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2Mar/090

Adobe PDF will read to you!

Quick post alert!

Adobe reader will talk to you check it out.

adobedoc Stop reading PDF and start listening.
Here is how to listen from a pdf.
You can listen/Audible to any PDF /word instead of reading with Adobe
Reader 7 .0 Or 6.0, and the short cut is:
Ctrl+shift+b - to hear the entire Document
Ctrl+shift+v - to hear the page
Ctrl+shift+c - to resume
Ctrl+shift+e - to stop
Open any PDF File and test. Sweet. Perhaps that’s why the adobe reader is so bloated.

 

7Aug/080

Program File Editor Oldie but goodie

I was once a young programmer (ok script kiddie; however those days are over. At least the man thinks so.) I loved writing macro’s, vbscript and jscripts to mostly mess with my friends making their cdrom drives open and close and floppy drives try to read. All good times. PFE

When I started at my first true getting paid to write complex batch, command files, inf scripts as well as long html/xhtml/xml scripting. I was using notepad and had many syntax errors due to lack of syntax outlining like a great IDE that I couldn’t afford. That is when my boss pointed me to a great little application call Program File Editor. I was amazed by the ability of this robust little application.

My favorite part was the little record button that would make what ever I did like line spacing as well as parsing long xml strings easy and very efficient.

Created by Alan Phillips at Lancaster University. Also has not been updated since 1999. As you can see it still works in Vista.

PFEAboutIf you need a great little application to write complex macro’s or a great little text editor give Program File Editor a try.

Download Here – From Download.com

 

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10Mar/080

Windows Vista SP1 Stole my Snipping tool!

One of the great features of Windows Vista is the Snipping tool. It is just about the only redeeming application in Windows Vista.

However when I installed Service Pack 1 The Snipping tool was gone. So a digging I went trying to find the root of the snipping tool to reactivate it.

Here is the how to:

  "Go to Control Panel and open Program and Features (you may have to click Programs first). In the task pane on the left, click Turn Windows features on or off. If necessary, click Continue when prompted by User Account Control. Scroll through the list of features, check the box next to Tablet PC Optional Components, and click OK. Turning on these features gives you not only the Snipping Tool, but also the Tablet PC Input Panel, Windows Journal, and other stylus-related features."

Thanks pcworld you saved my Snipping life.

 

 

19Jul/070

niknak.org – IIsTrafficMonitor

Need to see how much bandwidth an IIS website has used in a given period of time?

Do you want it now and free? 

Check this little app out.

It comes from our friends at niknak.org.

IIsTrafficMonitor_v1.0.0.0

niknak.org - IIsTrafficMonitor

 

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13Jul/070

Tools for updating asp.net membership tools remotely

Add in Tools for Visual Studio 2005 and membership tools to remotely manage users from admin pages.

Free!

http://brennan.offwhite.net/blog/2006/09/15/free-controls-for-user-and-roles-management/

 

 

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