Blog of Ortz

Every now and then you come across an app that totally blows you away and you wonder how you got by without it. This is one of those apps.

Basically, it lets you rearrange the programs on the Windows taskbar. Since I like to keep my programs in the same order on the taskbar for productivity reasons, I don’t have to curse every time a program crashes and the order gets messed up.

http://www.stopbadware.org/

If you’ve ever been to a warez or serials site (or installed Kazaa) then you probably know what badware is. This site, along with Google, has been doing it’s best to detect badware and steer users away from those sites, as well as notify the site owners, who may not be aware of the badware on their site.

http://www.worldusabilityday.org/

I’m a little late but people need to be more aware of usability issues in technology.

World Usability Day is sort of an initiative to ease the many daily interactions we have with technology. Check it out.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/

Cool website I found for people that want their computer to be as quiet as possible. You’ve never seen heatsinks so huge in your life. They suspend their hard drives too. They get some material like a rubber band and actually suspend it inside the case. There are some nuts in the forums. One guy made a custom weatherproof case and mounted it outside his window.

But it’s still cool though. My computer could be a little quieter.

http://www.wearyourmusic.org/

They’re bracelets made out of guitar strings donated by guitarists. They’re all $100+ and some of the the bracelets from strings donated by big guitarists like Carlos Santana are $200. Which is pretty steep considering they paid about $5 for them. I guess you’re paying for their finger grease.

If you don’t want to spend a fortune, you can make one yourself. If you don’t play, then get some old strings from someone who does, or you can get a cheap set for 2 or 3 dollars at a music store. (Make sure you’re using silver solder. Lead is poisonous, you know.)