Saturday

I've noticed that every now and then I seek to go minimalist with software and then I proceed to find minimalist Windows, Linux and other applications such as Emacs.

The popularity of portable applications has made it easier to slim down Windows even further.

I've also been looking for a scan disk alternative since my computer keeps on randomly restarting.

Interesting Links:

• How to setup lighter, faster & minimal Ubuntu


• A minimal Ubuntu install - the basics


• removing login manager (GDM)


• XPlite and 2000lite Professional


• Langa: A New Way To Slim Down Windows XP
  


• Portable Software Applications that run from a USB device


• Portable software for USB drives


• The Portable Freeware Collection


• API GUARD


• Texmaker : Free cross-platform LaTeX editor
  


• Chkdsk alternative?


• Please, suggest CHKDSK alternative?
  


• GRC | SpinRite


• SystemRescueCD


• Data recovery


• Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours
  
  You have now started your journey into the world's most powerful editor. To make you understand the power of Emacs, this hour begins by listing some of the features of Emacs; with each feature, a short description or an example is given to show the power of the given feature.


• Get a Life!
  Get a Life! encourages readers to practice a currently downplayed form of healthy self-awareness and self evaluation, so that they can live their very best for God. McNeal teaches readers that an intently purposeful life can be achieved by asking five questions: "Why am I here?," "What is really important to me?," "What is my scorecard?," "What am I really good at?," and "What do I need to learn?"
  

Interesting Games Related Links:

• What is a Role Playing Game?
  
  
  An old friend of mine used to regularly regale me with tales of wild adventures and wacky antics that he and his compatriots would get up to during their marathon role playing sessions. In between stories of shifting furniture to recreate the bridge of the Enterprise in a share household - while the other flatmates we're trying to watch telly - there was one particular story that really struck me.
  
  
• A Vampyre Story
  
  
  At a time when high school vampire romance films can take $7,000,000 USD from midnight showings alone, we are in dire need of champions to prick the pomposity of the vampire mystique. A recent episode of South Park has already savaged vampire fandom. Now, A Vampyre Story can tackle the tropes of the vampire myth itself; and maybe, just maybe, push adventure gaming back into the mainstream.
  
  
• The Vintage Game Preservation Society
  
  
  Five minutes later we were at Home of the Underdogs. To me, it was a treasure chest of 16-bit nostalgia. I wasn't just reliving my gaming memories - I was discovering games I'd somehow missed, like the original Prince of Persia, the first seven Ultima installments and the first two Monkey Island games. I found myself thinking about how much money I could get for my Xbox 360; it had, ironically, been rendered obsolete.