101 Ways to do To Dos
For the last 8 years at my previous employer, I tracked all my work in both their Ticketing system and also several daily notes type programs. I eventually found programs…
Comparing commercial vs free software
For a long time, there has been an overabundance of computer software. Many software programs are designed for commercial sale from inception. Many others start out with a team of…
Useful Firefox Browser Extensions
Many years ago I was a Firefox user as Microsoft Internet Explorer was not very good. Then I got into Opera as it has lots of nifty features. A couple…
Obsidian – a software toolkit in a single program
For about a year I have been using two knowledge management programs, Obsidian and Logseq. They have many similarities and store plain text files that utilize markdown codes for formatting.…
DIY “mission critical” file backups
In the last blog, I discussed purchasing an additional PC for home business use. So that both PCs are backed up individually AND synced one to the other, I am…
Minimal or Lightweight Web Browsers
In my seemingly never ending search for more lightweight (i.e. faster) browsers, I came across two that are noteworthy, Min and Qutebrowser. Min browser Min is a Chromium based browser…
Free Multiple Platform Applications
There are many free programs that have been around for 10 or more years, with lots of users and similar functionality to commercial software. For those who use multiple Operating…
TextShow – Simple Presentation Software
A while back, I was experimenting with Text widgets in AutoHotkey. And I found that without a lot of work, I could display text presentations or shows coming down the…
Free Remote Control Programs
In addition to Microsoft Remote Desktop, which works for Windows and Linux operating systems, there are several other worthy programs that enable you to remote control PCs. Microsoft RDP Real…
Free File Synchronization Software
Here we will discover a few of the better known programs for syncing files between different locations. In difference to backup software, these programs are generally simpler to use. Traditional…