Screen Capture Programs

Cropper – C# code available [via Omar]

Social Software

Family 2.0 [via Google Blogoscoped]

Mac Software

Now that I own a mac, I’ll have to start tracking interesting Mac software.

Yojimbo – Information Organizer [via Brent]

Why I don’t like Bloglines

There is much to like about Bloglines.  Those that use it know what they are.
But I keep running into the limitations of a web based aggregator:

1. Selecting a story to save by clicking the checkbox causes a refresh of the left "tree-control" pane.  When I want to check several in a row there is a noticeable delay that slows me down.

2. I like the ability to save stories; and marking all stories as read automatically CAN be nice but most of the time it is inconvenient.  I often don’t stay on top of my feeds so folders often accumulate with 100+ stories.  Once I select a folder, the pressure is on for me to read those stories lest I click away from that folder and lose the concept of "unread".  I can’t do other things like edit my feed list until I finish reading the posts in the open folder.

3. It doesn’t support feeds requiring authentication

4. To edit your list feeds you have to select "Edit" to go into edit mode.  This view looks very similar to the "browsing" view so when I’m done I try to click a feed to display it’s items.  It just seems to ignore me.  I often forget I have to go back into "browser" mode by selecting the "My Feeds" tab again.

Viewing size of folders

Here is a handy extention to Windows Explorer that adds a folder size column to your details view.
Handy for recovering disk space.
[via Richard]

PDF Tool

PDF Converter Professional

PDF to Word Conversion (online)

Alternatives to Visio

Flowchart/Diagram software
Open Source alternatives to Visio

Network Simulation Software

Advent Network Simulation Toolkit
MonFox
Gambit Communications

Intro to MySql

Reference links:
MySqlFreaks
Getting Started (From MySql homepage)
CrazyGrl

Files created for a MySql database:
.frm – table format (definition) file
.MYD – Datafile
.MYI  – Index file

Creating online demos

Joel recommends Camtasia Studio for online demos:

One product I just can’t stop singing the praises of is Camtasia Studio,
by the folks at TechSmith in Okemos, Michigan. It lets you "film" your
computer screen, all in software of course, then edit the film, add
narration, then squeeze it down to a very compact flash movie you can
put on the web. This is a beautiful piece of software. It does exactly
what you need, works the first time, and comes with great documentation
you’ll never need.

Here are some free alternatives:
AutoScreenRecorder
CamStudio
VirtualDub
Wink
Windows Media Encoder  Overview

Mac
QPICT