I was looking for a tool that would allow me to diff two directories last week, so I could try to see what a patch was changing. The top result and a quality product was WinMerge, an open-source application that can find differences between directories and then merge them together if you want. WinMerge is hosted by SourceForge and has its own webpage at WinMerge.org where you … [Read more...]
A Funeral for IE6
There are many-a people who would like to see Internet Explorer 6 bludgeoned and beaten quit gruesomely to its death, but there is another group (less than 10.2% of web users) that would like to see IE6 continue lumbering on. Instead, IE6 will be quietly put to rest in a somber funeral service on March 4th, 2010. The funeral will be held in Denver, CO and you can RSVP and … [Read more...]
Cohabitating with Computers
If you have more than one person using a computer, things can get a little bit frustrating when preferences, bookmarks, and software might be different between people and accounts. The standard way of dealing with this is to use Windows accounts to log in under your own account or 'switch users'. I'm not a big fan of this approach because it can potentially leave a lot of stuff … [Read more...]
A Directory on Bloatware
I hate it when I download something and it tries to install more stuff than what I asked for. Thus I composed this Directory of Bloatware comprised of software that I've encountered recently that try to install more than what was listed. I know a lot of companies use these additional installations as their revenue stream in order to provide free software, but the 'bloat' label … [Read more...]
GPO Deploying Adobe Reader 9.3.1
Adobe is in rapid-fire for releasing updates lately and with the bugs, crashes, and exploits that keep being discovered, they need to be. A few days over a month after version 9.3 patches were released for Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat, 9.3.1 is released to address further concerns From the related Adobe Security Bulletin: A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe … [Read more...]