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Rooted Droid
Posting this using the WordPress for Android app on my recently rooted Moto Droid. Running Bugless Beast v0.3 with no issues.
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My favorite Regular Expression (RegEx) tools and resources
The Regulator: Great RegEx builder
Regulazy: Further simplifies RegEx creation
Still going strong is the RegEx Coach (vintage but works like a champ)
Another nice option is Expresso 3.0
My favorite online tools are txt2re, Rubular and this Online Regular Expression Builder (also offered as an Adobe Air app)
Also be sure to check out the [...]
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I wish I had GNU utilities on Windows…
Well if you really want the power of UNIX on Windows you should probably install cygwin but if you are just looking for a package with some native ports of popular GNU utilities (i.e. – grep, sed, tail, wget, etc…) then check out UnxUtils project on sourceforge or the GnuWin32 project on sourceforge.
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Online file editing
I do a fair amount of web development and when I am working on a sizeable php or perl script sometimes I prefer to use an editor other than vi, although more often than not I ssh to my web hosting provider and just use vi. I am a huge fan of Notepad++ but I [...]
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Native app available on Windows, Vista and beyond
For years capturing stdout in Windows has been a pain in the you know what. Options I used were as follows:
Redirect output (>) and stderr 2> to a file but this does not capture all of stdout
What I have done for years is use use cygwin and/or unxutils so you can leverage unix commands like [...]
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My favorite diff utilities for Windows…
WinMerge is by far my favorite graphical diff utility for windows.
I also use CSDiff because I like some of the reporting features, this is good when you need to compare config files for change control purposes and want to store the differences as a report, perfect if you need to produce something as part of [...]
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Windows and WebDAV
Everyone knows that the native Windows WebDAV support is not very good. I am using an app called DataFreeway by LukaSoft, seems to work pretty well, I primarily use it to access my KnowledgeTree document management system via WebDAV. Check it out if you have been frustrated by native Windows WebDAV support.
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Supercharge the Android Marketplace
AppBrain.com lets you review applications online and select applications to install on your Android device. The Android app syncs with the AppBrain service and installs/uninstalls selected apps. All your Android app management can be performed on the AppBrain site. Very cool app, has pretty much replaced the standard Android Marketplace app for me.
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Renewed commitment
So it has been a while since I posted on a regular basis, I am renewing my commitment to place at least a few posts a week. Starting today.
So many apps to share and so little time
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Copy-and-Paste in Plain Text
I use Evernote for all a my not taking needs. I prefer Evernote over OneNote because I use a number of different computers and I like the ability to easily sync my notebooks, access them via the web and my blackberry. One issue that I have is when I copy and paste from the web, [...]
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