Windows Desktop Search 4.0 is the bomb

2:36 pm on 7.29.2008 Geek Stuff, Software , , ,

Not in that hip, groovy, cool way. Since I’ve installed it, Outlook 2007 is hanging and I can’t make changes to the search configuration. I’ve even gone into Outlook and disabled any add-ins that could be conflicting, but WDS continues to choke.
I’ve been limping along with Lookout because it beats the pants off of [...]

I’m on FriendFeed

11:41 am on 7.2.2008 Geek Stuff, Software ,

I wouldn’t say I’m hatin’ on Twitter, but since it’s blocked here at work, keeping an eye on it without the “with friends” feed basically blows. So per Judi’s request, I’ve signed up for FriendFeed:
http://friendfeed.com/jackbrewster
This is a pretty sweet looking service. I’m still not ga-ga over the social web, but I wouldn’t mind following a [...]

More FeedDemon tricks – custom mouse buttons

10:36 am on 3.27.2008 Geek Stuff, Software

I’m one of the (very?) few people who don’t love all of FeedDemon’s keyboard shortcut goodness. I use FeedDemon like a browser – all mouse all the time. Of course, that’s kind of a pain when paging through lots of posts. Awhile ago I’d broken down and started using the “J” shortcut [...]

Using FeedDemon Watches to filter out stuff you don’t want to read

3:16 pm on 3.6.2008 Geek Stuff, Software ,

I didn’t have the time to read through Nick’s recent deluge of FeedDemon tips, so this maybe a duplicate, but just in case, I had a bit of a Eureka moment earlier today.
One thing I’ve been bugging Nick about for quite awhile about is providing a means to mark posts as read automatically, what I [...]

Sysinternals PsTools – Command line remote management

9:58 am on 10.30.2007 Geek Stuff, Software ,

Just blogging this so I don’t ever ever ever forget about it.
Sysinternals PsTools is a command line tool to remotely manage Windows computers.