Tech.It.2.Me->{By.Anton.Perez}

PDFs are the de facto standard, and if you’re like me, you won’t pay for Adobe Acrobat nor want to use Adobe Reader as it’s too slow.  So what do you do?  Use free apps that will take care of these tasks.

Here are two that are essential:

1. Foxit PDF Reader – a free, lightweight, speedy Acrobat Reader replacement.

2. Cute PDF Writer – use it to create PDF files from any application on your computer.

3. Merge PDF – online service that will merge your files free of charge.  Use it only for non-personal, unsecure docs.

More info here.  Happy Computing!

Here’s an article on lifehacker (via SquareTrade) that shows the ratings between brands.  So far, Asus and Toshiba are the most reliable.

As of now, only the Python 2.6.5 Documentation is published for download on the python.org website; however, I was interested in downloading Python 3.1.1′s Documentation.

After some searching, I found it; so sharing it to the world.  It’s at: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/doc/3.1.1/.  (I personally chose the “python-3.1.1-docs-pdf-letter” and it printed fine.)

Happy Coding!

I’m sure you’ve encountered one of these error messages, one way or another:

• Cannot delete file: Access is denied
• There has been a sharing violation.
• The source or destination file may be in use.
• The file is in use by another program or user.
• Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

If so, here’s an app I found, Unlocker, that will first unlock the files in use (if necessary), then allow you to either delete, move, rename, or not do anything with the file(s) or folder(s). 

Note: I’ve tried it on XP without issues; not sure about Vista or Windows 7.

Hope this helps. Keep on computing!