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You know…sometimes, when explorer crashes, your little icons in the taskbar just stop showing up? Their still running…but their not *there*?
Well, when that happened, I used to open up task manger, kill em, and restart em. Well…turns out i dont need to do that 😛
Unhider shows those programs for you 🙂
While this is one function of the program, it also lets you show the programs that normally dont show up.
Check it out, Unhider

This is really off topic/not a normal post for flashladybug…but really, I just have to get this off of me.
You know those sites that claim they have found the secret to making thousands off of adsense? Their always in this particular format, long page, signature, personalized by the person who sold it, etc. I dont know about you, but, I used to think those were 1) all made by like the same person in some bot craze and 2) makes no money at all.
Well…surprisingly, I’m here to tell you that, atleast, ONE is legit 😛
*gasp
let me clarify. By legit I mean that I, or rather a friend of mine personally knows the person making the claims, has worked with him for several years, and heres the kicker…actually makes money!
Really, its quite surprising. And who knows, it could just work 🙂
And so…this guy deserves a page on flashladybug, in addition to this post. Really…I just posted this because to actually know someone who does this for a living, and IS living, is quite amazing to me and who knows, he probably has some tricks up his sleeve.
Check out the description for his ebook: Adwords Profits 2

So, today’s post is about managing your desktop space. You know how it is, sometimes you’ll open up a screen and want it as big as you can….BUT without covering some other window…like, maybe your aim window on the right side. Heh, you press the max button and its gone!
You can use DesktopCoral to reserve a portion of the desktop that allows certain programs to exist, and others aren’t allowed to maximize into.
At the same time, you can use AllSnap to align your windows perfectly.
I know..alot of us have to have those windows line up exactly! Well…allsnap will let you snap em together 😛 You can even designate lines on your desktop to snap to. Its pretty interesting, and i’m sure someone who really has to have everything line up will love both of these apps.

Heres some good backup software, each with its own strengths.

Hinx Backup Easy, is a small utility that lets you do local backups or FTP backuping, with schedules. Theres the option for incremental backups, and thats about it. Simple, and small 🙂 Hinx Backup Easy

DocShield has a different niche. What happens if you’re working on a giant paper, and it just goes horribly wrong? DocShield scans marked folders for changed files and saves archived versions. Its like code versioning, but for allpurpose files. This also lets you backup your versions on an ftp server. DocShield

Finally…on a slightly different note, File Alert Monitor, does what any sane human being would be able to pull out of the program name. It works on networked drives too 🙂 Check it out: File Alert Monitor

No…we haven’t all of a sudden started to listen and idolize Kelly Clarkson…
Breakaway is an app for a mac!
Amazing 😛
What happens is, when your headphones become unplugged, Breakaway will auto pause your itunes music. I know, this is kinda useless, but idk, a bit nifty. Saves you from having to pause it 😛
Breakaway

I really want to know how many of you have gone into the guts of FF and been totally overwhelmed by the number of configuration options. The about:config page is just absolutely insane. Really powerful, but insane at the same time.
To help you….theres Configuration Mania. Its a firefox plugin that organizes most of the options available in about:config. Sure, there are still some other options that aren’t there, but really, those probably aren’t going to be used very often.
Check it out: Configuration Mania

This is a REALLY useless utility. This isn’t even like there’s a possible use for it, this program honestly, was made because it COULD be made.
IE Retitler does exactly what it says. It lets you retitle the screens of IE to whatever you want.
Funny…there aren’t any preferences, plugins, or help files. Really…all you can do with it is leave cute messages to yourself when you glance down at your taskbar or the IE bar. Have fun with it 😛
Check it out: Brenton Fletcher’s Portfolio

To be frank though, there are some pretty nice little apps in this portfolio. Have fun flipping through it and downloading a few 🙂

Indeed…sometimes, I have these bouts of insaneness and I open up task manager, and start killing memory hogging processes. This usually takes some time as I scroll through XP’s 60ish processes and Vista’s obscene 100 processes. Well…I shall do that no longer!
What you do with this little app is mark up system and critical processes, etc, that you want to keep. Press the big kill button and everything else goes poof!
However, what you really want to do before you do this, is know what you’re killing first. Because, honestly, for your own sanity, don’t kill processes you dont even know 😛
First, figure out what all those nasty processes are, THEN do this. 😉
Check it out: EndItAll

For all you people who have risked it and jailbroke your iphone, and it’s not a brick yet…heres a pretty awesome little app for your phone.
You can control your PC or Mac with your iphone/ipod touch. It’s essentially a touchpad with all the needs of a touchpad 😛

Enough said, check out the link:
Touchpad Pro

Heh….Well, you’d think this was out of a science fiction plot, but…people have developed a prototype to possible telepathic chat. Electronic of course.
There is a neckband that is worn to detect nerve signals you send to your vocal chords. However, there’s more…you can do this voicelessly, but still talk at the same time. It can differentiate between voiceless signal, and your normal talking.However, the problem at the moment, is that it can only detect about 150 words and phrases. Their working on a better version that detects phonemes, which would allow software to convert that into actual words. We’re getting there 🙂
Check out the entire article on NewsScientist.com