The other day I was stuck in Houston traffic attempting to make it back to the UH campus on time for my Terry Scholar meeting. It was necessary to make it their on time because I was the only one who had the Agenda PDF on my flash drive as well as online on DropBox. Suddenly, I remembered that my new 3G Android phone could probably retrieve it from the Internet and email it. Or could I?
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AutoHotkey (AHK) is a simple, open-source automation tool for Windows users. Ever needed to automate a backup that doesn’t have a built in scheduler and only supports visual actions, remap keys and buttons on a keyboard or mouse, a text expander (btw => "by the way"), or put together simple key combination shortcuts? AHK can help you accomplish all of those tasks.
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Become more productive by freeing yourself of the start menu or having to navigate to your Desktop to bring up your favorite programs. Launchy is an open source keystroke launcher for Windows which allows you to execute any program, Internet shortcut, music file, document, and anything.
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The storage of precious photographs, college papers, work documents, and archived music of old records filled your computer’s hard drive in 2007. Don’t lose it all when your hard drive suddenly crashes and you are greeted with the Blue Screen of Death! This new year 2008, schedule your PC to automatically run a backup of your files onto an external hard drive, a network computer, or your own web server using free software, SyncBack Freeware.
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Fight back against SPAM and its ever increasing and distracting counter. I hate spam just like everyone else. I used to enjoy the satisfaction of emptying my spam box, but now that little number in Gmail is just a nuisance. It begs me to take time out of my day to empty it so that it may return to its happy empty, un-bolded self. Why not take away that spam count and bolded link? We can and it’s easy too.
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Easily define most any word or phrase with Definr. Touting an "incredibly fast" search and AJAX word completion box amidst a roomy white layout, Definr is a handy tool for those quick mental block "reassurances."
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