August 2009 - Reduce keystrokes

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Aug 262009

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18 Jun 2020	Added archive post list on sidebar
4 Nov 2019	Updated WebApps & Android pages
19 Oct 2019	Updated WebApps & Shortcuts & Android pages
05 Sep 2019	Shortcuts page updated
04 Mar 2018	Shortcuts page added; DQSD & Mozilla pages archived
03 Mar 2018	Bookmarklets & WebApp page updated
02 Mar 2018	Big update to Software page
18 Dec 2017	WebApp page updated
17 Dec 2017	Chrome & Android pages updated
11 Nov 15	Android page fixed & updated
28 Aug 13	About page removed, What's new moved to sidebar, Blogger blogs CodeInquisitor & Polishing Box merged in, Links tab added
19 Aug 13	Website redesign with new theme, tweets moved to sidebar
22 Mar 13	Added WebApps page.
28 Jan 13	Added CopyTrans, Format Factory, Mp3Tag & 7+ Taskbar Tweaker to the Software page.
08 Jan 13	Added PageZipper to the Bookmarklets page & GreezeMonkey/UerScripts.org/Google Reader Filter to the Chrome page.
03 Dec 12	Added SharePod & AuctionSentry software page.
23 Nov 12	Updated the Chrome page.
06 Nov 12	Added Printliminator to the bookmarklets page and made the Droid page current.
26 Oct 12	Added Amazon & removed co.mments on the bookmarklets page.
22 Oct 12	Added Explorer Breadcrumbs on the software page.
01 Oct 12	Added SyncToy on the software page.
20 Sep 12	Added QTTabBar on the software page.
13 Jul 12	Added Fences on the software page.
19 Jun 12	Added Greenshot & removed PicPick on the software page.
18 Jun 12	Updated Android page for new handset.
23 Dec 11	Added WinSplit Revolution and PicPick to the Software page.
22 Dec 11	Added Twitter feed to about page. Retired KatMouse from Software page as realised that with Taekwindow one can use the scroll wheel on the window under the cursor, instead of the currently focused window; added windirstat & auslogics disk defrager.
12 Mar 11	Added Blog page and moved HowTo contents as first post.
14 Dec 10	Added andorid page.
03 Dec 10	Added chrome page.
25 Nov 10	Added Volumouse & Jedi Concentrate to software page. Also, replaced PowerMenu with DeskPins. Updated Command Window Here.
24 Nov 10	Added RBTRay to software page. Also removed Keep Desktop icons as I have not needed it for a long time.
17 Feb 10	Added TeraCopy to software page.
17 Dec 09	Added Revo uninstaller to software page.
09 Dec 09	Updated Digsby on software page.
17 July 09	Added HowTo page.
10 Feb 09	Added Digsby to software page.
09 Feb 09	Added Launchy to software page; added link to my Code Inquisitor blog.
02 Feb 09	Added message count info to email page.
09 Jan 09	Added link to my Polishing Box blog on main page.
08 May 08	IrfanView & nPop added; Attribute changer link updated on software page; Updated polishbox & extensions for all-in-one sidebar.
04 Apr 08	General housekeep. Added Desktop icons, UPX, PowerShell notes to software page.
02 Apr 08	Labels renamed to tags on email page. Added Cobian Backup to software page.
01 Apr 08	Added Ctrl+Enter Firefox tip to main page. Removed highlighter from bookmarklets as firefox's built in find has a highlight all & added blackr.net. Added Ghost, PowerDefragmenter, CCleaner, ClocX, RegAlyzer to software page.
30 Mar 08	Added direct folders to software page.
21 Feb 08	TaekWindow & Axcrypt added to software page.
11 Jun 07	WinMerge added to software page.
09 Jun 07	KatMouse, PDFCreator, POP3Filter, Send To Toys, HTTrack & Bulk Rename Utility added to software page.
08 Jun 07	Startup Control Panel, PowerMenu, Restoration, Attribute Changer, Open Command Window Here, RegEditX, Unlocker, 7-Zip & FileZilla added to software page as well as adding a shell enhancements section. Toread bookmarklet fixed.
29 May 07	CLCL added to software page.
27 May 07	Added software page, Split what's new.
08 Mar 07	Added bookmarklets. Reorganised main page.
20 Oct 06	Added Valid XHTML link & logo.
15 May 06	Added detailed What's New, removed frames.

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What's catching my tech eye out there today - I have a lot of tabs open right now.

Reduce keystrokes @boardtc ·

8 Nov

Fire up PowerPoint. Turn off all the cloud options. Make a new slide with a title of your choice. Choose "Designer." Look at your network traffic as you do. https://rogermexico.bearblog.dev/microsoft-is-phoning-home-the-content-of-your-powerpoint-slides/

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10 Feb

My Alt Gr stopped working which is vital for fadas, this crazy trick of clicking Shift+Caps Lock+Alt Gr got it working again...á é í ó ú https://superuser.com/a/1156442/358926

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26 Jan 2022

The fastest way to read a CSV in Pandas
https://pythonspeed.com/articles/pandas-read-csv-fast/
@itamarst

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12 Aug 2021

The two ways of working: Beer Mode and Coffee Mode

Here’s my mini-essay.

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25 May 2021

Microsoft kills off IE, it will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022 https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/05/19/the-future-of-internet-explorer-on-windows-10-is-in-microsoft-edge/

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21 May 2021

Promising news for #RSS, it's still, the best way to keep up with website updates. Long live #feedly
https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/20/google_rss_chrome_android/

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6 Jan 2021

Want to mass load all the photos in your DCIM folder to Google Photos but your camera has created sub folders, searching for System.Kind:<>folder in Windows explorer flattens the file list
https://superuser.com/a/1364732/358926

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Rappler @rapplerdotcom ·

14 Dec 2020

BREAKING NEWS: Google services, including Gmail and YouTube, are down
Google services appear to be down in various parts of the world as of Monday evening, December 14.

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29 Oct 2020

𝕯𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖈𝖞 𝖉𝖗𝖎𝖋𝖙 𝖋𝖎𝖙𝖓𝖊𝖘𝖘 𝖋𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓
Finally a way to get a grip on keeping up with all the dependencies
https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/techniques/dependency-drift-fitness-function
#techradar

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6 Oct 2020

How long will your favourite Google service survive? https://killedbygoogle.com/ via @briefingday

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12 Feb 2020

"HTTP/3 uses a completely different approach, using UDP instead of TCP at the lower level" @jasnell on adding #HTTP3 support for Node.js https://www.nearform.com/blog/virtual-coffee-with-james-snell-head-of-nearform-research

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6 Feb 2020

Using the @waybackmachine you can add id_ to the datetime field in the URL to view the original unmodified source code! #builtinbackups https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_the_Wayback_Machine

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29 Jan 2020

Really handy! You can now copy text from your Chrome browser on your PC to your Android clipboard! https://techdows.com/2019/12/chrome-shared-clipboard-computer-android.html

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28 Jan 2020

Finally, Java kicks the boilerplate to touch with Records coming in #Java14 https://blogs.oracle.com/javamagazine/records-come-to-java

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22 Jan 2020

.@DublinFilmFest Cool unboxing video but does anyone have a link to the programme pdf? #VMDIFF20

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9 Dec 2019

Pivot Tables are so handy for grouping data in spreadsheets! https://support.google.com/docs/answer/1272900

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3 Nov 2019

https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/dqw7hs/google_create_with_shortcut_urls/

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22 Oct 2019

Super #tweak to add --save-page-as-mhtml as a switch in your #Chrome shortcut to save webpages to one single #MHTML file, including images, great for offline viewing / backup @techdows https://techdows.com/2019/06/google-removes-save-page-as-mhtml-flag-from-chrome.html

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23 Sep 2019

#python history & status post #bdfl by @NickJHeath "as a community we don’t have a story about how you can use Python on these devices [phone and tablets]" says @freakboy3742 https://www.techrepublic.com/article/python-is-eating-the-world-how-one-developers-side-project-became-the-hottest-programming-language-on-the-planet/

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5 Sep 2019

Printing lists in #trello is a nightmare, here's a workaround https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Trello-questions/Printing-Trello-Lists/qaq-p/639330

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04 Oct 2021	Fixed Twitter feed
16 July 2021	Updated Software & Shortcuts pages
11 Jan 2021	Updated Shortcuts page