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Comparison of PDF viewers

16/09/2009 – 23:14

I have been using Sumatra PDF for a while now, and while I’m mostly happy with it, I would like something with a few more features. Everyone seems to suggest Foxit, to the point where it is now the first result on Google for “pdf viewer”. Unfortunately, the rendering quality of Foxit is well below [...]

By mojo | Also posted in software | Comments (2)

List of things installed by iTunes 9

15/09/2009 – 21:41

iTunes for Windows is by far the most bloated bit of software I have ever seen. The shear amount of crap it installs in unbeliveable:

iTunes itself
Quicktime
Apple Mobile Device service
Bonjour Service
iPod Service
iTunesHelper startup task
QTTask startup task
Firefox plugin
iPod Classic drivers
iPhone drivers
Apple Software Update

Grand Total: 276MB
Actually, they removed the DNS Resolver service from iTunes 8 (wtf – Windows [...]

By mojo | Also posted in idiots, software | Comments (1)

FileTypesMan, a useful little tool

16/08/2009 – 23:17

I discovered FileTypesMan from Nirsoft today. It’s a handy little bit of freeware that gives you more control over file types than the built in Windows configuration tool. In particular, you can exclude certain types of file from the “Recent Files” list.
Simply open FileTypesMan and select the type of file you want to change:

Double click [...]

By mojo | Also posted in software | Comments (0)

In search of the perfect text editor

02/08/2009 – 14:21

I mainly use Notepad2 as my text editor, but it lacks a couple of useful features. In particular, there is no support for tabs and no spell checker. As with most Scintilla based editors, there is no “hard” word wrapping either (where text is wrapped to, say, column 78 with line breaks).
In my quest for [...]

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eBay no-brand media centre remote control review

01/06/2009 – 10:11

I have been looking for a suitable remote control for my media centre for a while now, and decided to take a chance on a £25 2.4GHz remote control with built in optical track ball from eBay:

I was worried that it might be a bit cheap and perform poorly, but was pleasantly surprised by how [...]

By mojo | Also posted in hardware | Comments (0)

Another delay starting apps fixed

31/05/2009 – 20:53

I found the source of another delay when starting apps. I have both English and Japanese keyboard layouts installed, and the English one was modified to put the apostrophe next to the ‘1′ key (like an Amiga keyboard).
For some reason, this started to cause apps to take a moment or two to start. I removed [...]

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Remove application start delay caused by Application Experience Lookup Service

29/05/2009 – 21:17

I noticed that apps seemed to take longer to load than they used to. When opening a program, there would be a slight pause (maybe 1 or two seconds) and then it would seem to start normally. I eventually tracked this down to the Application Experience Lookup Service service.
This service checks programs for compatibility when [...]

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Windows XP CD SHA1/MD5 sums

29/12/2008 – 20:54

So you can check your copy is not damaged or trojaned, here are some XP CD ISO SHA1/MD5 hashes I found:
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (x86) Retail CD (English)
Filename: en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_x14-80428.iso
Size: 589.14 MB
MD5: F424A52153E6E5ED4C0D44235CF545D5
SHA1: 1c735b38931bf57fb14ebd9a9ba253ceb443d459
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 (x86) VL CD (English)
Filename: en_windows_xp_professional_with_service_pack_3_x86_cd_vl_x14-73974.iso
Size: 589.14 MB
MD5: 5BF476E2FC445B8D06B3C2A6091FE3AA
SHA1: 66ac289ae27724c5ae17139227cbe78c01eefe40
Windows XP Home with Service [...]

By mojo | Also posted in security, software | Comments (1)

DXVA and video playback

04/12/2008 – 23:15

DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration) uses the graphics card to decode video, so all the CPU has to do is a bit of housekeeping and audio decoding. Typically that means that a 1080p video uses

By mojo | Also posted in software | Comments (1)

Setting up a PC media centre for perfect playback

02/11/2008 – 22:55

I have finally got my HTPC working well, after much fiddling around to get things perfect. Turns out it’s no easy task, especially compared to my old XBOX media centre which pretty much just worked.
I am using an Abit A-S78H with 780g chipset (see my post about it), meaning Radeon 3200 graphics with hardware assisted [...]

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