The last tree

I want this image as background. It is simple, yet powerful ...

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My Apps

I lost a couple of hours looking at the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Flickr Pool. It got me thinking about what I use on a daily basis and how my desktop should reflect my current productivity push (I'm basically cleaning up my life, and trying to be more productive. It's not perfect, but I'm slowly getting there)

So, in case my computer exploded, or in case I bought a new machine and had to redo everything from scratch, here is a list of the things I use the most:

On Windows:

• Launchy: Must have. Good alternatives includes Executor and Dash Command. Quicksilver on Mac.
  
• ClipX: I can finaly get a bigger clipboard (Linux had that for ages)
  
• allSnap: Snap app to edges of desktop
  
• Snarl: Notification system for Windows.  Like Growl on Mac
  
• AppSnap: Install free apps. Sort of like a package manager.
  
• Mp3tag: I don't have that big of a MP3 collection, but I like my stuff consistent
  
• Picasa: Manages pictures from my camera.
  
• PuTTY: I use Linux-based servers, sort this is a must-have
• Xming: To get Linux/Unix X-Windows system on MS Windows. Run graphical application remotly!
  
• WinSCP: Copy files. Ftp is too old and too insecure.
  
• Flock: The Social-based browser: I'm typing this blog entry in it. Also integrated Facebook, twitter, Youtube, etc...
  
• Adobe Air with:
• twhirl: I twitter. This helps. A lot.
  
• TWiT Live AIR App: Watch Leo Laporte live :)
  

Ironicly, I can get most of this functionality on my Linux desktop (again with the right applications installed), but it's not third party. The only reason I'm not 100% Linux right now is gaming. (TES: Oblivion these days, with a bit of Simcity 4)

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R.I.P. Randy Pausch

Randy Paucsh died on july 25. I feel like I should say something about it but since I can't think of anything that would do him justice, I'll let his own talk speak for itself:

The "Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch

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Business faces challenges under copyright legislation

Business faces challenges under copyright legislation

I like this quote from the article: "The consumer marketplace is increasingly going beyond that apathy to a type of lawlessness. They'll just ignore the government because it's so irrelevant."

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