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One application that I always install when I set up a new machine, is VLC – http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ What is nice, is that it will play just about anything. Video, Audio, whatever. It will play AVI’s, DVDs, Mp3s, FLV’s, and any other 3 letter acronym you can think of. You can set it to be default [...]

I usually buy domain names when I think of something cool and it is available. (ilovetotsinpdx.com anyone?). The easiest way to find domains the "Web 2.0" way is using this cool AJAX’y interface to search open domains. http://instantdomainsearch.com Makes it fun and easy! BTW I do use http://www.active-domain.com for my DNS/domain registrar and I use [...]

So, today I decided to try out Microsoft’s site: CodePlex. I recently created a utility app to process dimensions and partitions in SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services) because I didn’t like the way it worked in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio). I don’t know because I never used it, but I guess in pre-SP2 you [...]

The other day, I was tasked with moving all objects from one SQL Server Reporting Services instance to another. I know you can move the database itself, but then you run into issues with encryption keys etc. I just wanted to move the objects. I know that pretty much everything in SSRS is extensible, so [...]

Stumbled across a pretty cool site the other day, Walk Score (http://www.walkscore.com) – you put in your address and it gives you back a score between 0 and 100 about how good your location is to walk around to other places nearby. I got a 94/100 – pretty good! Here is my walkscore link: http://www.walkscore.com/get-score.shtml?street=2190+W.+Burnside+St&loc=97210&go=Go [...]

ok, im blogging this because on every pc I install, I always install this tool but can never find the homepage. This is the coolest little color picker for windows, I use it when I want to hack colors :) http://www.veign.com/download_app.asp?app=107

Actually, I think I found this in Playboy. I guess starting this year like every state has to allow you to check your credit report free of charge, so I decided to check it out. It lets you check it from 3 credit reporting agencies, and you can save/print it out. Easier than paying $34.99 [...]

Strings….nice tool. In Unix/Linux, there is a utility called “strings” which you can use to search files/directories for strings (duh). Anyways, if you want it for Windows XP, you can download it at sysinternals (along with a ton of other cool tools.) I use it alot…for example: In Visual Studio.NET, you can set words to [...]

Have you ever wanted to monitor your network speed? A co-worker of mine stumbled up Online Eye. I installed it, and it is pretty cool Send and Recv traffic graphs, and if you dig it, has all network tools (ping, trace, whois, etc). Use this tool if you want to measure your bandwidth!! Online Eye