ResultManager - the GTD mind mapping tool
I have a longtime love of this type of software, but I look at file formats first. I don't like closed source file formats for data management.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Tricks of the Trade - for all trades
The Morning News - Tricks of the Trade
A few of these tricks are very specific to unusual trades, but most of them are either obviously useful (use a potato to remove the base of a broken bulb) or contain broader lessons -- such as the juggling example. Well worth studying!
Juggler
With any routine under seven minutes (which is almost all of them), you only really need one thing: a good closer. And there are only two things you really need to know about a great closer. First, it needs to be impressive. That sounds obvious, but most beginning jugglers think “difficult” and “impressive” are synonymous. Your closer must look hard, but there’s no real reason it has to be hard. Secondly, you should intentionally blow your closer on the first two tries. If you get it on the first try it looks too easy, but if you “miss” it a few times it looks harder and builds tension.
A few of these tricks are very specific to unusual trades, but most of them are either obviously useful (use a potato to remove the base of a broken bulb) or contain broader lessons -- such as the juggling example. Well worth studying!
The Elder Geek on Windows XP
The Elder Geek on Windows XP
One of a bazillion of reference sites. This one has useful entries such as this services guide.
One of a bazillion of reference sites. This one has useful entries such as this services guide.
Desktop access to Microsoft's indexing service
Google Groups: View Thread "Local query tools on Windows 2000 Professional?"
There are a number of great responses to this question. This is a rare find.
Are there any query tools I can use on Windows 2000 Professional
to query an IS catalog?
I find "My Computer / Manage / Services and Applications /
Indexing service / catalog / Query the catalog" somewhat clumsy.
Is there any way to make a shortcut to this query form?
I'm not running a web server, I just want to search for
documents on my own laptop. "Start / Search / For files or
folders" doesn't seem to actually use the IS catalog (it's
painfully slow).
There are a number of great responses to this question. This is a rare find.
Exotic features in windows xp search engine: incorporating 3rd party filters (PDF)
Because of a change in the way filters are loaded in Windows XP,
third-party single-threaded filters do not load. The Acrobat PDF iFilter is
an apartment model filter. Here is a workaround, but make sure you backup
your registry before attempting this.
1. Click Start, click Run, type "Regedit.exe" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
2. In the left pane of Registry Editor, right-click HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, and then click Find.
3. In the "Find what" text box, type "pdffilt" (without the quotation marks).
4. In the right pane, right-click the ThreadingModel key, and then click Modify.
5. In the "Value data" text box, type "both" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
6. Locate the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\systemcurrentcontrolset\control\contentindex.
7. In the right pane, right-click the DLLsToRegister key, and then click Modify.
8. In the list of DLLs, select pdffilt.dll, and then press the DELETE key.
9. Click OK to close this window, and then click the Close button.
10. Restart Indexing Service.
11. Force a full rescan of the directory with the PDF files.
Jack Blalock (MS)
I haven't tried this, but it's worth remembering. Microsoft's indexing service is very raw in XP SP1.
Boing Boing: Bad moods boost memory
Boing Boing: Bad moods boost memory
I suspect the communication part applies only to didactic communication -- not persuasion.
Those who know me will appreciate that I am now awaiting their plaudits.
... grumpy individuals expressed better critical thinking and communication skills
I suspect the communication part applies only to didactic communication -- not persuasion.
Those who know me will appreciate that I am now awaiting their plaudits.
Marxism -- look for a reinvention ...
Marginal Revolution: What is valid in Marxism? (Five things)
The author is hardly a raging Marxist. He was rising to meet DeLong's challenge. I've thought for a while, however, that the pendulum was swinging from the triumph of capitalism in the 1990s. (Ok, this is not an original observation. Tony Blair's "third way" etc.) I wonder if that will start to reach the US.
The author is hardly a raging Marxist. He was rising to meet DeLong's challenge. I've thought for a while, however, that the pendulum was swinging from the triumph of capitalism in the 1990s. (Ok, this is not an original observation. Tony Blair's "third way" etc.) I wonder if that will start to reach the US.
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