Admittedly, this application has a very specific use: Splitting And Merging (SAM) adobe PDF files. This is useful however when you'd like to remove a page from a document, or split a document up into smaller files for emailling. It's also useful for stitching them back together on the other end!
PDFSAM
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
ImgBurn Burns your discs
There is no finer program for copying and building cds and dvds than imgburn. I've used a few over the years, including clonecd (The company resposible for which has created my preferred image mounting software), and Nero (which, while great also costs money) and Imgburn presents the best and most flexible solution.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Typingweb makes you a better typist
Despite being a trained professional, my typing speed is woefully low. It's normally ok as I'm not doing it in front of anyone but it can be rather embarrasing to have to type in front of a superior typist. Thankfully http://www.typingweb.com is a full zero-hero typing course, it's online and it's free! aewsoem!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Dirsynch pro
Ever been frustrated by windows aborting in the middle of transferring loads of files?
Dirsynch pro is an excellent utility for copying files. You can also use it for backup and it doesn't flake out at what windows regards as a fatal copy error.
Dirsynch pro is an excellent utility for copying files. You can also use it for backup and it doesn't flake out at what windows regards as a fatal copy error.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Multiple files you want to extract quickly?
Before I found this program, I had winzip and winrarinstalled, both with their little quirks and annoyances, and full of features I didn't want or need. Extractnow is a really good lightweight and simple unzipper that gets the job done well and quickly. just click and drag the files you want unzipped into the window and off you go. Works with .zip and .rar, and a whole bunch of others. It is, of course, free as the wind.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Displaychanger Changes your display resolution
If you have old programs from the windows 95-98 era, a lot of them were hard-coded for super high resolutions of 640*480 or even a mighty 800*600. We've moved along since then, and this causes problems as below:
The answer to this is just to change resolution before you run the program. But isn't that just incredibly annoying? Wouldn't it be easier if the shortcut changes the resolution for you, runs the program, and changes it back again once you quit it?
Using display changer, you can do this. It's a free software that does exactly this. All you need to do is specify the resolution and the file to run, then make a shortcut that does it all for you!
The answer to this is just to change resolution before you run the program. But isn't that just incredibly annoying? Wouldn't it be easier if the shortcut changes the resolution for you, runs the program, and changes it back again once you quit it?Using display changer, you can do this. It's a free software that does exactly this. All you need to do is specify the resolution and the file to run, then make a shortcut that does it all for you!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Super is... Super!
Super is a free program that makes it very very easy to transcode video and audio files. You don't even need the codecs installed- Super will handle it for you!
Great for transcoding videos to .flv for upload to the web, or converting .wav files to .mp3
scroll to the bottom of the page to get the download link
Great for transcoding videos to .flv for upload to the web, or converting .wav files to .mp3
scroll to the bottom of the page to get the download link
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