yWriter - Novel writing software

from the site:
yWriter is a word processor which breaks your novel into chapters and scenes, helping you keep track of your work while leaving your mind free to create. It will not write your novel for you, suggest plot ideas or perform creative tasks of any kind. yWriter was designed by an author, not a salesman!

Stay Inspired with Inspirational Quotes, Poems and Stories

"How do you stay inspired?" Reading inspirational quotes is one way.

Bluefish Editor for those programming days...

About Bluefish

Bluefish is a powerful editor targeted towards programmers and webdesigners, with many options to write websites, scripts and programming code. Bluefish supports many programming and markup languages, and it focuses on editing dynamic and interactive websites. See features for an extensive overview, take a look at the screenshots, or download it right away. Bluefish is an open source development project, released under the GNU GPL licence.
Bluefish runs on most (maybe all?) POSIX compatible operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS-X, OpenBSD and Solaris, and in addition it runs on Windows.

Update (02/05/12): Bluefish is now on version 2.2.1

Access and share your files anywhere, anytime...

• Sync Folders, Schedule Offsite Backups
• WebFolder Drive Mapping, Direct File Editing
• Share Files using Dropbox Links
• View / Edit Documents and Pictures Online
• Photo Slideshows, Video and Audio Streaming
• Search Files by Content, Custom MetaData
• SSL Encryption, Secure FTP, WebDAV
• Add SubAccounts to Create a Workgroup
• Version History with Checkin/Checkout
• Private Site Branding for Businesses

https://www.filesanywhere.com/index.html

Update: from Make Use Of
Send Free Faxes from your Android Phone with Files Anywhere
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/send-free-faxes-android-phone/

The OmniTouch Makes Any Surface Interactive

From Gizmodo;
For all the power and connectivity that modern mobile devices offer these days, why are we still typing on screens (or, God forbid, numerical pads) barely three fingers wide? A new weareable GUI system aims to turn any surface within arm's reach into an input device.
The OmniTouch system was developed by Carnegie Mellon University in conjunction with Microsoft Research and allows users to interact with applications on any surface. It utilizes a pico projector to display the interface on a surface—whether it's a wall, table, arm, lap, leg, or what-have-you—then employs a custom-built short-range depth sensor (similar to a Microsoft Kinect) to track your fingers as they type.

The system's software supports multi-touch input and can track digits in 3D space, differentiating between a finger that's hovering over a surface and one that's actively "clicked" an area. And, since it's shoulder-mounted, the system's first-person perspective doesn't require any user calibration or special training. A user can even transfer the interface from one surface to another, say from the back of a notebook onto a nearby wall.
http://gizmodo.com/5850728/the-omnitouch-makes-any-surface-interactive

Clicking on Email shortcut opens two Outlooks

This was kinda interesting. And with no provocation other than it could. When the shortcut for Email was clicked. Outlook opened what looked like two instances of itself. The only noticeable difference was the icon on the upper left corner. One was the usual Outlook one (the rectangle with the clock in front). The second had the icon for the Inbox (the envelope and folder). File>Exit would close both windows, and clicking the shortcut brought them both back!

Fortunately it seems the fix is just as easy as the problem is mysterious. Click the "x" on the upper right corner (I chose the window with the Inbox icon). Now clicking the shortcut for Email only launches the main Outlook window.

From www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/quick-launch-icon-opens-outlook-twice-t2240770.html posted Nov. 15, 2005

if you open two windows in outlook then close it using the file menu, two will open the next time. close the extra using the x button. also, if /recycle is not on the QL shortcut's command line, a new window will open each time it's clicked. This does not mean two copies are running - just that you have two windows open.

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Diane Porensky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Update: The most likely cause of the two window opening was caused by having opened the second window and then file exiting without realizing the second window was still open. It doesn't help when its the end of the day and being tired and in a rush to gtfo and go home. Sometimes hard to pay attention to these little details.

Tip: Use a USB Key to Install Windows 7—Even on a Netbook

Putting the Windows 7 installation on a USB thumb drive has a few advantages—a small USB key is much more convenient for carrying around than a DVD, the OS will actually install much faster, and you can use a USB key to install Windows 7 on systems that do not have a DVD drive, such as a netbook. In fact, you can even install Windows 7 on netbooks that have fairly modest hardware. Dennis Chung, an IT Pro Evangelist at Microsoft recently posted a video demonstrating how easy it is to prepare your thumb drive and use it to install Windows 7. Here's a quick look at the process:

• First, you’ll need the DiskPart utility on the system you will use to prep the thumb drive. This is a free disk partitioning utility that is likely already installed on your Windows system. If not, you can download DiskPart here.
• Launch the DiskPart utility by typing diskpart at the Start Menu.
• Then run the list disk command to check the status of your drive.
• Now run select disk 1 where the "1" is actually the corresponding number of your USB drive.
• Run clean.
• Once the thumb drive is clean, you can run create partition primary.
• Now make the partition active by entering active
• Then you need to set up the file system as Fat32 by running format fs=fat32 quick (quick, of course, specifies that you want to perform a quick format to speed up the process).
• Entering the assign command gives the USB drive a drive letter, making it easy to access from Windows Explorer
• Then you can copy everything from the Windows 7 installation DVD onto the USB key (a simple drag and drop will do).
• Now you can insert the thumb drive into the system you want to install Windows 7 onto and boot the system. The installation will now proceed as usual—but faster. 

Tip by Matthew Graven, a Senior Editor of TechNet Magazine.