Tag: Software

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Reviewing Qumana Blog Manager – So far, so good…

Qumana is the latest in a bunch of desktop blogging applications I’m testing, all in an effort…

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Project #365 Day 44 A Purple Flower

In the empty lot next door, a lot of vegetation grows. Besides the banana plants, there are…

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Post revisions in WordPress

With the duplicate entries I was seeing in Zoundry Raven, I started to wonder if it might…

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Playing with BlogDesk, another desktop blogging application

We’ll see how this one goes. At least it hasn’t crashed yet. 🙂 BlogDesk Version 2.8, build…

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RocketPost-powered

I’m running the fully-functional 7 day trial of RocketPost blog software with all features enabled, or so…

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Taking Raven out for a test drive

It’s official – I’m looking for a desktop blogging application, and Raven is next in line for…

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Taking BlogJet for a test drive

I use a desktop blogging platform for writing my blog entries. It’s something I’ve always done, and…

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Potentially useful software

AdesClrPicker – capture colour codes from anywhere on your screen. Extremely useful for those times you find…

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Write or Die?

<i><a href=”http://writeordie.com/” target=”_blank”>Write or Die</a></i> is a software application that could be useful to you if you’re…

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Norton Internet Security 2009 Not a RAM Pig?

Nope, it ain’t, and that there were many claims that <a href=”http://www.symantec.com/norton/internet-security” target=”_blank”>NIS 2009</a> was not as…

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Changing of the anti-virus guard

Yep, it’s true. I’ve been sucked into Fahim’s perpetual cycle of switching anti-virus every few months, only…

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Software Piracy in Sri Lanka

In a previous post, I talked a bit about piracy and copyright violations in Sri Lanka and…

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AVG 8.0

It ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. First, there’s the increased RAM footprint, close to double…

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Buh-bye, Avast!

So, remember how I installed Avast! antivirus software a few days ago? I’m ditching it. I’m returning…

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On the nature of viruses and anti-virus software

In yesterday’s post, I talked about my latest adventure with three different anti-virus solutions. I mentioned that…

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Anti-Virus Software

Fahim is constantly trying out different software. The last couple or so weeks, he’s been on an…

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On spam, and no, I’m not talking about that canned boiled pig product

First question, which really has nothing to do with possible solutions, is how you quantify a lot?…