sexta-feira, 5 de maio de 2017

Internet archives and caches - some ideas for going back in time

When links are broken (for PDFs, ISOs, installers) you can try to look for and use the cached version by Google (on the drop-down menu to the left of the link there is a "Cached" menu entry). That is why it is said: "Once in the Internet, forever in the Internet".

For HTML sites, there's a way to "travel back in time".
For example to see several home pages of CNN, or PCMagazine you can use the Internet Archive site (that contains a slider that allows you to choose the date):

home - PC Magazine

Powerful, useful and interesting, ain't it?

terça-feira, 2 de maio de 2017

Needing a moodle replacement (CMS/LMS)?

CMS, LMS, one more to go? Could be worth checking if you're needing a moodle (arghhh!) replacement:

About Open edX | Open edX Portal

terça-feira, 4 de abril de 2017

Almost paper?

I like all in the concept (except the price) ;)
https://getremarkable.com/

sábado, 18 de março de 2017

Multi Clipboard for Android?

Yeeees:
https://www.google.pt/amp/www.greenbot.com/article/2598362/android/power-up-your-android-clipboard-with-these-four-awesome-apps.amp.html

sábado, 4 de março de 2017

Windows 98 in your wrist?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/03/03/have-windows-98-wrist-genius-smartwatch/

Quoting:
"The Redditor shared details of his Windows 98 Wrist Watch Project online, using his Raspberry Pi Model A+ to build the DIY timepiece which features a 2.4-inch touchscreen.

He then used virtual machine software QEMU to get Window 98 running on the Pi, posting the results on Reddit with the caption: “Nostalgia overload!”"

sexta-feira, 3 de março de 2017

NASA software and hiring NASA-style?

There's a catalog of interesting software (restrictions apply) available. There are things used in recruitment for instance. Details:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/02/nasa-released-a-ton-of-software-for-free-and-heres-some-you-should-try/

quinta-feira, 23 de fevereiro de 2017

Sysinternals tools updated

A must, the Sysinternals tools received recently an update:
PPS: Kudos to JMM for the notice.