PeerBlock
PeerBlock is an alternative to the popular IP filter firewall, PeerGuardian (which has not been updated in some time). It uses lists to filter out unwanted IP addresses, such as those from advertising or spyware sites. It is also great for filtering out sites that are anti-p2p (file sharing). For full details, please see the [...]
PDF Software
The following is a categorised list of useful for software for working with PDF (portable document format) files in Microsoft Windows.
PDF Readers
Foxit Reader (freeware)
Sumatra PDF Viewer (freeware)
Adobe Acrobat Reader (freeware)
Cool PDF Reader (freeware)
This refers to programs that install themselves as virtual printers and allow you to print anything to a PDF [...]
Fonts
Software Development Fonts
Consolas is my favourite development font. It is also the one that Jeff Atwood uses. Also check out his article on Programmer Fonts for some other good development fonts. Consolas comes with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005+ but who’s going to install that to get a font? You can get the font here.
Bitstream Vera [...]
Copying Files in Restartable Mode
If you’re copying files across a network, always use the command line, it just minimises the use of your system resources. If you use the copy command, make sure you include /Z so that it copies across the network in restartable mode – i.e., if something goes wrong it will start from where it was [...]
VMware client on Linux
Under Linux systems, configure VMware tools by issuing the command: vmware-config-tools.pl. Note that when you select VM -> Install VMware Tools, the VMware tools RPM and .tar.gz files will be mounted on your CD-ROM drive. Note you might need to unmount your current CD, which means either a real CD or ISO image you have [...]