General tips
BitKinex – Best SFTP/FTP/Webdav client software
I’ve tried’em all, and was disappointed every time. Till I started using BitKinex. The other popular free FTP clients out there are just not good enough, as they’re all lacking in one important feature or another. But after a few weeks with BitKinex I can Continue Reading →
Removing Adobe Acrobat Copy & Paste Line Breaks
How do you copy & paste from Adobe Acrobat (Reader, Standard, Pro, etc.)? I’ve seen it a million times, people copy & paste from PDFs and then spend long minutes removing line breaks so the text will appear as in the original solid paragraphs. There are Continue Reading →
Opening PDFs outside the browser (Firefox / Chrome)
Browser embedded PDFs should not be a built-in default option. To disable that, and have the PDFs open with the defaulted installed application, as they should, there are a few settings. When I was using Firefox, this usually took care of that in terms of Continue Reading →
Excel’s date string parsing to fix dates & time for SPSS
SPSS only reads strict date & time input formats, but surveying applications don’t always output dates that way. Qualtrics, for example, outputs dates in the following way - “2009-11-03 16:39:47” which can then only be used as a string. To make use of Continue Reading →
Faster Firefox : Controlling Memory & Leakage
I use Firefox, most of those I know use Firefox, but the problem with Firefox speed and memory consumption is well documented and debated. It’s very frustrating how heavy and slow Firefox gets with a few small plugins and a couple of tabs and windows opened. Continue Reading →
Best of Twitter – TwitterFeed on FeedDemon tags, TwitThat and Seesmic
Some, or most, of what’s interesting about Twitter is the collection of links that people tweet with others. Few quick ways I use to share links with others on Twitter: I use FeedDemon as my RSS reader, recently being made to sync to Google Reader instead Continue Reading →
Plaxo Outlook sync alternatives : Unyk and Google Calendar
Plaxo recently started charging 48US$ for their Outlook sync services. I've being using their Outlook sync services for years now and have found them very valuable, though the price tag of 48US$ a month seems almost outrageous for such a simple service. After Continue Reading →
Pidgin (GTK) and Unicode Asian/Hebrew character font display issue
Pidgin is the best multi protocol instant messaging software out there. There’s really no reason to use all the other messaging programs separately, unless you’re in need of the more advanced features. It’s not perfect, though, and there are a few annoyances Continue Reading →
Drupal’s Event : RSS & Outlook iCal synchronization with Remote Calendars
A few Drupal sites that I run have the wonderful Event module installed to handle a collaborative event calendar. Users tend to like that feature and every once in a while I get someone telling me that this is one of the more important features those social sites Continue Reading →
The Ultimate Free RSS Reader Review : On-line and Off-Line integrated with FeedDemon and NewsGator
RSS readers are becoming increasingly popular nowadays and it's great we've come to a point that even the less techie folks are realizing the power of RSS readers and are feeling comfortable enough to use one. Hell, even my folks are using one. There's a whole Continue Reading →
