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preface: This is not a commentary on the new Windows immersive UI.  This is a note (perhaps a prayer list) of what Microsoft could EASILY do to make the desktop usable again for corporate users such as myself and those who do not have a touch screen (you know, 99% of the installed base). I [...]

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Keep your eye on the Mosaic Project.  It’s early early in development but looks really cool.  Although it is in its infancy and a little quirky, it is stable and won’t have any ill-effect on your computer.  I gave this a quick run through and it looks promising.  http://mosaicproject.codeplex.com/

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March 2012 Note:  With the release of last month’s consumer preview, this blog entry has spiked in views.  I want to stress that I wrote this over a year ago.  I wrote this before the Developer Preview and before Metro UI was leaked.  So keep in mind that a lot of new information has been [...]

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Resize Photos in Windows 7 (and Windows 8 too) Way back in 2001-2002, Microsoft released a set of free utilities for XP called PowerToys. Theses were small, very useful programs. One of the best tools in the set was the Image Resizer. Once installed, you could right-click on any photo, click on Resize Image, then [...]

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