Archive for July, 2007

Disk Usage Analyzer is a handy Linux tool for visualizing used and free space on storage devices, pointed out by technology blog Jatecblog. Using a graph of concentric circles, Disk Usage Analyzer (baobab) puts a picture of your disk’s capacity right next to it’s contents. Of Zen and Computing has covered disk usage visualization on both [...]

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“Make Money Online: 100+ Tools and Resources” by social networking news blog Mashable runs through over 100 different companies, products and services that can be used to make money online. Although the descriptions of each method are short, the article serves as an excellent starting point for readers looking for specific examples of how to [...]

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iTunes does not allow you to export only songs from certain playlists, but free Windows utility iTunes Export is able to do just that. iTunes Export is able to pluck music files out of iTunes’ mysterious system of folders and files, and export them neatly along with a universal playlist file. The universal playlist file [...]

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FlickrShop is an Adobe Photoshop plug-in that allows you to upload images straight from Photoshop to your Flickr account. If you are someone who likes to experiment with photos before dropping them into your Flickr gallery, then FlickrShop will certainly be of interest to you. Uploading from Photoshop to Flickr with FlickrShop is an extremely [...]

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Laptops afford their owners a certain sense of freedom — instead of being tethered to a desk, you can use your laptop computer on the couch, at the dining room table, and especially outdoors. Those who enjoy spending some time in the sun while getting their work done are all aware of a certain glaring [...]

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Guest Editor Matt Herzberger posted a number of excellent articles while I was out of town last week. Many thanks go to Matt for his outstanding contributions to Of Zen and Computing. Here is a quick round-up of Matt’s articles: Get rid of DS_Store files on your PCApple Computers use a hidden file called .DS_Store to [...]

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These are directions for Wordpress but in general these tips should help. So here is the situation, you are working on a site, you decide you need to change your admin and poof you forget it. Or you lose the little peace of paper you wrote it down on. Whatever your situation, it’s not fun. For my [...]

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Here is a list of the ten most installed apps by Facebook users since the launch of the Facebook Platform. Top Friends 9,015,670 Pretty explanatory, arrange friends in a top friends list, similar to MySpace. Graffiti 5,083,084 Create graffiti art that is similar to the old Microsoft paint art we all used to create. iLike 4,787,489 You can add music and [...]

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I wanted to piggyback this post off of another post Delete Thumbs.db and Desktop.ini from your Mac. Kind of funny but Mac has hidden files that you only see on PC and vice versa. So how to tackle the DS_Store (mac hidden) files on your PC. There is a very nice tool named BlueHarvest that you [...]

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Have you ever seen a url like this? http://www.example.com/?p=208 Of course you have, not pretty. So what do do? Customize Permalink Structure AKA Pretty urls. You do this by creating a .htaccess file on your sserver. Then if it is writable Wordpress will take care of the rest itself. Otherwise it will give you a bit of code [...]

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