Windows: Disable Windows Update restart nag
august 2008 by ulrichp
Windows installed another round of updates and now it's asking you to restart. Again. One simple command line entry can disable this obnoxious reminder.
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software
windows
hacks
lifehacks
productivity
computers
microsoft
august 2008 by ulrichp
Adding an Image to the Game Project
april 2008 by ulrichp
Another XNA tutorial, the most basic of basics (but sometimes basics are good!).
xna
howto
todo
interesting
useful
videogames
programming
april 2008 by ulrichp
Fluid - Free Site Specific Browser for Mac OS X Leopard
february 2008 by ulrichp
Creates native OS X applications for a single site, or "single site browsers." Has a JavaScript API for creating dock badges, Growl notifications, and the like from a website.
development
freeware
safari
interesting
internet
javascript
mac
osx
software
tools
useful
webdev
february 2008 by ulrichp
perl.com: Data Munging with Sprog
october 2007 by ulrichp
Sort of an interesting GUI way to do Perl scripting without ever actually writing any Perl.
development
programming
howto
interesting
linux
opensource
perl
software
tools
useful
october 2007 by ulrichp
StaticMatic
october 2007 by ulrichp
Static pages, Ruby and YAML style.
cms
css
development
interesting
programming
ruby
software
tools
useful
webdev
xhtml
yaml
october 2007 by ulrichp
Inconsolata
october 2007 by ulrichp
"Inconsolata will be my first serious original font release. It is a monospace font, designed for code listings and the like, in print."
development
fonts
osx
programming
useful
unix
windows
linux
freeware
todo
october 2007 by ulrichp
How to Turn Cheap “Choice” Steaks into Gucci “Prime” Steaks | Jaden's Steamy Kitchen
september 2007 by ulrichp
How to make cheap steaks taste like prime restaurant steaks. Hint: salt, and a ton of it.
cooking
food
howto
interesting
lifehacks
todo
useful
september 2007 by ulrichp
Inform 7
august 2007 by ulrichp
Inform is a design system for interactive fiction, a new medium for writers which began with adventure games in the late 1970s and is now used for everything from literary narrative fiction through to plotless conceptual art.
art
books
computers
development
fiction
games
history
if
interesting
internet
literature
mac
opensource
programming
project
software
todo
tools
useful
videogames
windows
writing
august 2007 by ulrichp
ProVoc
april 2007 by ulrichp
Sort of like interactive language flashcards, but with several more features. OS X only.
education
howto
productivity
osx
interesting
mac
tools
useful
april 2007 by ulrichp
Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree: Ripping Vinyl with GNU/Linux
april 2007 by ulrichp
Not 100% applicable to me since I don't use Linux, but some of the tools should still be usable in OS X, I think.
hardware
howto
linux
music
useful
todo
april 2007 by ulrichp
nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation
march 2007 by ulrichp
Customize the living hell out of your Windows install CD - add patches, remove unnecessary components, integrate install keys or SPs, and more.
computers
hacks
howto
security
software
useful
windows
march 2007 by ulrichp
sleepnaked.org
march 2007 by ulrichp
"Not only is sleeping naked more comfortable, but it's good for your health too."
sex
lifehacks
useful
march 2007 by ulrichp
RubyForge: Win32 Utils: Project Info
february 2007 by ulrichp
A series of packages that provide Ruby interfaces to Win32 systems and services. This project supports the Windows NT family of operating systems *only*.
windows
ruby
interesting
tools
useful
work
todo
february 2007 by ulrichp
How to Open Password Protected PDF Documents at Digital Inspiration
january 2007 by ulrichp
"There are sometimes genuine reasons to unlock or crack a password protected PDF file."
hacks
howto
tools
work
security
interesting
useful
january 2007 by ulrichp
The Orton Effect - Digital Photography Tip of the Week at PCIN.net Update
january 2007 by ulrichp
How to create an artificial 'watercolor-esque' glow by sandwiching together two layers - one sharpened, one out of focus.
art
howto
photography
photoshop
technology
useful
january 2007 by ulrichp
AquaticPrime: Secure Your Shareware Applications
january 2007 by ulrichp
The AquaticPrime framework is a secure registration method for your shareware applications, released as free open-source software.
cocoa
development
mac
opensource
security
tools
shareware
interesting
useful
todo
january 2007 by ulrichp
Banksy : Shop
january 2007 by ulrichp
"Serving suggestion: Prints look best when done on gloss paper using the company printer ink when everyone else is at lunch."
art
useful
wallpaper
january 2007 by ulrichp
macfuse - Google Code
january 2007 by ulrichp
A FUSE-Compliant File System Implementation Mechanism for Mac OS X
mac
development
freeware
software
technology
tools
useful
interesting
opensource
google
january 2007 by ulrichp
Zamzar - Free online file conversion
january 2007 by ulrichp
Convert files to other files. Useful stuff.
hacks
interesting
freeware
tools
useful
january 2007 by ulrichp
Cat Macros - a quick and dirty tutorial for text macros
january 2007 by ulrichp
Pretty much what it sounds like.
art
humor
howto
useful
january 2007 by ulrichp
Tweak ubuntu for speed - TVease Wiki
january 2007 by ulrichp
Not Ubuntu-specific, per se, but all handy nonetheless.
hacks
howto
interesting
linux
opensource
todo
tools
useful
january 2007 by ulrichp
FitDay - Free Weight Loss and Diet Journal
january 2007 by ulrichp
Get your free online diet journal and start tracking your foods, exercises, weight loss, and goals.
exercise
health
food
freeware
lifehacks
tools
useful
january 2007 by ulrichp
Wesabe
january 2007 by ulrichp
Take control of your money, find the best values in your area, and reach your financial goals by joining the Wesabe community.
lifehacks
money
productivity
tools
useful
web2.0
january 2007 by ulrichp
Joe's Goals
january 2007 by ulrichp
A very simple goal-tracking system. I'm using it for various sorts of things.
health
lifehacks
interesting
exercise
internet
web2.0
tools
useful
work
software
productivity
january 2007 by ulrichp
Running mogenerator from Xcode at Cocoa & Medicine
january 2007 by ulrichp
How to use Xcode's ability to run scripts and thereby run J. Rentzsch's mogenerator from within the GUI. Helpful for keeping models synced.
mac
development
database
useful
tools
howto
todo
cocoa
january 2007 by ulrichp
rentzsch.com: mogenerator: Core Data codegen
january 2007 by ulrichp
Takes a lot of the unnecessary work out of using Core Data. Sort of like eogenerator, but for Core Data apps.
mac
database
development
interesting
tools
useful
todo
osxcli
january 2007 by ulrichp
pjammer: My Favorite Liar
december 2006 by ulrichp
"I've had many instructors before and since, but few that I remember with as much fondness - and why my favorite professor was a chronic liar."
education
interesting
philosophy
useful
writing
economics
december 2006 by ulrichp
eSolutionsData
december 2006 by ulrichp
"We've all been in this situation before – the meeting's in 5 minutes, and your boss asked you to find a statistic online to prove a point."
hacks
humor
statistics
tools
useful
december 2006 by ulrichp
loopnote.com
december 2006 by ulrichp
Keep people in the loop, via a webapp that notifies subscribes to your Loop. Will have to try this out later; could prove invaluable.
email
interesting
lifehacks
mobile
notes
productivity
rss
web2.0
tools
useful
december 2006 by ulrichp
Mac Blog - Apple Macintosh Computers in Business & Home » Blog Archive » Secret iPhoto editing mode
december 2006 by ulrichp
How to switch into the 'advanced' mode in iPhoto's editor.
apple
useful
mac
december 2006 by ulrichp
Install multiple versions of IE on your PC | TredoSoft
december 2006 by ulrichp
MultipleIE (Windows only) allows you to run, well, multiple versions of Internet Explorer - all the way back to 3.0, if you so desire. Great for testing websites, or abusing yourself.
software
tools
useful
internet
windows
december 2006 by ulrichp
WindowsDevCenter.com -- Using Offline Files
december 2006 by ulrichp
Q: "So, now that I have taken away any excuse my fellow employees have for not having to work at home, after hours, or when sick, how am I supposed to make new friends?" A: "..."
windows
useful
howto
december 2006 by ulrichp
Picture Tile
december 2006 by ulrichp
"This program takes a bunch of images and randomly tiles them into one large image. The images need not be of the same size or aspect ratio. Images are chosen randomly, and no image will be used more than once."
art
development
freeware
photography
perl
software
tools
useful
december 2006 by ulrichp
Monkey On Your Back
october 2006 by ulrichp
Monkey On Your Back is your to-do list for things that you want other people to do.
interesting
webdev
wtf
web2.0
tools
useful
october 2006 by ulrichp
iTunes Store: Resending Gifts
september 2006 by ulrichp
Need to send this to Sara; last year's iTunes Music Store cert never made it to me. Hmmm.
music
apple
money
useful
todo
september 2006 by ulrichp
Complete dump of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl moves
september 2006 by ulrichp
Includes new stuff, too. Interesting and useful list for strategies.
ds
pokemon
videogames
interesting
useful
september 2006 by ulrichp
Seven habits of effective text editing
september 2006 by ulrichp
From the author of Gvim
computers
howto
lifehacks
opensource
software
technology
useful
writing
work
september 2006 by ulrichp
Hale-Bopp's DS Browser Hub
september 2006 by ulrichp
A site geared specifically towards the DS Browser! I wonder how common these are?
ds
internet
interesting
useful
september 2006 by ulrichp
JGame Home
september 2006 by ulrichp
A framework to greatly simplify creating 2D Java games; works on sprites with collision detection and tile backgrounds, with easy sprite-tile interaction.
games
java
useful
september 2006 by ulrichp
Hands-On: Opera Browser for Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite Test Report [Screenshots & Videos]
august 2006 by ulrichp
How to set up the Wifi for the Nintendo DS Browser - apparently the only part of the interface that's not self-explanatory. (Man, I can't wait for it to get here!)
ds
internet
geekery
howto
useful
todo
august 2006 by ulrichp
java.net: Exception-Handling Antipatterns
may 2006 by ulrichp
How to handle - and not handle - exceptions in Java: a primer.
howto
java
software
work
useful
development
may 2006 by ulrichp
Rockman Perfect Memories
march 2006 by ulrichp
A guide to working through the challenge mode on Mega Man: Powered Up... and boy, is it necessary.
videogames
todo
howto
interesting
useful
march 2006 by ulrichp
VNC
march 2006 by ulrichp
OSXvnc - did you know you could run it from the command line? Neither did I!
apple
computers
freeware
howto
opensource
productivity
software
useful
mac
march 2006 by ulrichp
Free! Icons for your website or application at MaxPower
march 2006 by ulrichp
The list below represents some amazing work by various artists who have made their work available to the general public for a variety of uses. These icons are all free.
art
webdev
interesting
development
freeware
icons
useful
march 2006 by ulrichp
DIY Music | Ask MetaFilter
february 2006 by ulrichp
Making music on a computer.
music
computers
useful
february 2006 by ulrichp
redemption in a blog - How to really kill Windows Messenger
january 2006 by ulrichp
I need to walk a LOT of people through this.
windows
useful
howto
january 2006 by ulrichp
52 Projects: 2006 Sick Day Calendar
january 2006 by ulrichp
How to optimize your sick days for maximum effectiveness... at not being at work.
holidays
howto
humor
useful
work
lifehacks
january 2006 by ulrichp
Extratasty: Get Your Booze On!
january 2006 by ulrichp
Alcohol meets Web 2.0 or a folksonomy or whatever nonsense they're using these days.
alcohol
web2.0
howto
useful
tools
january 2006 by ulrichp
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