Pageflakes, Computer Clean-Up
I have been using a new start page for the last couple of days, and so far I'm really impressed. Pageflakes has a great interface, tabs, and drag and drop modules on each tab. You can configure anything from your Gmail account to your Netflix queue on each page. A cool feature is the ability to act as a RSS feed reader as well, and you can set up as many feeds as you like. There are integrated To-Do and other lists, and a ton of other "Flakes" or modules you can add. There is a nice developer forum and help section as well, so you can create your own "Flakes" to your hearts desire. The only thing missing are stock quotes, but I'm planning on writing a script for this task sometime this week. Overall it's a nice tool for the GTD crowd - and everyone else. Pageflakes is still in beta, like all the other cool software I like. I had been using Google's personalized home page for a while, but this looks better. I'll give you more of an evaluation in a couple of weeks.
Almost Spring Cleaning
My apartment gets super dusty. I have to clean my cool desk and monitor every day, and it's tough to keep all of the horizontal surfaces clean. At least I only have 600 sq. feet to keep up. Since I'm a sweaty guy, my mouse and keyboard get gross after prolonged use. You know what I'm talking about, that funky mouse smell? I use Clorox disinfecting wipes once a day to keep it smelling fresh and clean. I saw this site while digg-ing this morning, on how to disassemble and clean your keyboard. If you've had your computer for a few months or so, especially if the CPU sits on the floor, your motherboard is probably filled with dust bunnies just waiting to cause trouble as well. First, do the physical clean-up. Next run your utilities programs to do all of that maintenance - exciting stuff like deleting unused programs and files, defragging, and backing up your data. Not the sexiest job, but your computer will thank you, and you will thank me when you see how fast your computer is. Like new!
posted by c_peligroso @ 10:22 AM
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