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Forget the right ways to do things
There are two kinds of smart people – those who want to understand you and those who don’t. It bugged me most in university years and it probably helps that I had time to cool. It is now easier to make more precise and less blurred conclusions. H...
Google Page Speed vs Yahoo YSlow
I try to stay away from cutting edge releases and let things cool off. But YSlow is one of my favorite web development toys tools and newly released Page Speed is perfect rival for it. So two tools, two huge companies, both want to help us have bette...
Easily find duplicate image files with VisiPics
Anyone who had tried to cleanup folder with few thousand images knows how disgustingly complex it is (those who had not can make a guess). Most of utilities for duplicates search rely on file sizes and binary matches. Doesn’t work for images wh...
Should software be rated?
One of the most common questions I get asked about this blog is why don’t I put ratings on software. It was no default decision – there are software blogs both with and without rating systems. Still readers seem to expect any kind of review to co...
MySoftChoice.com – another take on software+social
Last week I was contacted by Richard of MySoftChoice, asking to join their site and share my opinion. Email clearly shown Richard had done his homework on me and service is close to main theme of Rarst.net (that would be choice of good software) so h...
How to choose image editor that is right for you
Titanium Pen had left suggestion in my Skribit widget “Any graphics programs? Maybe GIMP?”. GIMP or not, there is one critical difference between image editors and rest of software. Usually choosing software but what it can do is right way. Howev...
Train your will to embrace instant messaging
I had always preferred IM over email (somewhat surprising for an introvert). I guess efficiency in communication and lack of email’s faults had trumped excessive social aspect. So why plenty of people resist IM so much? Email fails I had never lik...
Two sites (and one app) to figure out file extensions
I had previously covered TrID, using which is one of the very few ways to figure out what is inside file without extension. However if extension is known then it is much easier to figure out what to do with file. There are plenty of ways to do that. ...
1000 comments milestone
I’ve skipped comments analysis at half year blogging mark because I wanted to reach nice round number. Took one more month but I am there at last and it is time for some statistics and thoughts. Numbers 463 comments by yours truly, no one will ge...
Those who can do
Across hundred of feeds I am reading, many dozens of posts that pass through FeedDemon daily there are three words that make me instantly interested: “I made this” Content about most varied stuff makes bulk of Internet, however places where somet...
Web notetaking – research evolution or poor wiki spinoff?
Jose Ripiajo had made “Web notetaking. Google Notebook, NotePub or Luminotes, what is best?” suggestion in my sidebar Skribit widget. Which puzzled me a bit (I like being puzzled – keep those good suggestions coming!) because I never really und...
Basics of cross-platform software
I was looking for days at "crossplatform installer tools " suggestion in my Skribit widget. Thinking how should I spin it – despite well accepted poking Ubuntu post this blog is still about Windows software. Let’s start with basics: ...
What makes good software portal
After recent review of Acme Files I had exchanged few more emails with its owner. It is very young resource, eager to get feedback on what visitors would like to see. Got me thinking - what do we really want and need from software portals? Rare bree...
Text smileys vs graphical ones
Brad of BradBlogging had been recently bugging me about why I have graphical smileys disabled at my blog. Even made suggestion “Why Text Smilies are better than Graphical ones :P ” in my Skribit widget. By his command I am sharing my opinion on w...
Twitter makes everything look 140 characters
I find it ironic how linkbait posts about Twitter killing blogging are made outside of Twitter. It’s was bit harder for me to handle post about Twitter replacing RSS – which I got in my RSS reader . Don’t want to write about blogging in general...
Different software from same developer – trust or not?
My post on Ketarin yesterday got me to revisit idea on how selection of software people are already using might influence their choice when they are looking for more. It is natural to trust products from the same source you have good experience with....
Is blogging new gaming?
I remember reading an article years ago. Not even online – onpaper. :) It discussed why people play computer games and main idea was that gaming is to feel that you matter . Sounds like blogging a bit? Or not? Read on. Looking to matter Gaming all...
