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The Quest for the Ultimate Desktop

Kwame — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:08:17 +0000

I’m on a quest for a mythical object; an aesthetically pleasing desktop that is not too distracting and lets me keep track of my tasks. This is the result of my search so far. [singlepic=32,320,200,,center] Starting from the top: I use Rocket Dock to get keep some frequently used apps handy. I’m using the built [...]

Samurize: The Way of the Desktop Warrior

Kwame — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:29:58 +0000

If you are a member of that special group of computer users, the tinkerers, you are going to wonder where Samurize has been all your life. I’d seen it mentioned a few times on Lifehacker but never really paid attention. Well, my mistake. “What is Samurize?”, you ask. Well, Samurize is “an advanced system monitoring [...]

Windows 98 Boot Disks and Linux

Kwame — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:16:15 +0000

If you've ever had to reinstall Windows on a computer, be it yours or someone else's, you probably know that boot disks can be rather useful things to have around. The best kind are the Windows 98 boot disks (IMHO); they fit onto one floppy and give you access to the cdrom even if the computer's BIOS doesn't support booting from cdrom.