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Saturday, April 08, 2000

But I’ve got to Mambo!

View Category Well, I received some disheartening news about one of the gadgets I planned to discuss here.  A while ago I had ordered a Mambo X MP3-compatible portable CD player, and I just received word it was finally ready to ship.  Unfortunately, according to the e-mail I just received, “some features have changed since the original specifications.  Track and title names are no longer supported, as are the playlist and search capabilities.  A constant bitrate from 64kbps - 160kbps is supported.  Variable bitrate at 50% is supported (VBR50).“  So reluctantly I’ve decided to cancel my order and hope for some form of second generation Mambo X.
    It’s about time I did something on this [Gadgets] page though.  So just for the heck of it, here’s some free software!  These are programs I’ve been using for quite a while both at home and at work.  In no way do I claim these programs as my own; I did not write them, they are simply freely distributed freeware:

    Double Desktop - double your screen real estate by creating a virtual second desktop
        —a heinous program that will destory Hollywood as we know it
    Folder Info—find out how much space a folder uses, including subdirectories
    G Photosho—turn your digital photos into a slide show screen saver

Update: the above links are dead.  The files are all outdated and have been removed.

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