Windows and Mac… be a Text Editor power user…Ever open your text editor just to paste the clipboard contents? Maybe to view, edit, or strip formatting? Or how about opening notepad just to type a quick note, thought, or save some text? I find I’m constantly doing these throughout the day. To make this snappy,
Log Off Instead of Restart
About 90% of the time I’d normally reboot Windows, just a quick log off then log back in is sufficient, and much quicker. When logging off, Windows closes all user running processes, even ones that appear to have hung or can’t be closed via Task Manager. When logging back in, Windows applies user profile settings
Quickly post a twitter update from a command launcher
Use twitter? Use a command launcher app like SlickRun or Launchy? Well here’s a handy URL to make a command to quickly post an update.If using SlickRun: http://twitter.com/home?status=$W$$W$ means to put parameters URL encoded there. I’ve it mapped to a magicword of “tweet” so can send an update in SlickRun with: tweet wuzzup world!See it
Windows Home Server to the Rescue
My laptop hard drive died yesterday, just before heading out of town on a business trip. When drives have died in the past it takes me about 20 hrs to recover up to 80% normal efficiency. This involves installing Windows on a new drive, downloading/installing drivers and >100 applications/tools, and recovering files (from the last
