Virtual Workspaces for Windows

I’ve been using Linux since high school — which is longer ago than I care to admit ;) — and one of my favorite features of *nix window managers has always been the concept of workspaces, but for some reason it never occurred to me until today to search for a Windows tool that would create them. […]

Switching to a Dvorak Keyboard

The standard QWERTY keyboard layout was designed for typewriters in the 1800s with the purpose of preventing the type bars from jamming. They achieved this by arranging the keys in such an inefficient pattern that the operator was slowed down to the point where they couldn’t type fast enough to jam the the bars. So why […]

Desktop TODO List Software

For the past several years I’ve just been using a Word document with a multi-layer bulleted list to keep track of tasks, but that’s getting a little hard to manage. I started looking for something with collapsible items and filters to show certain categories, statuses, etc. There are a lot of popular web-based applications, but […]

Tree View of Folders, Including Size

TreeSize is good for getting a tree view of all the directories on a box with the size listed, so you can track down which folders are taking up too much disk space.

Remove device from ‘Safely Remove Hardware’

My new laptop has a removable DVD drive, which is nice, but I’ll rarely–if ever–remove it and because it’s removable Windows puts the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray, which is annoying to someone who is as nuerotic and anal-retentive as I am. If you search for a way to remove it most […]

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Category Archives: Windows

Virtual Workspaces for Windows

Switching to a Dvorak Keyboard

Desktop TODO List Software

Tree View of Folders, Including Size

Remove device from ‘Safely Remove Hardware’