• Use Media Player Classic

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    Don’t use Windows Media Player Do use God’s gift to media players: Media Player Classic. I can’t say enough good things about MPC. It’s small (less than 2MB), doesn’t use a huge number of resources, plays nearly any media format known to man, and it’s free. The developers have included…

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  • Use shortcut keys

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    Don’t do everything with the mouse. Do use shortcut keys when appropriate. The whole point of shortcut keys is to do things more quickly. My experience has been that many shortcut keys are the opposite of shortcuts. Take for example Windows Media Player. I’ve been using Media Player Classic for…

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    Use del.icio.us

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    Don’t use bookmarks or favorites in your browser. Do index and tag your bookmarks using some online service like del.icio.us. I used to be a fan of FavoriteSync which would periodically upload all of your Internet Explorer favorites to an FTP site of your choice. There was also a Firefox…

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    Use RSS

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    Don’t read headlines or news feeds on your favorite websites. Do use RSS. Save a lot of time by collecting the RSS feeds of your favorite sites then use a feed reader to keep up with the latest things. There’s a cool site called Bloglines where you can keep track…

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    Dual boot

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    Don’t decide between Windows and Linux. Do dual boot. There’s no reason to choose one operating system. If you have some reason to be using Linux (e.g. just for fun, for some software development projects, etc) install your Linux distribution of choice, partition your drive and install Windows too. Tips:…

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    RAID your hard drives

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    Don’t go out and buy the latest largest hard drive to store your piles of data. Do get the most value out of your existing drives by adding them to a RAID array. You can join an array of drives of any sizes to create a huge volume. You can…

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    Use SLI

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    Don’t buy the top of the line video card. Do buy two older GPUs and SLI them. If you’ve got an ATI chipset you’ll need to shop for CrossFire compatible video cards. Let me crunch some numbers for you: You can buy a GeForce 8800GTX with 575MHz core clock and…

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  • Build your own computer

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    Don’t buy a crappy eMachine or a Dell. Do build your own computer. Or at least choose a prebuilt model that has flexible and upgradeable components. Newegg.com has a small selection of barebones machines but they look kind of lame. Just buy a good case, a decent motherboard, and a…

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  • Microsoft does u-turn on DRM

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    This is my response to a post over at TheInquirer: I think you’ve got it wrong. Microsoft has always taken the position that DRM is a bad idea. I say this with confidence because I am good friends with a developer in the DRM group at MS and have had…

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  • Venture Brothers

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    I’d like to let the Internet know that The Venture Brothers is my favorite animated series of all time. I know it’s not the most cleverly scripted or well-animated show ever made but I love it. I used to get up at 8am on Saturdays to watch Jonny Quest. In…

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