Dec 31, 2007

Defrag files the easy way (for free, too)

"From everyone here at Piriform, the company that brought you CCleaner and Recuva... we now bring you a file defragmentation tool... Defraggler!

It differs from other defrag tools on the market, by enabling you to quickly and simply defrag the files you want to, without having to process the whole drive. Simply run it, select the file and defragment in seconds. No more struggling with the Windows defragmentation tool!

And remember like all Piriform products, Defraggler is completely free for both corporate and individual use."

Dec 21, 2007

Número 105 del boletín PUNTOYCOMA

Se puede descargar aquí.


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Número 105 del boletín PUNTOYCOMA

Se puede descargar aquí.


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Nota Terminológica No. 345

Cortesía de María Barrios, Servicio de Traducción al Español, UN-NY. Se puede descargar aquí.

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Nota Terminológica No. 345

Cortesía de María Barrios, Servicio de Traducción al Español, UN-NY. Se puede descargar aquí.

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Dec 20, 2007

Cacheman XP: A nifty utility

I have been using CachemanXP for quite some time, with excellent results. Herewith a description from Outertech Technologies' website:

CachemanXP is a Windows tuneup utility designed to improve the speed and stability of your computer by optimizing caches, recovering RAM and fine tuning a number of system settings. Oneclick-Optimization makes it suitable for novice and intermediate users yet it is also powerful and versatile enough for computer experts. Backups of settings ensure that all user modifications can be reversed with a single click. CachemanXP requires Windows 2000/2003 or XP/XP64 to run, uses minimal resources and virtually no CPU time. The help file includes a screenshot based system performance guide.

Unlike other tuneup utilities, CachemanXP runs as a system service, minimizing resource usage and tweaking Windows at system-level.


See a good review here.

Dec 18, 2007

Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you all!

Look up the e-postcard service at the Web Gallery of Art.


The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of European painting and sculpture from 12th to mid-19th centuries. It was started in 1996 as a topical site of the Renaissance art, originated in the Italian city-states of the 14th century and spread to other countries in the 15th and 16th centuries. Intending to present Renaissance art as comprehensively as possible, the scope of the collection was later extended to show its Medieval roots as well as its evolution to Baroque and Rococo via Mannerism. More recently the periods of Neoclassicism and Romanticism were also included.

The collection has some of the characteristics of a virtual museum. The experience of the visitors is enhanced by guided tours helping to understand the artistic and historical relationship between different works and artists, by period music of choice in the background and a free postcard service. At the same time the collection serves the visitors' need for a site where various information on art, artists and history can be found together with corresponding pictorial illustrations. Although not a conventional one, the collection is a searchable database supplemented by a glossary containing articles on art terms, relevant historical events, personages, cities, museums and churches.
Allegory of Painting and Sculpture (1637) by Guercino


[Hat tip: Helène Clauss]