From MakeUseOf.com…
increase-your-hard-drive-performance-windows/”>2 Effective Tools That Can Increase Your Hard Drive Performance [Windows]: “One of the most annoying things that can happen to your computer, especially if you’re the kind of person that installs and uninstalls software applications about as often as you change your clothes, is a drastic slowdown of your overall system performance.”
From the EDUCAUSE Electronic Learning Initiative.
7 Things you should Know about Open Educational Resources (OER)
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport sets land speed record at 267.81 mph! — Autoblog: “As production of the Bugatti Veyron winds toward its eventual conclusion, Bugatti has created what is likely to be the ultimate version of its world-beating hypercar: the Super Sports. Bugatti sent its official test driver Pierre Henri Raphanel out on Volkswagen’s Ehra-Lessian high-speed oval with the first Super Sports to see just what it could do. With representatives of the Guinness book of records and German Technical Inspection Agency (TÜV) on hand, Raphanel made passes around the big oval in both directions.”
If you screw up your desktop settings, here’s how to reset them in Ubuntu. From LinuxJournal.com…
Resetting Gnome's Settings in Ubuntu | Linux Journal: “One of the great things about Linux is how easy it is to customize. Now unfortunately if you don’t know what you’re doing and sometimes even if you do know what you’re doing, you can get into trouble.”
The Web Book: “The Web Book contains all the information you need to create a Web site from scratch. It covers everything from registering a domain name and renting some hosting space, to creating your first HTML page, to building full online database applications with PHP and MySQL. It also tells you how to market and promote your site, and how to make money from it.”
Piles for Windows Puts Recently Changed Files on the Taskbar: “Windows 7: Piles for Windows is a Stacks-like file management tool that places recently created or altered files in a Windows 7 jump list on the Windows taskbar for your quick-access convenience.”
From Webworkerdaily.com…
ClearContext Evolves, Adds Project Management Tools to Outlook: “ClearContext is a nifty Microsoft Outlook plugin that’s designed to help you organize your inbox. The latest version of the software, ClearContext Pro v5.1, adds task and project management capabilities, as well as replacing ClearContext’s original dashboard view with an unobtrusive sidebar.”
From LinuxJournal.com…
Programming with Scratch | Linux Journal: “As a homeschooling parent, I’m a big fan of educational software and I’ve written quite about about various programs in the past. But, as a programmer, I’m also a big fan of any program that makes computer programming more approachable by younger children. So, when I heard about Scratch, I was pretty enthusiastic. (Thanks, Mitch)”