Shimon Rura's Blog » computers/windows http://rura.org/blog just another software developer in Boston striving to be a renaissance man Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:15:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 GMail Drive shell extension http://rura.org/blog/2005/01/04/gmail-drive-shell-extension/ http://rura.org/blog/2005/01/04/gmail-drive-shell-extension/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2005 01:50:38 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2005/01/04/gmail-drive-shell-extension/ link

Access your gigabyte of GMail storage as if it were a drive in Windows.

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A google search for "quicksilver clone for windows" turned up the so-far very impressive AppRocket. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

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Features buried much deeper
Average menu depth has been increased to 7.4/item across the entire Office 2003 line making sure you don't accidentally select something you didn't want to.

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A very handy program that lets you bind hotkeys to execute a program, load a URL, change sound volume, minimize/maximize windows, and more. Freeware for Windows 98, 2000, or XP.

]]> http://rura.org/blog/2004/05/03/hotkeycontrol-xp/feed/ 0 Dr. GUI on Components, COM, and ATL http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/26/dr-gui-on-components-com-and-atl/ http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/26/dr-gui-on-components-com-and-atl/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:07:38 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/26/dr-gui-on-components-com-and-atl/ link

Brief introduction to COM, why it exists and how it works.

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]]> http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/09/msdn-windows-scripting/feed/ 0 Sysinternals Freeware – Utilities for Windows NT and Windows 2000 http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/03/sysinternals-freeware-utilities-for-windows-nt-and-windows-2000/ http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/03/sysinternals-freeware-utilities-for-windows-nt-and-windows-2000/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:11:51 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/03/sysinternals-freeware-utilities-for-windows-nt-and-windows-2000/ link

A bunch of useful utilities for anyone developing software on a Win32 platform.

]]> http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/03/sysinternals-freeware-utilities-for-windows-nt-and-windows-2000/feed/ 0 Sweet glory hallelujah! http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/03/sweet-glory-hallelujah/ http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/03/sweet-glory-hallelujah/#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:02:06 +0000 shimon http://rura.org/blog/2003/12/03/sweet-glory-hallelujah/ link

A free tool to let you remap CapsLock to Ctrl. Why have I waited so long to Google thee?

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