Category: Software
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ecto 2 for Windows nears completion
Version 2 of offline blog editor ecto for Windows is getting close to final release. I’ve been testing it for some while and have just installed release candidate 5. Developer Alex Hung has done good work on this RC, resolving…
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Cool new features in Skype beta
Skype launched a new beta (version 2.5.0.72) today of its software for Windows that has some pretty neat new features. Bill Campbell lists them all. The one I’ve set up straightaway is being able to send SMS messages from Skype to…
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Queen’s Day fun in Amsterdam
Today is Queen’s Day in The Netherlands (Koninginnedag in Dutch), the day that celebrates the birthday of Queen Juliana, the current Queen’s mother. As this day falls on a Sunday, the day of celebrations – flea markets and street parties…
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Converting Skype voicemail to MP3
I discovered a neat trick with Skype voicemail – how to convert a phone message from Skype’s proprietary audio format into an MP3 file which you can then use in other applications or share it with others. Skype does not…
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IE7: Good for users, good for developers
Like quite a few people, I’ve installed Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 that Microsoft released earlier this week as part of broadening out their beta testing programme of the new browser version to as wide an audience as possible. I…