Using notepad as a log file - Automatic timestamp on open - Who Knew?



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I am an old school guy.  I like to write text in a plain text editor whenever possible.  It helps me focus on the text, instead of the font, spacing, italicizing, indenting etc. 

I have just enough ADHD that all those bells and whistles always pull me in.

Anyway,
I often use notepad when I am stuck on my corporate machine.  I take nearly all my notes with notepad.

I just stumbled across this little gem (Source)
Notepad can be used to log data manually. This adds the current date and time when you open the particular notepad log file..
Use the following instruction to create a log file:

1. Open a new Notepad. (Start -> Program -> Accessories -> Notepad)
2. Type .LOG in the first line and press ENTER.
3. Save this file in the name of your choice.
4. Now, whenever you open this file, the current system date and time will be appended to the bottom of the contents in the notepad.

It works REALLY nicely. Give it a try!

Wordle - “President Obama's 2011 State Of The Union” by NPR



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IE8 - Move Refresh and Stop buttons



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I don't usually use IE, and I actively avoid IE8, but I end up having to use it to get a good view of Outlook Web Access (OWA).  Of course it is also the default in Windows7. 

Just to make me (more) crazy, the good folks at Microsoft decided to move the Refresh and Stop to right of the address bar in IE8.  Most other browsers place them to the left, as did previous versions of IE.

You can move the Refresh and Stop buttons to the "correct place" by doing this:

• Right-click on an empty area in the toolbars
• Select --> Customize
• Select --> Show Stop and Refresh Buttons before Address Bar

Done.
Now the Stop and Refresh buttons back to their normal location.

Lost It? You gotta come clean. FAST!



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From a CIO.com article on the cost of a lost laptop

FTA: "According to Ponemon Institute, the average cost of a lost or stolen laptop PC is more than $49,000. Most of this cost is due to the exposure of sensitive data." That is bad, but not entirely unexpected. The hardware/software is 1-2% of that cost. The rest is the 'clean-up'.

but the Important Point is this:
"The study reports that if a company becomes aware of the loss the same day it happens, the average cost is only $8,950. If it takes more than a week to discover the loss, the cost jumps to an average of $115,849."

That is a serious chunk of change. Almost 13 times as much in just one week...

GigaPan Inauguration image glitches



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No Fair! He went to the Inauguration twice?!?

I'm just looking at the amazing GigaPan image created of the Inauguration. It is here.

There are a few minor stitching glitches. I'm really amazed at how few there are, considering there are 220 individual pictures stitched together.

Above is the best one I saw. Note the guy with the goatee.

Added:
Somebody left their legs behind too...