Mount Disk Images using virtual cd controlpanel
Have you ever tried mounting an .iso image (a CD or DVD image) on Windows XP ? You end up needing 3rd party software, you’ll most likely have to reboot since it installs a driver, and you end up...
View ArticleHow to use the QR Scanner included on Nokia phones
A QR (“quick response”) code is a square barcode that makes getting URLs, location coordinates, any text or contact information onto a phone fast. With a barcode scanner app installed, you just point...
View ArticleUse goo.gl to create QR Codes
I just picked up a new trick relating to QR Codes (via Matt Cuuts…. Google’s url shortener at goo.gl can also generate QR codes (See my previous post on how to use the QR Scanner included on Nokia...
View ArticleOpen Windows 7 themepack files with WinRAR
My Download Squad RSS Feed has just told me of a New NASA theme for Windows 7. I had a look at the comments at Download Squad, then went to the Windows 7 ‘Personalisation Gallery’ and downloaded the...
View ArticleThe Curse of Knowledge
from http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/213-the-curse-of-knowledge Chip and Dan Heath were recently interviewed by Guy Kawasaki about their book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die....
View ArticleGet a 25GB Dropbox-Style Sync Space from Microsoft SkyDrive
Microsoft’s SkyDrive offers 25GB of free space in the cloud to everyone. However, the standard product requires that you to use Microsoft’s own products to access it. Now, The Download Squad shows how...
View ArticleSupport for “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day”
The “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day” was yesterday, May 20. In the words of Jean Luc- Picard, “We’ve made too many compromises already, too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They...
View ArticleAustralian Budget for science, research and innovation
Where has the all the money gone? Here are the published figures from all the science, research and innovation tables in the Australian Government’s 2010-2011 budget. These tables list the money spent...
View ArticleAustralia built by criminals
The WSJ has a leader on the current kerfuffle over illegal immigation into Australia. Their punchline? Narrowing opportunities for entrepreneurial foreigners to come work no matter what their skill...
View Article‘Tracking Cookies’ and what to do about them
Many web sites you visit have arrangements with their advertisers and web analytic firms to place “tracking cookies” on your computer. I don’t like them, because it lets advertisers build up a history...
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