Archive for Other Software


Some Nifty Tools

A while back I made a post titled ‘Free Tools for the CAD Manager/User‘.  In it I outlined a number of nifty tools I knew about and/or used in the past.  Over the last several months I have come across a few other tools that I personally find helpful.
Task & Project Organization: Mindjet MindManager ($)
Admittedly […]

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Google Calendar Sync & Sites

If you have stayed current on your Tech News, you have undoubtedly heard about Google Sites. For those unfamiliar with the Google Site’s service, I’ll provide the Cliff Notes version. Launched February 27, 2008, Google Sites is a wiki platform targeted towards small and medium sized businesses. The service has been made a part […]

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My First Week With Vista

 
Wednesday, January 16, 2008, the day in which I decided to say goodbye to my beloved Windows XP and hello to the monster known as Windows Vista.  Be it press releases from numerous government agencies, or the ever entertaining Apple I’m a Mac, I’m a PC ads - Vista hasn’t found too many friends.  Despite […]

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MS Office 2003 Stops Opening Files

In September of last year, Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for its Microsoft Office 2003 system.  Along with fixing numerous bugs, they seem to have caused another.  To sum things up, Service Pack 3 disables a users ability to open pre Office 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc) documents.
Today I got a call from one of […]

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NewsGator & FeedDemon Now Free!

Over the last several years the number of CAD blogs, and blogs in general, have multiplied many times over.  Back when there were only a handful of CAD sites worth visiting, it wasn’t too tough to manually visit each one on a periodic basis.  These days that number has multiplied many times over, as […]

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