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Computer Tools

Matthew Siekierski — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:45:11 +0000

Tools I use regularly on Windows PCs (including my own), and other general software recommendations:

Antivirus: Avast!

Virus Removal: MalwareBytes Antimalware, Avast!, AVG Antivirus, HijackThis, ComboFix (not linking to that one, you really need a pro helping you. Go to BleepingComputer and get help).

Memory tester: Memtest86+

Internet: Google Chrome is my preferred browser right now.

Blogging: Scribefire plugin (available for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari)

IT management: Spiceworks

Office productivity: OpenOffice

File sync/availability: Dropbox

Accounting: GnuCash

SSH: Putty

SFTP: WinSCP

I’ll probably update this with more suggestions, or just add another post.

Important note: I’m not affiliated with any of the above sites. I just like them.

The Matrix on Windows

Matthew Siekierski — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:33:30 +0000

This is really well done:

Mobile Blogging 2

Matthew Siekierski — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:59:01 +0000

This time I’m using iBlogger, which looks much better so far. I need to play with it more to see how well it works, but it’s not bad. It supports multiple blogs, which is nice.

If it worked, there should be a picture of Evelyn holding a drawing of the new baby in mommy’s tummy (“she’s crying”, according to E). I’d like to be able to move that picture within my post, but it doesn’t look possible right now.

And this post should also include my current location.

Mobile Blogging from here.

Looks good, although it’s a bit cumbersome switching between edit text mode and the preview/extras screen that adds images, location, and links.

And to test the links, let’s add one:
Loudest Cricket
Yeah, it probably would have been faster to type the HTML code.

Well, I’ll give it a chance since I spent $0.99 on it. It’s definitely a steal at that price, if everything works the way it’s supposed to.

Edit: Well, it mostly worked. It used the wrong location in the Google Maps link. There must be a way to update it, otherwise the Location feature is pretty much useless.

Mobile blogging

Matthew Siekierski — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:49:47 +0000

In an effort to update this blog more often, I’m trying out various blog-authoring apps on the iPhone. This was written with BlogWriter Lite.

It looks like it’s ok, and the full version is supposed to add some other functionality. But I’ll be trying other apps as well.

It’d be nice if I could scroll the text I’ve written so far, and if there was a preview button. ahh well, what should I expect from a free app?

A Nice Tool

Matthew Siekierski — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:53:27 +0000

This post was created with a nice tool for Firefox…ScribeFire. If this works correctly, you’ll probably see a lot more posts from me.

I don’t have a link handy, but it should be easy enough to find if you go to the Firefox Add-ons page.
It’s easy to configure, connects to several different blog backends,
allows you to configure multiple blogs, add/edit posts, add
categories/tags, and a bunch more.

If you use a blog, check it out.

ETA: I’m quite impressed with this addon.