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Notepad++

If you don’t know about Notepad++ you are missing out.  It is amazing.  I don’t know what else there is to say except that it is amazing.

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2008 04 14 silliam Tech Comments (0)

Fractal Backgrounds

I was recently motivated to make myself a really cool looking desktop background. My laptop has a 1280×800 display, so the images are in that resolution. If you want me to make a different resolution, just write a comment and I will be happy to oblige. One of these days I am [...]

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2008 03 05 silliam Botany
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Essential Software for Windows

I decided to make a list of my favorite free software. It will be an ongoing project at my ESW page. The ESW page will also have more up-to-date information and reviews about the utilities.
Defragmenter - JkDefrag
Archive Manager - 7zip

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2008 03 02 silliam Tech Comments (1)

DotA Mirror

I was going to download the latest DotA, my favorite Warcraft 3 custom game, when I got an out of bandwidth message for the second mirror. I decided to set up a DotA mirror and I just sent IceFrog an email. I hope that he includes me in the list of official mirrors!

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2008 02 24 silliam Games
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Copy Handler is Awesome

Copy Handler is an awesome replacement for the default Windows file copy handler. It gives you total control over the copy process. The best part is that it allows you to pause your copy operations! I just got my new Samba server set up and then I had to copy 100GB’s of data from different [...]

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2008 02 17 silliam Tech Comments (4)