Archive for March, 2010
Locating and moving your Thunderbird email profile
Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular open-source alternative to Microsoft Outlook by the same organization that brings us Firefox. Like Firefox, Thunderbird stores all it’s customization, settings, and email in a user profile which defaults to the Users folder in Windows. The profile folder is buried quite a few levels deep but it can be accessed [...]
Creating a virtual hard drive with Windows 7
Virtual hard drives are not a new technology but are still a fascinating area of attention in computing. The concept got a jolt in the consumer space with Microsoft’s inclusion of the feature natively in Windows 7. What types of advantages would a virtual hard drive bring to the end user? A virtual hard drive [...]
Duplicating a tab with a keyboard shortcut in Chrome/Firefox
If you enjoy the discovery of a new keyboard shortcut as much as me and Firefox or Chrome is your browser of choice, I’m here to share a quick tip with you. Tabbed browsing has transformed the way users consume their web browsing; it effectively feeds our desire to multi-task as well as flare up [...]
Keeping your privacy in Windows 7 jump lists
One of Windows 7′s many enhancements over it’s predecessor is a feature called jump lists that harmonize quite well with the re-envisioned task bar. Jump lists are initiated by right-clicking on an application’s icon that is either currently running, or pinned to the task bar. The resulting dialog will typically include shortcuts to common tasks [...]
Drag and drop to easily copy file paths to Windows command prompt
I’m not sure I’ll ever completely leave my command line roots; most definitely not on the Unix side but even within Windows, it’s conveinent. Some tasks and procedures are just handled more efficiently from the command line – assuming you’ve grown up with it and are accustomed to it’s behavior. While the Windows command line [...]
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