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Xplorer2

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I use a lot of Windows freeware – some of it I couldn’t live without. I decided that every now and then I’ll share my freeware finds – focusing on those apps that are off the beaten path – not the ones everyone has heard of like Firefox, Thunderbird, and Skype – I’ll mention the OTHER apps. Today’s freeware is an explorer replacement…not an Internet Explorer replacement, a Windows Explorer replacement.

The app is Xplorer2 (imagine that 2 is a small 2 at the top of the line – I’m not sure how to make a superscript). So, what makes this such a good explorer replacement you might ask? Many things! Here are a few:

  • Bookmarks – you can bookmark a directory then hit a key combination (like Ctrl-1) to go straight to it.
  • It remembers – go back to a directory tree you just visited and it highlights the directory you just went to. Then you can navigate back down the tree just by hitting ENTER every time (hard to explain)
  • *IF* it were to crash, it won’t take down your system tray with it
  • Muti-Views – you can have TWO explorer trees in one window – makes it easy to compare directories or copy/move files
  • keyboard shortcuts for everything
  • need a command prompt in a directory? Hit F10 then ENTER. New Folder? F8. New File? F7
  • LOTS more

Xplorer2 saves me SOOOO much time when coding and jumping from source dir, to build dir, to deploy dir, etc. Heck – even at home it saves me time! Give it a try – you won’t be sorry!

There is a free version and a pay version. I use the free version (though I SHOULD pay for the pro version)
Download the free version here: http://zabkat.com/x2lite.htm

Xbox games

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So I played a bunch of Xbox games on Saturday. I played a lot of Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath…really an underappreciated game. I am enjoying the heck out of it. I’ve almost finished it. I played a bit of SW: Republic Commando too but got stuck and gave up for the moment. I played some Psychonauts too – pretty good game for a platformer (which isn’t my favorite genre). I also started playing Raze’s Hell. Interesting game. There isn’t really too much special about it but I ended up playing it for about two hours. Not sure what kept me going. I will definitely play some more of it and possibly fully review it soon. Too many games, not enough time.

Went to a Durham Bulls baseball game today. Good fun. Beautiful day for it.

My English Dialect

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This is mine:

Your Linguistic Profile:
75% General American English
15% Yankee
5% Dixie
5% Upper Midwestern
0% Midwestern

15% Yankee? I guess the fact that my wife is a yankee has something to do with that. I’m not even sure which answers were “yankee” answers. I’ll have to get my wife to take the test too. And Dixie and Upper Midwest? What the heck is that? Granted, I *have* lived all over the place: NC, VA, TX, AZ, MO, Germany, etc.