http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings Tech news and other stuff from a UK geek. Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:03:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I often find it difficult to devote time to sitting down and writing for this blog, which is why it only gets updated fairly sporadically. So I have set up a tumblelog, which according to Tumblr is a "refreshingly simple new way to share anything you find, love, hate or ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/07/over-to-tumblr/ GooSync is a service which allows you to synchronise your Google Calendar with your mobile phone or PDA. Unlike Google Calendar, which is only accessible via your mobile device's web browser, GooSync ties in with the calendar/reminder function provided as part of your PDA or phone. This could potentially save ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/07/goosync-google-calendar-on-the-move/ Ebuyer have started selling their own software.... well, kind of. Much like their Ebuyer Extra Value branded hardware comes from budget manufacturers such as Zeho and Sumvision, they have partnered with a company called Formjet Innovations who also provide "white-label"software for Tesco. It looks like the Internet security/antivirus packages are provided ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/ebuyer-own-brand-software/ Alex Feinman's ISO Recorder allows you to burn CD/DVD ISO images under Windows XP/2003/Vista without the need for a dedicated CD burning application. Lucersoft's LC ISO Creator enables you to do the process in reverse, i.e. create an ISO image from a physical CD/DVD. Edit: Alex's ISO Recorder now supports image ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/free-lightweight-iso-software/ Zamzar is a free online converter for documents, audio and video files. Just upload the file you want to convert, choose the output format and enter your email address. Zamzar will get to work and email your converted file when it's ready. http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/convert-your-files-online/ Red Dodo: offers free personalised screensavers/animated wallpapers suitable for most popular phones. Quite a snazzy little service, I think. GetJAR: free applications to add functionality (or just fun!) to your handset. Lasyk Networks (for Sony Ericsson handsets): software, ringtones, wallpapers, games and more. http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/free-stuff-for-your-mobile/ TeraCopy speeds up Windows file copy operations as well as adding a few much-needed features such as smart error recovery and a pause button. It integrates with the Windows shell completely so you don't need to run a separate program to reap the benefits. It's a free download for home ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/enhance-windows-file-copying/ I don't doubt that AbiWord is an excellent free word processor in its own right, but it saved my sanity earlier when I was stuck using a crashy version of Word. The Windows version is a 5MB download (20MB installed) and there's also a portable version available. It's able to ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/view-and-edit-word-documents-in-a-pinch/ who.is is a simple web-based WHOIS gateway, supporting pretty much all top-level domains. In case you didn't know, WHOIS is a mechanism of finding out who (if anyone) has registered a particular name. It's fairly quick, has a nice clean design and negates the need to go to separate sites ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/universal-whois-site/ Thunderbird has the somewhat strange default behaviour of starting replies below the quoted message. Fortunately there is an option to change this, and I'm mentioning it here as it's a little hidden away and I had trouble finding it myself. Click Tools (from the menu bar), then Account Settings. Now choose ... http://chrisbarnes.net/jottings/2007/06/thunderbird-tip-start-replies-above-quoted-text/