? Actually, it’s not that hard. Let your fingers do the walking and let the site help you out. Maybe you could do a search for "Easter Egg" and see what comes back. While you’re out there you can use the coupon code "EASTER2012" to save 30% off anything in the online store. Not a bad deal. Shop the O&O Online Store

January 25, 2011

Copy files faster with TeraCopy

TeraCopy is a compact program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed, providing the user with a lot of features: Copy files faster. TeraCopy uses dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives. Pause and resume file transfers. Pause copy process at any time to free up system resources and continue with a single click. Error recovery. In case of copy error, TeraCopy will try several times and in the worse case just skip the file, not terminating the entire transfer. Interactive file list. TeraCopy shows failed file transfers and lets you fix the problem and recopy only problem files. Shell integration. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual. Full Unicode support. Windows 7 x64 support. I’ve been using TeraCopy for over a month now and it has made one hell of a different. Even though it […]

January 7, 2011

I regret updating to Powerdesk 8

There is something really flakey about this app. I’m not sure if this a bug or some incompatibility with Windows 7, but when I delete folders the listing stays in the window and when I try to delete it again I get a permissions error. The problem is, the folder really was deleted Powerdesk just didn’t update. In the past week or so this has happened dozens of times on two of my machines. If I close Powerdesk down and then restart it, the folder is magically removed from the list. I just can’t work like this. I’m switching back to Powerdesk 7. But why use a 3rd party file manager at all? Simply put I can’t stand the explorer that comes with Windows. It’s useless to me. I’ve been using Powerdesk for years and love it, but Powerdesk 8 needs to go back in the over and finish cooking, it’s broken all to hell. I really like Directory Opus […]

So it’s time for a paradigm shift in the world of computers

Why does iOS7 look so damn ugly?

Free Copy of O&O DriveLED for Easter, plus a coupon

Copy files faster with TeraCopy

I regret updating to Powerdesk 8

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