Archive for February, 2008

Use Your iPod Nano & Nike+ to Track Mileage

Monday, February 25th, 2008

You've probably seen the commercial. You may even know someone who runs. But you probably wonder: Does that whole iPod and Nike+ thing really work? Oh yes. And it's even better than you might think. I started running in late December 2007 when a group of friends decided to run ...

How to Make Firefox Faster (Big Time)

Monday, February 18th, 2008

There are lots of reasons why Firefox has been steadily gaining on Internet Explorer browser market share over the past few years (37.2% as of January 2008): Along with being more stable, faster, and more user-friendly, it's highly customizable. And I'm not just talking about add-ons. Say hello to about:config ...

Monitor Windows CPU Usage

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

From the gabeanderson.com archives: I originally published this entry on Wednesday, January 25th, 2006. This entry was never the most popular -- 494 page views with 450 unique through 11/13/2006 -- but it's one of the first things I find myself doing whenever setting up a new computer, so hopefully ...

Jott: Call a Number, Get a Transcribed Email Reminder

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Along with RoboForm and Ta-da List, Jott has become one of the key productivity tools that I use several times daily. Jott's tagline says it all: Think it. Jott it. Do it. Anyone who's read Getting Things Done understands the importance of getting a thought out of your head and into a place ...

Use RoboForm to Manage Your Passwords & More

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Quite simply, RoboForm is the best password manager utility out there. Once you use RoboForm, you'll wonder how you lived without it. I've been using it since early 2006 or so and it's one of the utilities I use every single day on both my desktop and my laptop (and ...

Use Foxmarks to Synch Your Firefox Bookmarks

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Do you use Firefox on more than one computer? (You do use Firefox, right?) Maybe you already use a Web-based bookmark organizer like del.icio.us or Ma.gnolia.com -- which are nice, but not always as fast as local bookmarks. Or maybe your bookmarks are trapped on your computer. What will you ...

Unix/Linux Find & Replace in Multiple Files

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Here's a classic that I originally published 20 February 2003 - 11:14. This entry was the #1 most popular post between 11/19/2005 and 11/13/2006, receiving 16,443 page views (13,653 unique) during that time. Since it's damn near impossible to find online the simplest way to scan a Unix directory of files, ...

Use Ta-da List to Manage Your Lists

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Who doesn't love a good list? Without a list, how will you remember what to pick up from the store? How will you manage your work day? How will you set goals for yourself or your home improvement projects? Note your great blog ideas? And how will you remember what ...