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Dave's Diggins 12-10-99

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Just a few "golden nuggets" of info that I've mined from the internet.

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Free software

Cacheman is a free utility which tweaks the disk cache settings and prevents frequent swapping of the data to disk resulting in an improved performance and stability.

With Password Safe a free Windows 95 utility from Counterpane Systems, users can keep their passwords securely encrypted on their computers. A single Safe Combination--just one thing to remember--unlocks them all.

Drive2Drive is a Windows® based hard drive utility, capable of cloning drives while operating "IN WINDOWS". D2D is NOT an imaging software utility. Such a utility creates an image of a hard drive for use later or to place into an identical drive if one were duplicating many drives of the same type. Drive2Drive is a true cloning utility, designed for those individuals who are looking to upgrade their hard drives with the minimum of learning, effort and time.

Bulegeng is a small simple program to clean up your mailbox easily. You just enter your POP3 account (e.g. sony-ak@pop3.singaraja.net) and the your password. Buleleng will erase all message(s) in your mailbox. This program is very useful if your mailbox attacked by a mail bomb from other people or that 50meg e-mail attachment. Buleleng is also useful in finding out the number of message(s) in your mailbox.

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Roger's Corner

Just for fun, here's a hilarious account of the trials and tribulations of web administrators trying to run online polls.

Behind the Scenes: When Robots Attack, Part 2 — It's been a year of passionate polling at TIME.com. Here's an update on the shams and shenanigans — and our attempts to restore order...

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