Disk Usage on a Mac : Omni DiskSweeper is now free !
Remember my post about using some bash scripting to find out the sizes of those space-consuming movie directories ? The Omni Group has decided to make a few apps free to use from now on – one of those...
View ArticleAWStats Tool that creates custom IIS log format lines
I recently ran into a problem where I needed to read a few IIS logs to find out the number of visits during the day. The tool I wanted to use was AWStats, a free log file analyzer tool that can create...
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Python Package Manager
Python Package Manager Logo The Python Package Manager is here, a visual tool for the python developer to find and install all the necessary packages. It shows you what is already installed on your...
View ArticleAIR Badge plugins for WordPress take away all the hard work!
This is soooo cool. Creating an AIR badge for an Adobe AIR application is a bit of a hassle, but the following 2 WordPress plugins really do take all the work out of it. Any post where you want to add...
View ArticleI love iFixit ! Highly recommended !
Last week the HD in my mother-in-law’s hand-me-down iMac went the way of the dodos and crashed, loosing all the information on it. Did you know you can burn a copy of Ubuntu (I used 12.10) to a CD and...
View ArticleA Small iPhone to Android Survival Guide
Here are a few tools that I discovered to ease the transition from the iPhone world (iCloud, iTunes, Contacts, etc) to the Android world. These tools help you to approach the same level of comfort that...
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Apple iWork updates : Numbers becomes slightly more useful
Some new iWork updates this morning on my Mac Mini : KeyNotes, Pages and Numbers can now save password protected documents, can now display charts based on time series, more compatibility with MS...
View ArticleImporting a comma-separated csv file into Numbers Tool
I created this to scratch an itch of mine when reading a csv file into Numbers that contained commas. It turned out that Numbers puts each line into a single cell. It ignores the commas. And there’s no...
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Google ChromeCast : nice but limited (in Belgium, for now)
Last month I was passing through France and had the opportunity to buy a Google Chrome Cast doohicky for 35 euros; since then you can now also buy it in Belgium. For those not in the know : the...
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Comparing the speed of a Devolo / TP-Link homeplug versus a RJ-45 cable
Procrastination can sometimes be measured in years. In this particular case, 15 years passed between asking the electrician to run a CAT-5 RJ-45 cable to the first floor when building our house and...
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