http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/ Notes of a Software Developer in Tokyo, Japan who still has a soft spot for C#, Java and Python en-us 2004-09-22T11:10:20+09:00 2006-07-10T09:27:05+09:00 Here's another great personal Wiki Pepys Wiki It's a little unusual in that it is modeless, i.e. you can use it as a editor without dropping into a Wiki mode and it stores it's data in XHTML but that might be an advantage for some people. At least the data is in a standard format!... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000406.html I guess this stuff is all in the manual but this FAQ nicely covers a lot of questions that I have had about the IBM ThinkPad especially how to map a key to be the Windows Key... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000403.html Sunaga-sensei told me about this a long time ago but I forgot about it. This only works for phones that can play QCP files which includes Au phones in Japan. If your phone can record QCP files it probably means that can play them too. I have only used this method on my Au phone so I can't help you if you are using another phone network.Download the free PureVoice Converter 3.0 for Windows from Qualcomm. Prepare a WAV file that you want to use. Use the Windows Sound Recorder to resave the WAV file as an 8khz 16bit mono... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000396.html I have been looking for a self contained Wiki that I can put on my Flash Drive and carry around with me. Today I found Mini Ruby Wiki. After I read the source and figured out it wanted a hostname and port numbers as parameters it worked straight away. Pros: It is self contained in one folder. It contains it's own webserver and runs from a folder. Cons: It seems to have a problem, maybe only on Opera, where pages are cached which means you really have to do a refresh after viewing each page to ensure you get the... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000394.html Kottke predicts "Google will be the biggest and most important company in the world in 5-8 years". A bold prediction. What impresses me most is that their huge cluster is completely hidden to the world. I bet 90% of users have no idea how Google works and fewer still the challenges that they have already overcome in managing the enormous number of machines behind it.... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000378.html "NetRadar is a tool for analyzing network topology for congestion problems. It is targeted mainly at networking experts, but can be used by anyone with a network connection." Make pretty pictures of your local network.... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000276.html Say Goodbye To Your CD-Rs In Two Years?... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000257.html I was looking for a Spam Filtering plugin for my favourite mail client Becky! and came across a Python plugin kit for Becky!. However the Python plugin kit seems to have disapeared off the net. The Ruby plugin kit for Becky! does seem to be supported though.... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000251.html I need to get a new walking stick and this one looks really great for geeks. This walking stick has a built in Light, Alarm and Compass.... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000246.html Joi Ito pointed to this company which supplies LED sign boards. I have always wanted one of these! Now that they are accessible via an IP connection the possibilites are endless.... http://www.stuartwoodward.com/tech/archives/000226.html