Ari’s Blog

Firefox’s power lies in the ability to add or change functionality with extensions.
A really cool extension is Viamatic foXpose. This is a great addition for users who work with multiple tabs. foxpose lets you see all your open windows as thumbnails in one window.

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In my line of work I end up installing a huge amount of crap software on my PC. I try out different utilities. I install programs to reproduce problems. I try to uninstall these programs but often I forget. Sometimes there is no uninstaller, and sometime programs don’t completely uninstall. This leads to PC clutter. This clutter uses disks space, can cause slower boot time, and slower performance in general.

My solution is virtual PC’s. I use VMWare’s Player to run virtual machines. VMware Player is a free utility that emulates a PC on your PC. VMWare allows you to run a virtual computer (Down to the boot and BIOS) as software under your existing Operating System.

VMWare Player runs on Windows and Linux. You could have Windows running in a virtual machine that is running on Linux. You could have Windows running on a virtual machine that is running on Windows. (more…)

I use Firefox. If you do not – you should. It is far superior to IE or any other browser that I have seen to date. What makes Firefox so powerful are the extensions. Extensions are the plug-ins that add or change features within Firefox.

Here are a few of the extensions I use and highly recommend:

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Another great free and Open Source utility is DBAN – Darik’s Boot and Nuke. This is a great bootable CD/Floppy that securly erases disks. Ever want to sell or get rid of a hard disk or PC? This lets you be sure that there is no data on the disk. It boots up straight from the floppy and will securly erase all data on a hard disk.

You can download it from http://dban.sourceforge.net/

I have been watching a great IPTV show for the last several months – it is called hak.5. The episodes come out on the fifth of every month and feature segments on hacking, moding, gaming and coding.

It is done very well. The hosts are knowledgeable and fun to watch. You can download the show from http://hak5.org

I have learned some really cool tricks from the show. Did you know you can get a command prompt during windows XP setup?If you are interested in cool tips, tricks, hacks and mods – check out the show.

http://hak5.org