Tag Archives: Tools
RTM has the best Christmas gift!
I use Google Calendar to manage my day, and Remember the Milk (henceforth RTM) to manage my todo list(s). Google calendar has effectively killed off all competition (like 30 Boxes), and its really becoming a joy to use as they improve integration with GMail and other services. Meanwhile RTM is probably the only other web [...]
Tools I use: qalculate
Qalculate's tagline says “the ultimate desktop calculator”. Might sound a little obnoxious, but it really is and I'll show some of the really neat features that make it so. Do give it a try and you'll plenty more!
So what is qalculate? First and foremost, its a calculator. Which means that it can do what you [...]
Tools I use: dirvish
A long time back I bought a large hard drive (well, it doesn't look so large any more, its only 160GB. But it did seem very large then). My primary motivation behind buying the drive was to backup my data. So I started looking around for backup solution. I had the following requirements:
easy to [...]
Tools I use: beamer
This is largely a rip-off of my original article. I figured I should repost it for posterity and it fits in line with my tools theme.
Being a grad student (for that matter, in almost any profession these days), I frequently need to give talks or present some material. I have finally settled on Latex Beamer [...]
Quicksilver alternatives for Linux