Rename Multiple Files With a Few Clicks
Have you ever needed to rename a ton of files? This has to be one of the most tedious tasks I’ve ever come across in all my years of computing. About six months ago I was faced with the chore of renaming 5,000+ files for a website from .htm to .php. After renaming 100+ files, my eyes glazed over and my mind shut down. There had to be a better way.
Enter Ant Renamer. Normally the aforementioned task would have taken me hours to do (if not a couple days). After some searching, I found an amazing app called Ant Renamer. Instead of hours, this task took me a couple seconds. Here how to use it.
This is just one of the uses for it. There isn’t any naming convention that you can come up with that this app can’t do.
Check out Ant Renamer
Why Marketing Still Works…Because You’re So Damn Predictable
If the opportunity presents itself, will you cheat? …Probably.
In one of the experiments, he has several groups of students take a test. The first group (the control group) must take the test and then hand it in to the proctor. The second group was asked to recall 10 books they read in high school and then take the test. Once they are done, they checks their answers with the correct answers. They then shred the test and tell the proctor how many they got right. The final group is asked to write down as many of the Ten Commandments as they can and then are asked to take the test. Once they’re done with the test, they do the same thing as the second group of students.
The Design Of Everyday Things Review
I just wanted to put a few of my favorite quotes/saying from the book here to give you an idea of what it’s all about. Mind you this is a thousandth of the information from this book. It really is an exceptional book to read if you are at all curious about the theory of design and really knowing how much work goes into designing something as simple as a pen.
User Question: Whats Your Favorite Application/Tool/Algorithm & What Files Do You Protect?
So I just installed Skribit today, and about an hour later I got my first user submitted question for a post. I thought it was a really good question that definitely deserved my attention. Also, if you were the person who asked this question, please email me at (randy AT randyjensenonline DOT COM) so I can give you a link to your blog/website/Facebook page/etc.
Whats Your Favorite Application/Tool/Algorithm & What Files Do You Protect?
Favorite Encryption App/Tool
TrueCrypt. This one’s not even close. This thing is the best of breed and anyone serious about security should be using it. I also like AxCrypt for encrypting single files you want to send securely.
First Impressions On the Amazon DRM-Free Music Store Beta
Finally.
I can’t express how happy I am to be typing this right now.
I just got done downloading my first DRM-Free MP3 from the Amazon DRM-Free Music Store. I already have most of the music on there, but I settled on John Lennon “Imagine”, Remastered.
This is finally going to put the screws to Apple’s proprietary, locked-down, DRM ridden store some refer to as the iTunes Music Store. A while back Steve Jobs released a statement talking about how he really wanted to get rid of DRM which was a great marketing ploy. Those of us who aren’t zombified Mac users knew it was all just him blowing smoke.
Well Amazon has finally done it…and brilliantly I might say. The process is dead simple. You get a DRM-free 256kbps MP3 that you can put on any of your computers or mp3 players. What a concept! The prices for a single track are usually around $.89 - $.99 or around $6.99 – $9.99 for an entire album.
HDMI Cable Rundown
So you just got a brand new 50″ Hi-Def TV and now you’re about to build up your amazing home entertainment system. You’ve got your TV, tuner, upconverting DVD player, surround sound speakers, XBOX 360, maybe even a MythTV box to record all your favorite TV shows and anything that will satisfy your hi-def addiction.
Other than having to learn new terms such as “upconvertor”, “1080p”, “1080i” and “DLP”, it’s time to get into the messy business of cables.
First off, let me say, a digital cable is a digital cable. The main cable you are going to need to hook things like your XBOX 360, hi-def DVD player, PC or AV receiver to your TV is an HDMI cable.
HDMI stands for High-Definition Multimedia Interface. It’s basically the high-def version of the old red, white and yellow composite cables. HDMI has the ability to transfer streams completely uncompressed, meaning you get the best possible picture for that brand new TV.
Thoughts On Microsoft Office 2007
So Windows Vista is out. I haven’t talked about it much, but if you want my quick opinion, I do not in any way suggest upgrading to it, but if you are in the market for a new pc, go for it. I do really like what Windows has done, but anyone who knows Windows, knows that the only proper way to upgrade a pc is a clean install.
It also seems that more time was spent on the DRM built into Vista and the glossy finish than actually adding new features. Also, XP is working just fine for me, running right next to my Ubuntu Linux box. This brings me to Office 2007
SpeedTest Updated
SpeedTest.net has recently been updated and is now better than ever. I wrote about these guys a while back as one of my Site’s Of the Week.
There are a ton more servers to choose from, so if you didn’t have one close by, there’s a good chance you do now. There are also a lot more ways to view statistics.
You still have the option to view your past results, but they’ve added graphs and other stats to give you more of an idea of where you are. My Global Rank was 74% and the country rank was 63%. My fastest download was 6802 kb/s and the average of the three tests I did was 4799 kb/s. Here’s a shot of my second test:
The other tab at the top is for “Global Stats”. This is really cool because you have the ability to not only see what other continents and countries are getting as far as speeds, but you can centralize your location.
Firefox 1.5.0.7 Released
Well, I was working on my computer when all of the sudden I got a software update pop up from Firefox saying that I need to restart it. I wasn’t expecting this until tomorrow so it is a pleasant surprise.
The update is simply a few security fixes according to the Firefox site. The major upgrade will be coming after version 2.0 is released sometime late October, so be on the lookout.
Foxit Reader 2.0 Released
If you’re still using the slow, bulky Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF’s, let me introduce you to Foxit Reader. It’s a very small and lightweight PDF reader that makes the the process of viewing PDF’s much quicker and more enjoyable.
For those of you already using Foxit reader, you will be glad to know that they have just updated the software to version 2.0.
The only major difference I noticed was the fact that I actually had to install this version, whereas the previous version had no installer. This is not a complaint however, because the installation process took about a half a second. I believe the entire program is only about 1.5MB.
Other than that, the interface is pretty much the same and a few extra features have been added, nothing too major though. But, overall, it’s still worth your time to dump Acrobat and go to the Foxit site and get the new version of Foxit Reader.
