My Standing Desk
Many years ago, when I was drafting for a living, I stood at a table much like this one for most of the day. I had a stool but when working on large drawings standing was usually required. Then along … Continue reading
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Projects In Sublime Text 2
In the past I’ve always been working on just one project so I have never explored ‘projects’ in Sublime Text 2. Today I needed to work on multiple things so I broke down and discovered how projects work. Like everything … Continue reading
mRemoteNG – Putty + RDP (and more) Connection Management
In my new job I’m accessing a lot of remote machines. Windows servers via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and Linux / Unix servers via SSH. I have both the Remote Desktop application and Putty available but managing all these connections … Continue reading
Ethervane Echo – Clipboard Manager
If you’ve come to one of my ‘tools’ presentations one thing I talk about is using a clipboard manager. I use a lot of software from Donation Coder, including Find and Run Robot and Screenshot Captor. Recently in their newsletter … Continue reading
AnyEdit Tools – camelCase or under_score
AnyEdit tools is becoming one of my favorite Eclipse plugins. I’ve already blogged about the sorting feature. In my current project I’m overhauling a lot of old spaghetti code. The code is a mix of camelCase (more recent) and under_score … Continue reading
Mylyn Meets Project Tracker
At my new job we have a ticket system. That’s good. I immediately looked to see if it supported Mylyn. Quick searches didn’t turn up anything. That’s bad. We’re using Project Tracker a ColdFusion based application written by Joe Danziger. … Continue reading
SQL Server – Useful Tools
At my new job we’re using Microsoft SQL Server. I’ve been struggling with SQL Server Management Studio – it’s big, bloated and seems to be missing some features I’ve grown used to with other database IDEs. I’ve found two useful … Continue reading
Synergy – Share Your Keyboard and Mouse Across Multiple Computers / OS
So lately I’ve been working from home more often and I’ve been trying to figure out how best to maximize the computer resources I currently have: (1) Desktop (Linux) w/dual monitors (1) Laptop (Windows 7) w/15″ monitor When working from … Continue reading