David Cumps
#region .Net Blog
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Open-Source Disk Encryption
Are you concerned about the confidentiality of your files? Take a look at TrueCrypt, a great tool to create encrypted volumes.
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Temporary Break - Request for Subjects
After 21 days of posting something daily, I need a little break, for several reasons:
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Booting for Lazy People - Wake On LAN
Wake Up!
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Explorer Bug, Long Path, damaged directories
Long ago, I found something strange in Windows Explorer, which I wanted to retry on Vista today.
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The Selfish Side of Social Bookmarking
Social bookmarking, one of the Web 2.0 hypes, allows you to share links with each other. This great video from Common Craft very clearly explains what social bookmarking is all about. While this is very useful, there’s also a selfish advantage to it.
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Using PowerShell, Writing and Debugging Cmdlets
The prompt is dead, long live the prompt! That's the feeling PowerShell should give you, the new command line shell from Microsoft. Today, I'll try to determine exactly what the Power part in PowerShell stands for.
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Daemon Tools - The Disk Image Emulator
Ever wanted to install something but couldn't be bothered to burn it to a disc first? Like the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 discs for example. Daemon Tools is the answer!
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Writing an Outlook Add-in
Yesterday I talked about personalizing Outlook Today to make it look more sexy. One of the things I had on my Outlook Today, was my picture with a direct link to my contact details. To get this link, I wrote a small Outlook Add-in to give me the exact name.
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Personalizing Outlook Today
Do you find Outlook Today too boring? I do! Let's have a look at how we can transform it into something more visually appealing, something like this: (click the image for a full view)
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Free TV Guide - GUIDE+
Recently, I bought a new DVD player/recorder with an internal hard disk. One of the nice features I discovered when playing with it is a free tv guide! GUIDE+ shows me all programs on the major television channels in my region and allows me to easily select them for recording with one press of a button.