I apologise for not posting a new entry in a while, procrastination, homework and Dexter have been filling my time.
So what's new?
Well, my laptop's undergone yet another makeover.
Let's take a look at my desktop...
As you can see, it's pretty light. Taskbar hidden, desktop icons hidden with Fences. But what's the rest of that stuff? WELL.
You guys know Launchy, I introduced you a few weeks ago. I'm using a custom skin, which you can find here.
Then, below, Rocket Dock. I don't know if I've talked about it before. In fact, no, I don't think I have. Link! Don't need the taskbar because windows minimize to the dock!
"Uhm, hey Andrew? What's that huge sidebar and bottom thingy?"
Oh, I thought you'd never ask.
Meet rainmeter.
Rainmeter can display pretty much any information on your desktop. I've got system stats, a calendar, a to do list, the time, how long my laptop has been on for, and a little application launcher for my top 5.
Nifty eh?
Oh, and Picasa. Picasa is a photo managing program from google. It's good, just lets you organise your photos and touch them up. Free, good software. How delicious.
What else?
Well, it's all good and fair to have fun with your computer. But you've got to tidy up as well. Here are two programs I use to keep my laptop clean as a whistle.
CCleaner.
Every time you install or uninstall a program, every time you visit a website, everytime you download something, everytime you open a document, your computer creates little temporary files that serve no other purpose. Now, this wouldn't be an issue, but these files don't go anywhere. They stay there, take up space and slow down your computer.
Enter CCleaner. CCleaner will clean up all of those temporary files, and get your computer "going gooder"!
Defraggler.
This one is made by the same company as CCleaner, a company called Piriform. We'd like to imagine that our computers store files in neat little rows, with no gaps in between. And that's how it starts out. But inevitably, you're going to delete some files here and there, uninstall some programs etc, etc. Unfortunately, this just leaves empty spaces between data. This means that when your computer needs to access a file, it takes longer to get through all the gaps as well. Defraggler, enter stage left! Defraggler gets rid of those gaps and makes your computer faster! Defragmenting takes a while, but you'll notice the results immediately.
I apologise if this post was a bit nerdy, but I think it's important people know how they can optimise their computers.
Link of the day is Lifehacker.
Lifehacker descibes itself as "tips and downloads for getting things done"
That's exactly what it is. It's a light website that helps you improve productivity, avoid little annoyances, beautify your digital world and stay up to date with the latest in cutting edge software. I just sounded like an ad for a second there, sorry. Anyway, it's a really good site. Have a look around, I guarantee you'll enjoy it.
I'm not listening to any music right now, but I'm watching George and Martha with my brother. George and Martha is a really funny show about two hippos who are "just friends" and their neighbours, including the two crocodiles Oscar and Wilde (just two male friends [pfahahahaa!]) and Penny, the snoopy Flamingo.
Alright, bye for now! There might be a while before my next post, I'm going to be in Queensland on holiday.
Bye!
