Seems the only thing they have is portable firefox. Um what about Portable AbiWord, Portable FileZilla, Portable Gaim, Portable GIMP, Portable NVU, Portable OpenOffice.org, Portable Sunbird, and Portable Thunderbird also available on the site?
Also, I think you and others miss the point of this. PortableFirefox exists in a single directory structure, and doesn't require an "install" other than just unzipping a.zip file. And the profile directory is completely portable, so if you have muptiple PC's on which you do browsing (say, work and home), it's a simple matter of just copying the directory to your thumb drive, and then copying it to wherever you want.
It's a nice, clean way to maintain the browsing experience YOU LIKE without having to install anything. And removing it is as simple as deleting the directory. Away goes the app and all of your browsing history.
And if you leverage the Bookmark Synchronizer, keeping bookmarks synced among different locations a snap.
For those who want portability, this is an excellent choice!
Gmail is following the proper standards. They're doing it the way it should be done. An email's origination and routing information should always include accurate and valid data--essential for maintaining proper audits and such. Outlook (and Lotus Notes) are simply notifying the user of the actual routing.
If you want to spoof your email addresses, Gmail is not the service to use.
The article is a bit sparse for a "review", but it does bring up some good points.
In other places, I have seen arguments that GooglePages is nothing more than a "Googlefied" version of GeoCities or AngelFire. While there is some truth to this, let's not forget two things:
1. GooglePages (currently) doesn't have any ads. Unlike GC or AF, there are no annoying "ad gadgets" that can really detract from the site content. GC and AF convey the notion of "Hi, you've reached my uber-free site that sports lots of ads because I'm too cheap to pay for a Web host." GooglePages simply conveys simple, clean content. Eventually, Google may include ads, but like all of their other products that include ads, they'll likely be very unobtrusive.
2. GooglePages doean't require any offline applications to maintain content. I believe either GC or AF required a download/install of an app to manage the pages. GooglePages is slick and quick, right from most browsers.
FInally, let's also not forget that GooglePages is not meant to replace full-blown hosting services. It's not a CMS, and it's not a Blog site. What it is, is a clean, simple, and fast way of posting simple Web pages. I really like the fact that I can create simple, ad-hoc pages. Yes, they are "canned" but they are also flexible. And if you want to upload your own HTML content, you are free to do so.
That's the one thing that really intrigues me about Google's Page Creator: The concept that it is capable of quickly creating simple, ad-hoc, "temporary pages. While you are absolutely correct about the non-availability of many GeoCities and AngelFire pages, if we know that about GooglePages from the start, then GooglePages won't seem like it's fallen into the same realm. GooglePages is a great place to post temporary or short-term pages for things like events, notes, and other stuff that don't require long-term storage. Once you're "done" with the page, just delete it and that's that. Yes, "grandma" can use it too for her "permanent" pages, but I think the real power of Page Creator is its quick-and-dirty approach.
If Google indexes GooglePages just like other sites, (accessible through Google's Web Search) they should then ensure that GooglePages that get deleted are removed from its index (maybe as an optional checkbox during the delete step?) You see, while we all certainly like archived information through the likes of the Way Back Machine and Google's page cache, is that really necessary for much of life's temporary information to permanently hold onto it? If you want long-term storage, then put it into a blog, a Wiki, or a site geared for long-term hosting.
I think the "killer app" aspect of GooglePages is its potential for temporary Web pages.
The really nice thing about Page Creator is that it provides simple Web pages without the annoyance of ads and "ad gadgets" that so many others include. Page Creator Web pages, so far, are clean, and easy to make. If Google eventually does include ads, you can bet that it'll be unobtrusive like most of its other services.
Google doesn't always come out with "new" products, but it often implements them in new and fresh ways.
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But then again, Gmail's spam handling is excellent, so I personally wouldn't worry about it.
I receive about 300-400 spam emails per month, and typically Gmail flags them correctly. I almost never get false positives, and only occasionally, it misses a few, but overall, spam really hasn't been an issue for me with Gmail.
So Will PAgeCreator increase spam? Probably, but it really shouldn't impact Gmail users that much.
Today's games, while they look amazingly realistic, remove one element that has made older games and toys so enjoyable: Imagination. Of course, games like Bard's Tale, Defender, Battle Zone, and Pong had low quality graphics, but the fun (at least for me and my friends) was that the vivid memories and excitement about playing these games was that you had to imagine a lot to "fill in the holes" that the "lesser" technology left out.
It reminds me of the scenario where kids were given a large, boxed-up toy to play with. When the parents returned a while later, they found that the toy was thrown in the corner, and kids were having fun playing with their new box "fort".
Imagination is what really makes playing fun. Technology that removes the need for imagination really takes the fun out of it...
According to this article from MIT, aluminum foil hats may actually amplify some signals...notably, amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz.
No matter what the house of the future would be like, it will need to have at least one room that is devoid of tehnology and gadgets (things like lighting and HVAC aside.) Specifically, no computers, Internet, TV, radio, etc.) It would be a room where you can sit and think, read, ponder, whatever, without the distractions and temptations of technology. A place where one could "focus"--reminding us we shouldn't completely rely on technology for everything. While I certainly love Techmology, there are times when I just have to get away from it for sanity sake.
1. DRM I do NOT like being locked into one format. While it's true that I've been using Palm PDA's for years, that could easily change, and an investment in DRM's eBooks would be useless.
2. Form factor of reader Again, my PDA of choice is PalmOS-based. Using a Tungeten T3 in its "extended" mode makes reading easy, but I still like paper. I'm looking at a Tungsten T|X, but it really is the same as the T3.
I'd really like a PDA that would be pocketable, yet have a larger display--maybe something along the lines of a T|X in size, but with a clamshell, double-fold, dual display. Is this nuts, or would this work?
GSX requires a "server" host, while Workstation does not:
GSX:
Host Operating Systems Runs on Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server; Windows Server 2003, Web, Standard, Enterprise and x64 Editions, and Linux server host OSes
Workstation:
Host Operating Systems Windows 2000 Professional and Server, Windows XP (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32- and 64-bit) Popular 32-bit Linux distributions from Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu and Mandrake; select RHEL and SLES 64-bit
I found the http://www.opensourcecms.com/ site to be invaluable when choosing a replacement CMS for my site. Its demos and resource links were very, very helpful. In a relatively short time, I was able to browse and try a number of CMS options. once I came up with a "short list", it was just a matter of following the links to the various CMS sites, downloading the installation packages, and testing them out. (That is what took the time!.
http://www.opensourcecms.com/ works as a nice Sandbox environment that auto-refreshes every hour or so (ie: each CMS is automatically reset to a clean install, so though you lose anything you try out, you can't mess things up.)
It's a great way to get an initial feel for various CMS's in one tight place.
You are correct. If you signed up as "joe.smith", then no other iteration of that will be assigned to another user.
In fact, this is a benefit to the user. If you sign up as joe.smith@gmail.com, and your friend doesn't remember the period and sends it to joesmith@gmail.com, you will still receive it--not so with most other email providers.
(You may need to be logged into Gmail account to see this.)
Simply put, the period only matters when logging in. Gmail considers some.user@gmail.com and somuser@gmail.com as the same when delivering email, but if the account was oopened as some.user, then you have to use some.user as the login--someuser will not work. Send an email to some.user@gmail.com, somuser@gmail.com, or so.me.us.er@gmail.com, and it'll get delivered to the same account, but you will only be able to login as some.user@gmail.com
Google's intent was to cut down on addressing mistakes as well as spam.
From the user's perspective, actually a good thing because it means that you "lock in" similar addresses so some.user and someuser aren't two different accounts. It also means that the actual number of accounts is less because of this.
I agree 100%. TrueCrypt lets you manage not only entire encrypted disks, but smaller, user-definable "container" volumes as well. These are all mounted as virtual drives, and are seamless to use. TrueCrypt works especially well with Thumb Drives.
One thing I really like about TrueCrypt is that it just works. I have tried several commercial options and several that come with Thumb Drives, and they tend to be either too cutsey or kludgy to use. In almost all cases, they are cumbersome and just have an "unstable" feel about them. TrueCrypt is solid, quick, and also importantly, doesn't require any installation other than copying a couple files and launching the app. (It does come with an installer, but it isn't necessary.)
In a Spanish class in HS, my teacher suspected that a student sitting next to me was cheating, so he asked me if I would intentionally answer several questions incorrectly in a pre-determined way. I did so, and when he compared my answers with the guy sitting next to me, it was obvious that he cheated....and these were fill-in answers, not multiple-choice, so the cheating wasvery, vey obvious.
The guy threatened to kick my butt after class, but we worked it out and eventually became friends!
The general format was four sections: I believe one was verbal, one mathematical, and one analytical, plus an "extra" fourth secection which was just another verbal or mathematical or analytical section--I got analytical as the fourth section.
I don't know which of the two analytical sections actually "counted" toward my final score. One section was quite hard, and the second was amazingly easy, so the answer may be obvious, but I don't know for sure. My resulting score on the analytical section was very, very high, but I still have no way of knowing for sure which section was counted.
So, unfortunately no antics here other than to have rejoiced with a much higher-than-expected score!
For hobby pages, something like NVU or Word will give you simple pages with surprising power.
But you will probably better suited with installing a CMS like Joomla! which will give you functionality that a novice could never program. It may be overkill for a simple hobby page, but it will give you an excellent platform to build a successful, professional, feature-rich site.
In any case, bone up on HTML, PHP, and Javascript.
Oh, and get yourself a good text editor like UltraEdit to make those "quick fixes" a snap.
Buy (get, whatever) a copy of Acronis True Image Backup or comparable application. Schedule once per week full backups and daily incremental backups in the wee hours of the morning. Put the backup set on a secondary partition or hard drive. Create a recovery disk. Sit back abd relax.
Acronis' True Image Backup product has saved my butt on several occasions, and has been reliable and rock solid. You'll never lose more than a day's worth of data which is more than enough for a home user.
CCleaner, while it won't solve all of your problems, will certainly improve things. I keep a copy on my ThumbDrive and I use it on any Windows XP PC I can.
Combine this with Spybot-Search & Destroy with it's TeaTimer app running in the background to warn you of Registry updates, and you have an excellent defense against crap accumulation.
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Gmail is following the proper standards. They're doing it the way it should be done. An email's origination and routing information should always include accurate and valid data--essential for maintaining proper audits and such. Outlook (and Lotus Notes) are simply notifying the user of the actual routing.
If you want to spoof your email addresses, Gmail is not the service to use.
-Jim
http://gmailtips.com/
The article is a bit sparse for a "review", but it does bring up some good points.
In other places, I have seen arguments that GooglePages is nothing more than a "Googlefied" version of GeoCities or AngelFire. While there is some truth to this, let's not forget two things:
1. GooglePages (currently) doesn't have any ads. Unlike GC or AF, there are no annoying "ad gadgets" that can really detract from the site content. GC and AF convey the notion of "Hi, you've reached my uber-free site that sports lots of ads because I'm too cheap to pay for a Web host." GooglePages simply conveys simple, clean content. Eventually, Google may include ads, but like all of their other products that include ads, they'll likely be very unobtrusive.
2. GooglePages doean't require any offline applications to maintain content. I believe either GC or AF required a download/install of an app to manage the pages. GooglePages is slick and quick, right from most browsers.
FInally, let's also not forget that GooglePages is not meant to replace full-blown hosting services. It's not a CMS, and it's not a Blog site. What it is, is a clean, simple, and fast way of posting simple Web pages. I really like the fact that I can create simple, ad-hoc pages. Yes, they are "canned" but they are also flexible. And if you want to upload your own HTML content, you are free to do so.
-Jim
http://googlepagestips.com/
That's the one thing that really intrigues me about Google's Page Creator: The concept that it is capable of quickly creating simple, ad-hoc, "temporary pages. While you are absolutely correct about the non-availability of many GeoCities and AngelFire pages, if we know that about GooglePages from the start, then GooglePages won't seem like it's fallen into the same realm. GooglePages is a great place to post temporary or short-term pages for things like events, notes, and other stuff that don't require long-term storage. Once you're "done" with the page, just delete it and that's that. Yes, "grandma" can use it too for her "permanent" pages, but I think the real power of Page Creator is its quick-and-dirty approach.
If Google indexes GooglePages just like other sites, (accessible through Google's Web Search) they should then ensure that GooglePages that get deleted are removed from its index (maybe as an optional checkbox during the delete step?) You see, while we all certainly like archived information through the likes of the Way Back Machine and Google's page cache, is that really necessary for much of life's temporary information to permanently hold onto it? If you want long-term storage, then put it into a blog, a Wiki, or a site geared for long-term hosting.
I think the "killer app" aspect of GooglePages is its potential for temporary Web pages.
What do you think?
-Jim
http://gmailtips.com/
http://pagecreatortips.com/
http://googlepagestips.com/
The really nice thing about Page Creator is that it provides simple Web pages without the annoyance of ads and "ad gadgets" that so many others include. Page Creator Web pages, so far, are clean, and easy to make. If Google eventually does include ads, you can bet that it'll be unobtrusive like most of its other services.
Google doesn't always come out with "new" products, but it often implements them in new and fresh ways.
-Jim
http://gmailtips.com/
http://googlepagestips.com/
http://pagecreatortips.com/
But then again, Gmail's spam handling is excellent, so I personally wouldn't worry about it.
I receive about 300-400 spam emails per month, and typically Gmail flags them correctly. I almost never get false positives, and only occasionally, it misses a few, but overall, spam really hasn't been an issue for me with Gmail.
So Will PAgeCreator increase spam? Probably, but it really shouldn't impact Gmail users that much.
-Jim
http://gmailtips.com/
http://googlepagestips.com/
http://pagecreatortips.com/
Today's games, while they look amazingly realistic, remove one element that has made older games and toys so enjoyable: Imagination. Of course, games like Bard's Tale, Defender, Battle Zone, and Pong had low quality graphics, but the fun (at least for me and my friends) was that the vivid memories and excitement about playing these games was that you had to imagine a lot to "fill in the holes" that the "lesser" technology left out.
It reminds me of the scenario where kids were given a large, boxed-up toy to play with. When the parents returned a while later, they found that the toy was thrown in the corner, and kids were having fun playing with their new box "fort".
Imagination is what really makes playing fun. Technology that removes the need for imagination really takes the fun out of it...
According to this article from MIT, aluminum foil hats may actually amplify some signals...notably, amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz.
-Jim
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No matter what the house of the future would be like, it will need to have at least one room that is devoid of tehnology and gadgets (things like lighting and HVAC aside.) Specifically, no computers, Internet, TV, radio, etc.) It would be a room where you can sit and think, read, ponder, whatever, without the distractions and temptations of technology. A place where one could "focus"--reminding us we shouldn't completely rely on technology for everything. While I certainly love Techmology, there are times when I just have to get away from it for sanity sake.
-Jim
http://jimstips.com/
http://gmailtips.com/
1. DRM
I do NOT like being locked into one format. While it's true that I've been using Palm PDA's for years, that could easily change, and an investment in DRM's eBooks would be useless.
2. Form factor of reader
Again, my PDA of choice is PalmOS-based. Using a Tungeten T3 in its "extended" mode makes reading easy, but I still like paper. I'm looking at a Tungsten T|X, but it really is the same as the T3.
I'd really like a PDA that would be pocketable, yet have a larger display--maybe something along the lines of a T|X in size, but with a clamshell, double-fold, dual display. Is this nuts, or would this work?
I forgot to add...
Which means that users running Windows XP cannot use GSX, and must use Workstation.
I haven't actually tried to install GSX on Windows XP, so I can't verify if an install fails or not.
According to the Data Sheets found here:
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/gsx_specs.pdf
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws_specs.pdf
GSX requires a "server" host, while Workstation does not:
GSX:
Workstation:
-Jim Barr
http://jimstips.com/
I found the http://www.opensourcecms.com/ site to be invaluable when choosing a replacement CMS for my site. Its demos and resource links were very, very helpful. In a relatively short time, I was able to browse and try a number of CMS options. once I came up with a "short list", it was just a matter of following the links to the various CMS sites, downloading the installation packages, and testing them out. (That is what took the time!.
http://www.opensourcecms.com/ works as a nice Sandbox environment that auto-refreshes every hour or so (ie: each CMS is automatically reset to a clean install, so though you lose anything you try out, you can't mess things up.)
It's a great way to get an initial feel for various CMS's in one tight place.
-Jim
http://gmailtips.com/
You are correct. If you signed up as "joe.smith", then no other iteration of that will be assigned to another user.
In fact, this is a benefit to the user. If you sign up as joe.smith@gmail.com, and your friend doesn't remember the period and sends it to joesmith@gmail.com, you will still receive it--not so with most other email providers.
-Jim
http://gmailtips.com/
This is absolutely not mis-delivery or a mistake on Google's part!
e r=10313&query=dot&topic=0&type=f
See Gmail's Help page on this at:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answ
(You may need to be logged into Gmail account to see this.)
Simply put, the period only matters when logging in. Gmail considers some.user@gmail.com and somuser@gmail.com as the same when delivering email, but if the account was oopened as some.user, then you have to use some.user as the login--someuser will not work. Send an email to some.user@gmail.com, somuser@gmail.com, or so.me.us.er@gmail.com, and it'll get delivered to the same account, but you will only be able to login as some.user@gmail.com
Google's intent was to cut down on addressing mistakes as well as spam.
From the user's perspective, actually a good thing because it means that you "lock in" similar addresses so some.user and someuser aren't two different accounts. It also means that the actual number of accounts is less because of this.
-Jim
http://gmailtips.com/
Great list! Here's another resource for portable apps:
http://www.portablefreeware.com/
They're all free, and the collection is pretty comperhensive.
-Jim
http://jimstips.com/
I agree 100%. TrueCrypt lets you manage not only entire encrypted disks, but smaller, user-definable "container" volumes as well. These are all mounted as virtual drives, and are seamless to use. TrueCrypt works especially well with Thumb Drives.
One thing I really like about TrueCrypt is that it just works. I have tried several commercial options and several that come with Thumb Drives, and they tend to be either too cutsey or kludgy to use. In almost all cases, they are cumbersome and just have an "unstable" feel about them. TrueCrypt is solid, quick, and also importantly, doesn't require any installation other than copying a couple files and launching the app. (It does come with an installer, but it isn't necessary.)
Have a read of their FAQ and and you will see that a LOT of thought and effort has gone into this application.
In a Spanish class in HS, my teacher suspected that a student sitting next to me was cheating, so he asked me if I would intentionally answer several questions incorrectly in a pre-determined way. I did so, and when he compared my answers with the guy sitting next to me, it was obvious that he cheated....and these were fill-in answers, not multiple-choice, so the cheating wasvery, vey obvious.
The guy threatened to kick my butt after class, but we worked it out and eventually became friends!
The general format was four sections: I believe one was verbal, one mathematical, and one analytical, plus an "extra" fourth secection which was just another verbal or mathematical or analytical section--I got analytical as the fourth section.
I don't know which of the two analytical sections actually "counted" toward my final score. One section was quite hard, and the second was amazingly easy, so the answer may be obvious, but I don't know for sure. My resulting score on the analytical section was very, very high, but I still have no way of knowing for sure which section was counted.
So, unfortunately no antics here other than to have rejoiced with a much higher-than-expected score!
For hobby pages, something like NVU or Word will give you simple pages with surprising power.
But you will probably better suited with installing a CMS like Joomla! which will give you functionality that a novice could never program. It may be overkill for a simple hobby page, but it will give you an excellent platform to build a successful, professional, feature-rich site.
In any case, bone up on HTML, PHP, and Javascript.
Oh, and get yourself a good text editor like UltraEdit to make those "quick fixes" a snap.
Buy (get, whatever) a copy of Acronis True Image Backup or comparable application. Schedule once per week full backups and daily incremental backups in the wee hours of the morning. Put the backup set on a secondary partition or hard drive. Create a recovery disk. Sit back abd relax.
Acronis' True Image Backup product has saved my butt on several occasions, and has been reliable and rock solid. You'll never lose more than a day's worth of data which is more than enough for a home user.
"There goes a narwhale" -Rock Lobster
Mod the parent way up!
CCleaner, while it won't solve all of your problems, will certainly improve things. I keep a copy on my ThumbDrive and I use it on any Windows XP PC I can.
Combine this with Spybot-Search & Destroy with it's TeaTimer app running in the background to warn you of Registry updates, and you have an excellent defense against crap accumulation.
-Jim
GmailTips.com