Tag: software

Everything Search is one of my favorite freeware Windows tools. It watches the filesystem journal for changes, making it very fast and up-to-date in nearly real time.

From the website:

“Everything” is an administrative tool that locates files and folders by filename instantly for Windows.
Unlike Windows search “Everything” initially displays every file and folder on your computer (hence the name “Everything”).
You type in a search filter to limit what files and folders are displayed.

• Small installation file
• Clean and simple user interface
• Quick file indexing
• Quick searching
• Minimal resource usage
• Share files with others easily
• Real-time updating

From the MakeMKV website:

MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise called “transcoder”. It converts the video clips from proprietary (and usually encrypted) disc into a set of
MKV files, preserving most information but not changing it in any way. The MKV format can store multiple video/audio tracks with all meta-information
and preserve chapters. There are many players that can play MKV files nearly on all platforms, and there are tools to convert MKV files to many
formats, including DVD and Blu-ray discs.

Additionally MakeMKV can instantly stream decrypted video without intermediate conversion to wide range of players, so you may watch Blu-ray and DVD
discs with your favorite player on your favorite OS or on your favorite device.

• Reads DVD and Blu-ray discs
• Reads Blu-ray discs protected with latest versions of AACS and BD+
• Preserves all video and audio tracks, including HD audio
• Preserves chapters information
• Preserves all meta-information (track language, audio type)
• Fast conversion – converts as fast as your drive can read data.
• No additional software is required for conversion or decryption.
• Available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
• Functionality to open DVD discs is free and will always stay free.
• All features (including Blu-ray decryption and processing) are free during BETA.

As my friends and coworkers know, I love software tools. I have a long list of apps that I use for any number of tasks at work, at home and on the go.

One of the sites that I use to help me find suitable software for any given task is http://alternativeto.net/

From the website:

AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell us what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on
user recommendations.

As some of my co-workers know, I am a huge fan of Markdown. From the
Markdown website:

Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you
to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert
it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

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The overriding design goal for Markdown’s formatting syntax is to make it as
readable as possible. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be
publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with
tags or formatting instructions. While Markdown’s syntax has been influenced by
several existing text-to-HTML filters, the single biggest source of inspiration
for Markdown’s syntax is the format of plain text email.

I love the fact that documents formatted using Markdown are readable even as
plain text.

MarkdownPad is a Windows Markdown editor with live preview. It allows you to
see how your document is formatted as you type. The free version supports
vanilla markdown syntax, and the Pro version adds some additional features
such as support for Markdown Extra syntax.