If you are running an x64 version of Windows then when you try and run an old 16-bit Windows 95 application you will see an error screen saying “This app can’t run on your PC”: To solve this:

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I just realised that we no longer have a functional bug database at work, meaning we have gone down by a point in

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Whilst I’m thinking about all these different topics that I’m interested in, can anyone help? I’m in the market for a new desktop note-taking tool. It must start up in <3 seconds and save each note as a standalone text file, using some form of text-based notation (like wiki, textile or markdown). If that didn’t eliminate en...

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It turns out that I hate having the mouse cursor visible in my working window. I didn’t really know about this until I used a colleague’s dual-monitor machine. He has set the window focus to follow the pointer and I consistently selected the window I wanted to type in and one whoosh of the mouse later was happily typing code into Firefox. It turns out that this doesn’t really work 🙂 ...

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I don’t really listen to podcasts normally LUGRadio and sometimes IT Conversations, but that’s about it. But now I need a podcast client. I have an RSS file containing about 200 items, each with an mp3 enclosure and an empty title element (yes, I know, thanks). I want to be able to add this feed to a client and download all the items. Not 10, or 20 or select every single one and t...

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Right on schedule, Gez has posted an article about Getting Things Done with WikidPad. It’s a good article covering all the basics, but you’ll probably need a copy of WikidPad to hand in order to really understand it – there’s a lot to absorb.

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I don’t have a problem with the code it generates (because it’s driven by what I give it as templates and I work in code view anyway) but the application itself is the most unstable I’ve ever used on my work machine. I think it’s the only app I use which actually crashes. The error messages are poor at best, the preview screen doesn’t refresh properly and sometimes breaks so badly that you have...

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I hate Outlook. I don’t think I mention this nearly enough.

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Just say NO to Microsoft (via Cheah Chu Yeow) is a site listing alternatives to MS software for all (as far as I can tell) of the domains they have a product in: from OS to word processor; WebTV to Exchange. It’s nice to have a list that you can point people a...

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FileZilla has been getting no little coverage in the blogging world over the last few days by being featured in not only Mark Pilgrim’s linklog but also on Erik Thauvin’s daily roundup. Shortly after I started working for

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