Archive for December, 2005

Free Stuff for The Holidays

Dec 26th

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Sorry for the delay in getting this column. Too much Christmas Cheer sort of wiped me out. I spent most of Boxing Day attempting to recover my equilibrium. As over the weekend evil companions plied with me too much (in hindsight anyway) dangerous liqueur. Now riding a ground swell of nostalgia, I have Bonnie Tyler’s Greatest Hits rocking around along in the background. But on to the free software for this last week of 2005.

Do you often despair at Windows Explorer’s fixed single pane view? If you do but are feeling a bit Scrooge-like. And don’t want to pay for More >

E-Musings Almost Misses The Bus

Dec 20th

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I nearly didn’t write this week’s column Not from a lack of topics but just general holiday ennui. That has a lot to do with too much excellently rich Christmas plum cake. Heavy it is. And for every slice I eat beckons me closer to the Land Of Nod.

But for those readers quite enamored by the power of P2P, you may want to watch out. According to such data I chanced across today, Big Brother is alive and watching what you do. The BayTSP service quietly scans all known P2P networks, web sites, Torrent search engines, over 65,000 news groups, public More >

More BitTorrent, More Music

Dec 12th

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I received lots (for this blog) of reader appreciation for BitTorrent Best Way to Download Files (October 30, 2005). And to reward yon loyal band here’s more Torrent stuff.

uTorrent is a free, frequently updated, Windows torrent download client. It’s very compact (115 kb) when compared to ‘big boys’ like the Java-based Azureus, BitTorrent and BitComet. Yet offers the same feature set. Even as its memory footprint remains low (under 7 MB) even when downloading multiple torrents. Its fast becoming my default Windows BitTorrent client. It supports the DHT network and allows trackerless torrents.

It also offers detailed scheduling by a specific day More >

GreatNews Helps See Light Before Info Tunnel End

Dec 5th

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As I grow older I find myself slowing down. And can no longer pull even one all-nighter. All I can stretch myself to run is about 18-20 hours and then I literally pass out in front of whatever electronic gadget I’m using. Less often the computer. More often the TV. And that’s just on weekends. Week days I’m so numbed from the daily office routine and the commutes to and from work that I tend to eat dinner and crawl off to bed. Although very occasionally I do slump in front of my PC and catch up with events around More >