Archives for the 'Applications' Category
Bing vs Google
I wrote a simple mashup to help compare Bing’s search results against that of Google’s:
Bing vs Google
Snippet Compiler
This is one programming tool I wish I had discovered from the very beginning: Snippet Compiler. It allows you to test out C# code without having to fire up Visual Studio and laboriously create test console applications etc.
Although the latest version (3.0.2 for .NET 3.5) is an alpha, it seems very polished and I have […]
Separate Instances of Firefox
With a Firefox window already open, if you open another Firefox window (not a new tab), the second window – and all subsequent Firefox windows – will use the same firefox.exe process. Cookies and sessions will be shared across all these Firefox windows. So if you are logged in to Gmail in one window, and […]
Microsoft Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel
If you’re using Windows and you would like to mount an ISO file as a drive, download Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel v2.0.1.1 from Microsoft. Although the readme file says that it’s for Windows XP Home / Professional, I tested it on Windows Server 2003 and it works.
What I like about it:
No frills
Just run the EXE, […]
Large Text File Viewer
Today I wanted to open an XML file which was 550 MB in size. Knowing that Notepad would be way too slow, I opened it with Notepad++ (my favourite source code editor). It sort of froze, so I tried WordPad instead – still pretty slow. I decided to give Notepad2 a shot: even worse, it […]
