Wednesday 01 Sep 2010 - 11:11Essential and recommended software
Below is a list I started in 1995. It's my sublimation of Personal Computer experience, I update this list quite regularly, feel free to bookmark jult.net/warez ;-)
Not everyone will need everything on it, and I use a lot more software than the stuff mentioned here, but this is the software I'm more than happy to know, use and really approve of. Sharing this knowledge would be a good idea, I guess.
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Friday 27 Aug 2010 - 10:07Donkere Google / Dark Google
These dark-coloured styles work quite well with the Stylish Add-on for Mozilla Firefox browser:
Facebook Dark Grey
YouTube Dark Gray
Google Dark Gray
Al die witte schermen zijn niet alleen vermoeiend voor je ogen, ze verbruiken ook nog eens meer stroom. Daarom gebruik ik al heel lang Stylish in mijn webbrowser. Als je die Add-On hebt ge-installeerd kun je witte sites zoals Google er fijn donker uit laten zien. Werkt allemaal als een trein.
Er is een interessante FAQ over waarom witte schermen niet zo slim zijn. Zo zou een donkere Google (nu) 1 GigaWatt-uur per jaar besparen, wereldwijd. Overigens lees je vaak dat voor TFT-schermen de Zwart weergave juist méér stroom kost dan Wit. Dat is niet waar, en is zelfs (duidelijk meetbaar) omgekeerd voor mijn NEC LCD-monitor (bouwjaar 2007). Is afhankelijk van het soort backlight systeem dat gebruikt wordt voor de LCD/TFT. Bij moderne panelen komt het hogere stroomverbruik bij hogere contrasten, en aangezien licht energie is, zal de balans uiteindelijk altijd minder zwaar uitvallen bij donkerder webpagina's.
Friday 09 Jul 2010 - 16:45The dark side of replacing products with new 'green' versions..
Most users don't realize that electronic products labeled as 'green' aren't all that green. For example; Today's personal computers have RAM-memory of 1 to 4 gigabyte modules that typically consist of 36 to 64 two-gram-microchips. This equates to 2500 to 5000 megajoules of embodied energy for the computer memory alone, or 500000 to 1000000 Watt-hour. Enough to power a 30 watt laptop non-stop for 3 to 5 years!
Microprocessors (the "brains" of all digital devices) are more advanced than memory chips and thus contain at least as much embodied energy. One trend in recent years is the introduction of "multicore processors" and "multi-CPU systems". Personal computers can now contain 4 or 8 microprocessors. Servers, game consoles and embedded systems can have many more. Each of these "cores" is capable of handling its own task independently of the others. This makes it possible to run several CPU-intensive processes (like running a virus scan, searching folders or burning a DVD) all at the same time, without a hitch. But with every extra chip (or chip surface) comes more embodied energy. At the same time people consider their computers 'old' after only 2 years of usage. Some put them with the garbage within 6 years of owning the products.
Read this interesting article about embodied energy..
Friday 25 Jun 2010 - 19:08cmd /k ipconfig /all
IP Configuration
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : local
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : HTC Remote NDIS based Device
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : BE-B2-6G-43-4E-75
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : vrijdag 25 juni 2010 18:17:23
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : maandag 5 juli 2010 18:17:23
Overal internet via mijn mobiele telefoon, wat een luxe.
Monday 21 Jun 2010 - 19:48Adios XS4All
After 14 years of xs4all membership I decided they've become too expensive for the products I was still renting from them. This means:
- My @xs4all.nl email-addresses will no longer be accessible by me as of July 21st 2010. Others may end up grabbing the same addresses, so just be sure you check that you use one of my @gmail.com addresses, or my @jult.net addresses.
- My old homepage web-address http://www.xs4all.nl/~jult (and every link/URL/address starting with xs4all.nl/~jult) will yield a File Not Found 404 error. For the time being I made an exact replica of all content at this new address: http://jult.net/xs
So, if the old file was located at (for example) www.xs4all.nl/~jult/livez.jpg the new location will be jult.net/xs/livez.jpg
old URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jult/art/eerlijke_postbank.png
new URL: http://jult.net/xs/art/eerlijke_postbank.png
In addition, most Audio and Video has been moved to ftp. This can be found here.
Sunday 11 Apr 2010 - 12:12Puisten, melkproducten en veel koolhydraten
Iets wat ik zelf heb ontdekt blijkt te kloppen;
"Observational studies, including 2 large controlled prospective trials, reported that cow's milk intake increased acne prevalence and severity. Furthermore, prospective studies, including randomized controlled trials, demonstrated a positive association between a high-glycemic-load diet, hormonal mediators, and acne risk. Based on these findings, there exists convincing data supporting the role of dairy products and high-glycemic-index foods in influencing hormonal and inflammatory factors, which can increase acne prevalence and severity."
bron: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20361171.
Zelf merk ik het meest dat ik last krijg van pukkels als ik veel kaas (van koemelk) eet.
Monday 09 Nov 2009 - 13:53Spelling & Grammar for dummies (updated).
I wonder what they teach in schools today. In the Rules and Guidelines of a well-known webbased forum I read:
That's such bad advice it's not even funny! It's "your English", the comma is in a strange place, I'm missing a dot, and your English should at least show some attempt at making it understandable, i.e. it is a problem if it's not perfect. Let me put down some simple basic rules:3. If you're English is not perfect, no problem but than always try to make short understandable sentences
Hope you learn a little from this! Honestly, you should be ashamed that I, being of Dutch descent (my father was born in Voorburg, my mother in Utrecht), make fewer English mistakes than the average person I see writing in his/her mother language! English is easier to learn than Dutch, the rules are more logical and straight forward, so there's really no excuse for the mistakes I mentioned above. You can always use the online Merriam Webster or Googlefight if you're not sure about something. Also check this cool site about Apostroph Abuse, it's a hoot!You're - A contraction for "you are" (You're hot!).
Your - Ownership (Isn't that your car?).
They're - A contraction for "they are" (They're leaving now).
Their - Ownership (That's their car).
There - A place (It's not here, so it must be over there.).
Our - Ownership (That's our car).
Are - Are you really that dumb?
Two - The number 2.
Too - "Also" (I want some too) or "in excess" (That's too loud).
To - All the other uses.
Breathe - Verb, action, pronounced BrEEthe (I can't breathe).
Breath - Noun, a thing, pronounced Brehth (Take my breath away).
Than is a conjunction used in comparisons, like: Julius is smarter than you are. This is more important than you might think. Is he taller than me?
Then has numerous meanings.
1. At that point in time; I wasn't ready then. Will you be home at noon? I'll call you then.
2. Next, afterward; I went to the store, and then to the bank. Do your homework and then go to bed.
3. In addition, also, on top of that; He told me he was leaving, and then that I owed him money. It cost $5,000, and then there's tax too.
4. In that case, therefore (often with "if"); If you want to go, then you'll have to finish your homework. I'm hungry! Then you should eat.
The Bottom Line:
Than is used only in comparisons, so if you're comparing things use than. If not, then you have to use then. How hard can it be?
"I would of thought that"
is getting more popular by the day. "of" is not a verb. It should be:
"I would have thought that" !
Then, of course, there are idiots writing "it's" when it should be "its".
it's is from "it is", and
its is (once again) for ownership; Its own mistake, for the computer-software making its own mistakes.
And there is a growing number of fools using "sports" where they mean "supports";
to sport = to amuse oneself, to play, to mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with ("Robin sports with her emotions"). Also; to wear (something) with pride, i.e. "Brenda's sporting a new pair of shoes."
to support is mistakenly replaced by "to sport" when used in this meaning: To provide materials, effort, information or endorsement for a specific activity, ideal, or entity. As in "This new camera supports the micro four-thirds format." or "This audio software supports several outputs at once."
Friday 09 Oct 2009 - 00:44Chocolate!
- Half A Bar Per Week May Keep Heart Attack Risk At Bay - source
- Resveratrol, red wine compound linked to health, also found in dark chocolate and cocoa
So, chocolate is healthy stuff! Except of course the refined sugars often mixed in, solution: Chocolate with sugars that aren't bad for you, like those from fruits, Agave, Trehalose, Maple etc.




Alexei using 200.55.147.x () - 15:39 - 06 December '04
Thanks a million! This list is very useful to me.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Doug using 80.60.244.x () (URL) - 19:37 - 21 December '04
Hola, la verdad ya uso muchos de los programas de esta lista, muy buenos por cierto. Pero creo que falta uno que a mi parecer para los que bajamos mucha música en distintos formatos(MP3, OGG) a través de p2p nos es muy útil a la hora de organizar los archivos... Prueben este programa "The Godfather", me ha parecido increible
lucalan using 63.171.232.x () - 21:58 - 06 January '05
Great list with the Total Commander as the King!
I would add just three more for every day use:
Powermarks, CrapCleaner and of course Firefox.
SinceZX81 using 207.162.229.x () - 22:16 - 21 January '05
Aha, total commander als eerste, volledig mee eens. Gebruik je ook de POP3 plugin voor Totalcommander? Het eerst wat ik doe als ik ergens binnenkom in een bedrijf voor een technische klus: TC installeren LOL!
B@@ using 32.106.192.x (URL) - 23:07 - 23 January '05
Ben zo'n 20 jaar geleden begonnen met Norton Comm. Nu TCL en bevalt nog steeds uitstekend.
martin using 62.251.17.x () - 17:22 - 22 December '05
Ik mis nog: VLC, Virtual Edit, URUSoft Subtitle Workshop, DAEMON Tools, IrfanView, Geminisoft Pimmy, SysInternals Tools, Hamster Playground, FileWare FileSync, Tortoise SVN, Cygwin, Active Perl, Xi NetTransport, Able MIDI-editor, XViD, X-Lite (VoIP).
Dr.Ruud using 194.109.164.x () - 23:42 - 08 January '06
VLC komt wat mij betreft niet in de buurt van KMplayer.
Virtual Edit? Eeh.. ooit met Sony Vegas gewerkt?
Irfanview is troep vergeleken met ThumbsPlus, Fileware Filesync is een slap aftreksel van TotalCommander's sync optie. SysInternals heeft maar 1 tool die interessant is (en die staat er al bij). Cygwin heb ik niet nodig. Active Perl evenmin. Kortom: Maak uw eigen lijst ;-)
jult using 192.168.1.x - 01:14 - 09 January '06
Ik mis ZTree (filemanager)en TagScanner
Leuke lijst verder
paul using 213.84.190.x - 13:13 - 19 January '06
ZTree zit 10 keer beter in TotalCommander. Hint:
http://jult.nl/printscreens/totalcomtree
Tagscanner zal ik eens bekijken. Dank voor de tip.
jult using 192.168.1.x - 14:51 - 19 January '06
Having tried tagscanner: I didn't like its CDDB- or freedb database import feature as those databases are full of errors, double entries and are limited. Surely an audiophile like you has experimented with softwares that utilize TRM fingerprints, like Picard? (http://musicbrainz.org/tagger/)
Tuomas using 195.148.156.x (URL) - 11:12 - 04 May '06
Those few errors caused by databases I have no problem correcting. Also, I rarely use tagscanner for that anyway, I use it to copy and paste tags, to mass tag, to use wildcards for selections and tagging, to create new tags for new tracks. Picard is for people ripping entire albums from CD, I don't care much for having or 'owning' entire albums on disk, I only listen to (or use) very few tracks from each album, and I'm not wasting space for the off chance that someone else might sometime want that one track from some album.
Plus, a software-site without screenshots annoys me, and the UI of picard is not very logical. Have they ever heard of the right-click button on the mouse?
Julius using 192.168.1.x - 12:40 - 04 May '06
Samplitude 2496 al eens gebruikt?
Michiel de R using 80.79.40.x (URL) - 09:23 - 24 July '06
Nee, maar ik vrees dat ik Sonic Foundry's Vegas (sorry, SONY) toch lekkerder vind.
Zelfs als je het videodeel ervan uit zet.
http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/Product..
jult using 192.168.1.x - 14:14 - 24 July '06
Vers ontdekt, iets wat ik eigenlijk al jaren eerder gehad zou willen hebben. Console, een tabbed cli voor XP. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles..
Jonic using 212.203.31.x () (URL) - 12:21 - 25 July '06
I do not understand why SquirrelMail is used so widely, except for its really low requirements. I have written a short review of four different webmailers, including SquirrelMail, IlohaMail, RoundCube and BlueMamba.
jxs using 80.130.66.x () (URL) - 13:37 - 28 June '09
Are you kidding me? Do you really think IlohaMail, RoundCube and BlueMamba are even remotely as good as Squirrelmail? Those are all slow, heavy, ugly, insecure, HTML-mailers with bad database-management and many useless extra points of failure nobody needs.
I don't understand why people are even contemplating other webmail engines. Why would you want to? What do you MISS using Squirrelmail? It's the best client out there, by far. In many ways it even surpasses client software like Thunderbird, Kmail, Pegasus, Eudora and the webbased Gmail and Yahoo!
Julius using 82.168.66.x - 15:29 - 28 June '09
Respond? / Reageren?