http://psykotech.com Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:11:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's taken a few weeks, but my new home file server is finally up and running. I actually finished assembly last night, but, considering it will be run headless, I wanted to give it 24 hours of initial testing to make sure everything was ok. For the time being there ... http://psykotech.com/2008/06/19/new-file-server/ Trayit (Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista) A very lightweight tool that saves space on your task bar by allowing you to minimise windows to an icon in the notification area (system tray) instead. Locknote (Windows 2000/XP/Vista) A portable notepad with AES 256bit encryption. I use it as a portable way to securely store passwords, banking information ... http://psykotech.com/2008/06/13/a-few-good-apps-2/ This is the first of (what I hope to be) a series of posts where I'll link to some useful applications or other software and give a short description of why I think they might be worth a look. The majority will be Windows based, but I will mention if ... http://psykotech.com/2008/06/11/a-few-good-apps-1/ I spent a few hours fixing a client's busted machine tonight. About half way through booting Windows it would throw up a BSOD and reset itself, which (on a previously working machine) usually means bad ram or file system corruption. Of course, there was no backup of the four and ... http://psykotech.com/2008/06/11/file-server-spring-clean/ This week I decided it was about time to upgrade my trusty old Athlon X2 system to a quad core. While the Phenom X4 did perk my interest for a short time (as they're not bad value for money), I decided to go Intel, and the Q9450 seemed to fit ... http://psykotech.com/2008/06/05/new-pc/