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NUT nutritional software, free via SourceForge.  Basically, a database for hacking your diet.  I did a search of the site and he mentions diet.losing-weight like once, and is discouraging of it.  Fantacular.

Also, yet another opportunity to learn ASP/MySQL.
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Today's interesting bit of freeware, for Windows:

InstallShield Installation Information Manager: "InstallShield Installation Information Manager is an application used to manage the archive of installers stored in the Program Files directory by the popular installation system InstallShield."
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- Pancake clouds really reduce my energy.  This is a fucking shocker, I know.  I think I have a full spectrum bulb or three hanging around; I'll look into it.

- Hanging out with someone means I'm more likely to clean than not.  So clearly, I need to get a headset for my phone, or borrow B's a lot, so I can get kitcheny stuff done when I'm on the phone.

- My back is absolutely killing me.  Um...  Here, specifically.  Standing up and sitting down = suck.  (I mean, the act of standing up/sitting down.)  I'm guessing it's because I sleep terribly.  So, if you sit up straight in your chair, and then... move as though you're moving your ass out?  Lower back death, ow ow ow.  Tonight, apart from cleaning, == bath time a lot.  This here is a pile of awesome.

- Ahahaha mean pelvis (sfw).

- This is... wistful, in a kitty way.

- GnuCash!  Oh oh!  ♥s
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Linkage.

- Copy text from a message box in Windows.  I tested this briefly, and it appears to only work with error messages, which is vastly annoying.  Try instead this freeware.

- How to ask questions the smart way - a guide to asking for technical help.  There are a million best parts, but the one that I want to staple to my users' heads is:

What we are, unapologetically, is hostile to people who seem to be unwilling to think or to do their own homework before asking questions. People like that are time sinks — they take without giving back, and they waste time we could have spent on another question more interesting and another person more worthy of an answer.

- Relatedly, and useful to me: How to Report Bugs Effectively

- Via [livejournal.com profile] hitchhiker: Easily solve “spot the difference” pictures within seconds.
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Today's thing I found: NirCmd.exe

"NirCmd is a small command-line utility that allows you to do some useful tasks without displaying any user interface. By running NirCmd with simple command-line option, you can write and delete values and keys in the Registry, write values into INI file, dial to your internet account or connect to a VPN network, restart windows or shut down the computer, create shortcut to a file, change the created/modified date of a file, change your display settings, turn off your monitor, open the door of your CD-ROM drive, and more..."

So, using this, I can write a small .bat file that'll mute the volume and reboot the system.  This is great for *ahem* when I forget a million million times to get rid of the startup/shutdown noise on my laptop.  Also other things.
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