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Defrag a Single File or Set of Files in Windows

August 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ever wanted to defragment a certain file or collection of files on your Windows PC, without defragging the entire hard drive? Here’s why and how you can do it:
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I recently noticed that one of my oft-used Windows applications was getting slower and slower. After checking the usual suspects in [...]

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Make a Word Cloud from your Feed

July 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I happened across Jonathan Feinberg’s Wordle (”Beautiful Word Clouds”) visualization recently.  Pretty fun, but I instantly wanted a way to create one from an RSS feed. I didn’t see a way to do it, so I checked the FAQ confirmed there wasn’t one available:
How about a field to enter a blog/web page/wikipedia article’s [...]

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How to make easy video screencasts of software in Windows

March 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

A video demonstration of software is often far better than static screenshots, and is often more convenient to distribute than arranging for a live demo. This tutorial will show you how easy it is to record a video “screencast” of most applications with the free (as in lunch) Windows Media Encoder software.
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