Thursday, September 08, 2005

GetJar.com

just found a great resource for free java games and applications for java enabled phones, it's called GetJar. they have shareware, demos and full versions of lots of java applications! one great thing about this site is that it offers the option to download the software to your pc or directly to your phone (using gprs/wap). oh and did it tell you that it's free? :D check it out! i'm sure you'll find lots of applications you can use :)

Friday, September 02, 2005

clonespy

someone asked me recently, "how often do you do back-ups? i'm asking 'coz i've never done a back-up." with a smile, i replied, "as often as i need to."

so how often to i back-up? well, for this post that's neither here nor there, what is important is that i do back up although in very unorganized way. and as a result of my poor back up methodology, i end up with lots of duplicates of my files stored in who knows how many folders!

i was trying to get myself organized yesteday and realized just what a pain those duplicates could be. imagine going through dozens of folders that are 2 or 3 folders deep just to check if you already have a copy of that file somewhere in there. it's a total nightmare, i tell you.

i decided to get some help. i thought, someone probably had a similar problem and wrote some application to help solve it. i did a bit of googling and finally ended up with clonespy from snapfiles. it's a great piece of freeware! you just specifiy the folders you want to scan, and it can check for files with duplicate filenames, duplicate contents, or even files with similar sizes. and did i mention that it was freeware :D it's perfect for checking for duplicate pictures or downloads.

from the site:


Do you often download files from the internet? Is your hard drive crowded with these files? Have you ever asked yourself which files you already downloaded more than one time? CloneSpy can help you saving hard drive space by detecting and removing duplicate files. CloneSpy can find files that have exactly the same contents regardless of their name, date, time and location. Moreover Clonespy is able to find files that are not exactly identical, but have the same filename. Perhaps you have different versions of a file and you want to find all of them and remove the older versions. In addition, the program can also find zero lenght files. You have the option to decide what you want to do with the found duplicates, CloneSpy shows you the details of each file (and it`s proposed duplicate) and allows you to either keep, move or delete.

if you're like me who works with multiple workstations, i'm sure you probably have duplicate files somewhere. go check out clonespy and see how much of a God send it is :)