http://tinyapps.org/weblog/ TinyApps.Org en Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT WaKan - A great boon for Japanese and Chinese language students http://tinyapps.org/weblog/windows/200812300700_wakan.html WaKan is a versatile tool for students of Japanese or Chinese. It features a character dictionary, a word dictionary, a text editor, a vocabulary management utility, many printing options (character flashcards, vocabulary lists, text including furigana), and a text translation tool."

If you are typing a new Japanese document, furigana and translations appear automatically; when pasting, select text and press Ctrl+T to add them.

]]> TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /windows Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200812300700_wakan Descriptive book titles that obviate the need to read the book http://tinyapps.org/weblog/misc/200812280700_decriptive_book_titles.html
  • Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow
  • You Only Have to Get Rich Once
  • Buy Low, Rent Smart, Sell High
  • Work Less, Live More
  • Open Mouth Already a Mistake
    • ]]>     TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /misc Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200812280700_decriptive_book_titles     Epictetus, business coach http://tinyapps.org/weblog/misc/200812270700_epictetus_business_coach.html On leaving the "workforce"
    Men shut up tame lions in a cage, and bring them up, and feed them, and some take them around with them. And yet who will call such a lion free? Is it not true that the more softly the lion lives the more slavishly he lives? And what lion, were he to get sense and reason, would care to be one of these lions? Why, yes, and the birds yonder, when they are caught and brought up in cages, what do they suffer in their efforts to escape? And some of them starve to death rather than endure such a life, while even such as live, barely do so, and suffer and pine away, and if ever they find any opening, make their escape. Such is their desire for physical freedom, and a life of independence and freedom from restraint. And what is wrong with you here in your cage? "What a question! My nature is to fly where I please, to live in the open air, to sing when I please. You rob me of all this, and then ask, 'What is wrong with you?'"
    On advertising
    Does a philosopher invite people to a lecture? Is it not rather the case that, as the sun draws its own sustenance to itself, so he also draws to himself those to whom he is to do good?
    On how to proceed
    First, decide who you would be. Then, do what you must do.
    From Epictetus' Discourses Book IV, Chapter 1; Book III, Chapter 23; and Book III, Chapter 23, respectively. The first two quotes are from Oldfather's translation, and the third is from an unknown source. All four books can be found on Amazon (I-II, III-IV) and Internet Archive (I-II, III-IV).]]>     TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /misc Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200812270700_epictetus_business_coach     Run cmd.exe as Local System in Safe Mode http://tinyapps.org/weblog/windows/200812140700_run_cmd_exe_as_local_system_in_safe_mode.html at 14:02 /interactive cmd.exe However, in Safe Mode, it returns:
    This service cannot be started in Safe Mode
    Microsoft points out that:
    "The Task Scheduler service cannot be used while the computer is running in safe mode."
    Creating a custom service with this neat hack from Adi Oltean also returns
    This service cannot be started in Safe Mode
    However, combining the hack with these instructions from Don Jones to add a service to the "safe" list did the trick. Here are the combined steps (which assume you are booted into Safe Mode):
    1. Add a key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SafeBoot\Minimal named lscmd or what have you.
    2. sc create lscmd binpath= "cmd /K start" type= own type= interact
    3. sc start lscmd
    4. A new cmd.exe window will open with LocalSystem privileges. When you are finished, close the window, delete the registry key you made, and delete the service: sc delete lscmd .
    In retrospect, it may very well have been possible simply to add Task Scheduler to the list of safe services, but I wanted to share both of these hacks.]]>     TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /windows Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200812140700_run_cmd_exe_as_local_system_in_safe_mode     CO2Stats - Making websites green http://tinyapps.org/weblog/misc/200812020700_the_real_green_award.html CO2Stats makes your site carbon neutral and shows visitors you're environmentally friendly.... [The service] automatically meters your website's total energy consumption, helps to make it more energy efficient, and then purchases audited renewable energy from wind and solar farms to neutralize its carbon footprint - all for a flat, affordable monthly fee."

    I plugged TinyApps.Org into their calculator (which sadly returned the wrong plan based on our number of monthly page views - about 300,000) and within a few hours, Alex (one of the co-founders) had taken the trouble of looking me up and sending a very nice message. Over the course of several emails, I became convinced that these guys are destined for success based on their integrity, kindness, speed, and (perhaps not least of all) phenomenal flattery skills. They have already signed some big names like IBM, Harvard, and Segway, and I trust the service will continue to grow apace.

    UPDATE: Treehugger has covered some green web hosting options as well.]]>     TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /misc Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200812020700_the_real_green_award     Free CD/DVD and hard drive recycling http://tinyapps.org/weblog/misc/200812010700_free_cd_recycling.html Back Thru The Future offers free CD/DVD and hard drive recycling. You may wish to destroy optical discs with something like Sanyo's "The Claw" ($5.99 on Geeks.com at the moment) and securely erase hard drives with DBAN before sending your media to:
    Back Thru The Future
    150 Main Street
    Ogdensburg, NJ 07439
    Be sure to write "CD" on the outside of your shipping package. ]]>     TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /misc Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200812010700_free_cd_recycling     Added: GrandPerspective http://tinyapps.org/weblog/mac/200811290700_grandperspective.html GrandPerspective 0.9.13.1 [408k] {S} Disk usage visualizer  Screenshot]]> TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /mac Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200811290700_grandperspective Lossless video editing for OS X and Windows http://tinyapps.org/weblog/mac/200811270700_lossless_video_editor.html MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 for Mac [1305k]
    MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 for Windows [542k]
    Detailed review]]>     TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /mac Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200811270700_lossless_video_editor     Tiny freeware apps crafted in C, C++ and assembler http://tinyapps.org/weblog/windows/200811260700_lucersoft.html Lucersoft has crafted a number of tiny freeware apps, including:
    • LC ISO Creator [14k] Creates ISO files from CD/DVD-ROM
    • HTML Batch Editor [12k] Last freeware version of their batch text processor
    • Patcher [24k] Create a patch from two files; especially useful for developers who need to distribute a new version, etc.
    (Thanks to Davyd for sending this in.)]]>     TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /windows Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200811260700_lucersoft     md5 GUI for OS X http://tinyapps.org/weblog/mac/200811250700_md5_gui_for_os_x.html File Compare 1.1 [56k] GUI front-end for md5.  Screenshot]]> TinyApps.Org mail@tinyapps.org /mac Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200811250700_md5_gui_for_os_x