6630 vs. 7610
Look what the cat drug in…
Just about the same size.
Seems like I need a newer SIM for the 6630. Going to AT&T Wireless store later on today to see if they can get me one.
Erik's Pulse has been published.
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New Year Cleansing
I re-installed XP on my main desktop machine last weekend. It had become too unstable and painfully slow. It's been a year since I had to do this. I guess I can't complain too much.
Anyway, I tried to be smart about it, and it worked…
Before reformatting I used nLite to make an up-to-date WinXP SP2 CD. I backed up the drive to an image using Acronis True Image. I keep copies of all applications, so I didn't worry about that too much.
I was back up and running in a couple hours. Not bad.
I only re-installed the basics. I'll deal with the rest as needed. It's the best way to weed out the crap. Here's what I've installed so far:
UtilitiesThat's about 1/10th of the applications that were previously installed. Yet I'm able to do everything I was doing before. There's something to be said about being forced into doing some cleaning. I should do it more often. Well, maybe not.Internet
- AVG Anti Virus, a non-intrusive virus checker.
- Cygwin, mostly for ssh and cvs.
- Microsoft AntiSpyware which seems to do a decent job, so far.
- Nokia PC Suite to sync my phone.
- Password Manager to store my online passwords, etc.
- PowerToys for XP customization.
- PrintScreen to take screen shots.
- WinRAR for dealing with archives (zip, jar, etc.)
- ZoneAlarm, as my personal firewall.
Editors/Viewers
- Azureus to download torrents.
- FileZilla for FTP sessions.
- FireFox as my browser.
- LimeWire for the occasional hard to find music.
- Thunderbird for mail.
- NewzCrawler as my RSS reader.
- SecureCRT for SSH/Telnet sessions.
- Trillian for instant messaging.
Development
- Adobe Reader to view PDFs.
- IrFanView to edit/view images.
- UltraEdit/UltraCompare for all of my text editing needs.
- OpenOffice to deal with MS Office documents.
- Picasa to manage photos.
- Dreamweaver to edit my web sites.
- Fireworks to manipulate images.
Audio
- BeanShell to quickly execute/test Java code.
- Cavaj to decompile Java classes.
- IDEA as my Java IDE.
- JDK 5.0, as well the latest 1.4 JDK.
- JRC-Editor to view/edit Java properties.
- SmartCVS to access CVS servers.
- AudibleManager for managing eBooks.
- Doppler to download podcasts.
- Rio Music Manager for the Rio Carbon.
- WinAmp to listen to MP3s.
Podcasts
Here are the Podcasts I regularly listen to:
The Carbon is getting plenty of use.
Spooks?
Did you watch the premieres of Alias and MI-5? We did. Bloody good times.
To be fair. Any episode featuring Jennifer Gardner in skimpy lingerie will undoubtedly get my vote…
Elektra is coming out next week.
Rumors
Since everybody seems to think they know what Steve is going to announce at Macworld. I'll throw my hat in…
Apple is going to announce a WiFi-enabled iPod. The AirPod.
