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New Picasa beta now available for Linux [Update]

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Unfortunately for these trend setters they’re also often forgotten by publishers of consumer-oriented software. Today we’re glad to report that the Google team has made the new Picasa 3 available to Linux users.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Starting today Comcast joins the ISPs that limit the amount of data you can download in a month. Comcast has set the limit, at a fairly generous, 250 Gigabytes per month. Other Internet providers are not so generous.

Unfortunately many ISPs give little feedback in advance as to how much you’re downloading, so that’s why you might need BitMeter II, a small free Windows utility that keeps track of how much you download.

BitMeter does a great job of keeping track of what Internet resources your PC has consumed for both downloads and uploads. BitMeter provides plenty of statistics for folks who like quantitative information and will reset itself at the beginning of a month to keep track of that month separately.

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

One way of having the information necessary to know how to make your day productive is to know how long tasks really take to perform. Cool Timer can help. It’s a free Windows digital timer with three modes -- stopwatch, countdown and alarm clock. Click the stopwatch at the beginning of clearing your email and see how long that takes. Give yourself 30 minutes to keep up-to-date with industry news. You can even use the alarm clock to wake you from your power nap. Download Cool Timer [via lifehacker] BTW, this very short piece, with interruptions, and gathering graphics has take me 52 minutes already. I really need help.

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

When you’re shooting away with your digital camera sometimes you just want to take a very wide image at a fairly close range. Unless you have some awesome wide-angle lens, you’re probably are not going to make it work. Enter a free program from Microsoft Research, Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) for, of course, Windows. Microsoft ICE is relatively simple to use. Just snap a series of images of what you’d like to capture. Each image should contain overlap the last by a little. Copy the pictures to your PC and drop them into Microsoft ICE. ICE will then through magic advanced algorithms figure out how to stitch your images together into a complete panorama. At that time you can make some adjustments and then export the image to a usable image like a jpeg.

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

Gretchen Rubin is working on something she calls the Happiness Project. She has spent 12 months taking all the advice of the ages from ancient to modern on how to be happy – and she’s writing a book about it. Gretchen also writes articles on her website about happiness. She recently wrote a list of 12 quick steps, some very small that are aimed at making your workday better. Here are six of my favorites:

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Ms Rubin is interesting and apparently working on happiness in her own right. She started out as a lawyer. At Yale Law School, she was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. She went on to clerk for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court. She said she had a great experience in law, but realized that what she really wanted to do was write. Since making the switch, She’s published four books. Read her entire article. Gretchen’s own 12 Commandments (bettering Moses by 2)

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

Coming from a software background, to me, the definitions of the development stages of pre-release software are significant and not to be trifled with. To me, alpha tests mean really beware – bleeding edge software – we guarantee it’s going to break on you. Beta software means – still buggy watch out – we’re going to let our users find our bugs for us.

Here at the old Enquiring Mimes factory we tend to look at plenty of software that is described as beta, and we frequently recommend software and sites that are still theoretically in beta – but always with the caveat reminding you to be careful of possible glitches.

What we’re finding more often is that software and web sites never leave the beta stage and the publishers even in many cases may start charging for use during beta. This leads us to believe maybe a new definition of beta has arrived.

As I’ve mentioned before one of the most puzzling still-in-beta sites is Google’s Gmail which was launched in 2004 and has been used extensively by (me included) zillions of users who seldom encounter any semblance of a bug (spam yes, bug no).

This mystery is explained, at least a bit, in an article on NetworkWorld’s Buzzblog where a Google spokesman explains why a recent study by Pingdom finds that 45% of Google’s products still wear the beta tag. They tell it like this

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Microsoft adds new features to Outlook every couple of years in a new release. Google can add new features and adapt to changing market conditions -- daily or monthly by adding or changing Gmail. If that's true maybe beta is a good thing.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

I intensely dislike trying to print pages from websites that don’t offer a clean print option. This is true of most blogs, this one included. What I get when I print is all of the ads, the navigation, and the comments – when all I usually want is a paragraph or two of text and maybe a graphic. PrintWhatYouLike.com solves that problem by allowing you to tailor a website yourself, for printing. Enter the URL of the page that you want to print, for example enquiringmimes.com, at that point you’re shown the web page and you can take various actions for either eliminating selections or isolating (keeping) selections. When you’re finished you’ve got only what you really want. It’s a great utility for saving paper, ink and distraction. Visit printwhatyoulike.com [via lifehacker and digitalinspiration] Here’s the printwhatyoulike.com for my previous story:

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Sometimes you just need a quick way to view an image and make a couple of adjustments. At times like these you don’t need Adobe Photoshop, and since you probably don’t even want to keep the image when you’re finished, you probably don’t want to put it in your Picasa collection. For quick image viewing and adjustments, you can’t beat IrfanView. IrfanView is a free Windows file viewer that is very fast and comes with a boatload of features. Some fairly advanced like the ability to use Photoshop filters. Most important though is IrfanView is very fast to open a picture, crop it, resize and save it again. Some of our favorite features

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

Now I hate to come off as a complete fanboy but two people I really admire on the web are Gina Trapani and Leo Babuta. Gina is the lead editor of Lifehacker and one of the most productive people on the web – Leo is editor of Zen Habits. He’s changed his life by simplifying it and tells other’s through his daily advice on how to do the same. That said, ZenHabits published an interview with Gina on the publication of the second edition of her Lifehacker book, Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better. Amid the expected chit-chat and backslapping of interviews, ZenHabits asks Ms Trapani for her three top tips from the book. They were:

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

The interview is worth reading in its entirety, but let me give you a hint on my favorite, the three-folder system for managing email. In you email email reader, create three folders for messages – Archive, FollowUp and Hold. Then tear through your inbox – if a message can be resolved in less than 2 minutes, take care of it now, otherwise put it in FollowUp because it needs to become a To Do. If you'll need the message for long term reference throw it in Archive. If you’re going to need it in a couple days put it in Hold – else hit the delete key. Note, this method works particularly well with Gmail since the normal action in Gmail is to Archive messages from your inbox, the other two folders can be created using labels.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Enquiring Mimes» enquiringmimes

Dan Perlman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000

We probably don’t provide enough help for those brave souls that have decided to use Linux as their desktop – these pioneers don’t use the Mac and certainly not Windows.

Our previous story on Picasa 3 beta.

The update provides much of what is available to the Windows crowd but does not include the rather cool slideshow movie format.

Limitations in the Linux version come mostly from the rather quirky Wine technology that Picasa used to port Picasa to Linux.

Download Picasa for Linux [via webmonkey]

Google's Picasa for Linux catches up to Windows

del.icio.us Tags: picasa,linux,picasa for linux,google

Avoid Having Your Internet Cut Off from your ISP’s Bandwidth Cap

Dan Perlman — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:42:10 +0000

Download BitMeter II [via jkontherun]

Comcast Makes Monthly Internet Use Cap Official

Use Cool Timer, the digital timer, to be more productive

Dan Perlman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:53:23 +0000

Make smart panoramas from digital snaps – Microsoft ICE

Dan Perlman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:02 +0000

How Microsoft Describes ICE

What is Image Composite Editor?
Microsoft Image Composite Editor is an advanced panoramic image stitcher. You shoot a set of overlapping photographs of a scene from a single location, and Image Composite Editor creates a high-resolution panorama incorporating all your images at full resolution. Then save your stitched panorama in a wide variety of formats, from common formats like JPEG and TIFF to multi-resolution tiled formats like HD View and Silverlight Deep Zoom

Download Microsoft ICE

Be Happier at Work – 12 quick steps

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:43:34 +0000

2. Sit up straight with your shoulders down — every time I adjust my sitting position, I instantly feel more energetic and cheerier. 7. Don’t let yourself get too hungry. The Big Man goes without eating for hours and hours at a time, so once, trying to be helpful, I bought him a big bag of granola to keep in his desk. He ate the whole bag in one day and ended up sick as a dog. Lesson: eat regularly. 8. Take care of difficult calls, tasks, or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating makes them harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. 10. Let yourself stay ignorant of things you don’t need to know. 11. Go outside at least once a day, and if possible, take a walk. The sunlight and activity is good for your focus, mood, and retention of information. 12. Say “Good morning” to everyone. Social contact is cheering, and if you feel that you’re on good terms with all the people in your office, you’ll be happier each day. Also, it’s polite.

Does Beta really mean Beta? Maybe not at Google

Dan Perlman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:49:29 +0000

"We have very high internal metrics our consumer products have to meet before coming out of beta. Our teams continue to work to improve these products and provide users with an even better experience. We believe beta has a different meaning when applied to applications on the Web, where people expect continual improvements in a product. On the Web, you don't have to wait for the next version to be on the shelf or an update to become available. Improvements are rolled out as they're developed. Rather than the packaged, stagnant software of decades past, we're moving to a world of regular updates and constant feature refinement where applications live in the cloud."

If you break it down, ths seems to mean that the new definition of beta means more changes/features are coming.

Can a printing website be cool? Absolutely. Try Printwhatyoulike.com

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:02:39 +0000

Quick Windows File Viewer with Benefits — IrfanView

Dan Perlman — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:25:34 +0000

Many supported file formats (click here the list of formats)
Thumbnail/preview option
Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
Fast directory view (moving through directory)
Batch conversion (with image processing)
File search
Email option
Multimedia player
Print option
Change color depth
Scan (batch scan) support
Cut/crop
Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)

Download IrfanView

Three Tips for Being More Productive from Gina

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:50:01 +0000

Image by DNSF David Newman via Flickr

When I’m fully committed to using them, my three-folder system for managing email, my online calendar “tickler file” for reminders about stuff I need to do later, and my “doable to-do list” all save me from inevitable productivity meltdown on a daily basis.

Clearing Up a Blurry Work Life

Manage Your Windows Files without Windows Explorer

Dan Perlman — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:16:48 +0000

Windows XP has been around for a very long time and Windows Explorer has always been an awkward and underpowered utility for managing files. As a result, an after-market has grown up of file managers to replace and enhance the functionality of Windows Explorer. Most of these programs cost $20 - $40. FreeCommander does the job and as its name says -- it's free. The feature list for FreeCommander is long and detailed but below are the top 12 reasons to use it. To me, the most important features are that you can open up two panes, which makes it very easy to copy files and a tabbed interface for opening multiple pages. The built-in file viewer and archive handling is also very useful. Main features in FreeCommander:

Dual-panel technology - horizontal and vertical
Tabbed interface
Optional tree view for each panel
Built in file viewer to view files in hex, binary, text or image format
File viewer inside archives too
Built in archive handling: ZIP (read, write), CAB (read, write), RAR (read)
Nested archive handling
Built in FTP client
Easy access to system folders, control panel, desktop and start menu
Copy, move, delete, rename files and folders
Multi rename tool
Wipe files

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