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In my office at school

Generated: Fri Sep 19 2008 12:18:31 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1
Build ID: 2008070208

Enabled Extensions: [12]

Installed Themes: [1]

Installed Plugins: (5)

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Microsoft Office 2003
  • Mozilla Default Plug-in
  • Shockwave Flash
  • Shockwave for Director

At home

Generated: Sat May 26 2007 05:53:16 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build ID: 2007030919

Enabled Extensions: [29]
- 1-ClickWeather 1.1.4: http://www.weather.com
- Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1: http://adblockplus.org/
- Advanced Dork: 2.1.4: http://johnny.ihackstuff.com/
- AI Roboform Toolbar for Firefox 6.8.9: http://www.roboform.com
- Character Identifier 0.1.1: http://dbaron.org/mozilla/char-identifier/
- Clipmarks 2.0.4: http://clipmarks.com/
- ColorZilla 1.0: http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/
- CustomizeGoogle 0.60: http://www.customizegoogle.com/
- del.icio.us Bookmarks 1.5.29: http://del.icio.us
- Download Statusbar 0.9.4.6: http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/
- DownloadHelper 2.2.1: http://www.downloadhelper.net
- DownThemAll! 0.9.9.10: http://www.downthemall.net
- Firebug 1.05: http://www.getfirebug.com/
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer 1.0.1: http://www.foxmarks.com/
- Full Fullscreen 2.0: http://osuosl.org/
- Fullerscreen 1.0: http://disruptive-innovations.com/
- GMarks 0.9.4: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2888/
- Google Browser Sync 1.3.20061031.0: http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/
- Google Photos Screensaver 2.0: http://pack.google.com/intl/en/screensaver.html
- Google Toolbar for Firefox 3.0.20070217W: http://www.google.com/
- Locationbar 0.9.1: http://en.design-noir.de/mozilla/locationbar2/
- MeasureIt 0.3.6: http://www.kevinfreitas.net/pro/extensions/
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3.2.3: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/
- Stylish 0.4: http://userstyles.org/stylish/
- Text Complete 0.9.9.3: http://www.cfavatar.com/textComplete.cfm
- Thunderbird Biff 2.1.3: http://thunderbirdbiff.mozdev.org/
- Unofficial Myspace Toolbar 1.4.7: http://www.freewebs.com/myspacetoolbar/
- VideoDownloader 1.1.1: http://videodownloader.net/
- Web Developer 1.1.3: http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/

Disabled Extensions: [1]
- Java Console 6.0.01: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Java%20Console

Total Extensions: 30

Installed Themes: [3]
- Classic Compact 2.0.2: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Classic%20Compact
- Firefox (default): http://www.mozilla.org/
- miniFox 0.8.2: http://membres.lycos.fr/sethnakht

Installed Plugins: (16)
- Adobe Acrobat
- DivX Player Netscape Plugin
- DivX Content Upload Plugin
- DivX Web Player
- Google Updater
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U1
- Microsoft Office 2003
- Microsoft DRM
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.1.5
- RealJukebox NS Plugin
- RealPlayer Version Plugin
- RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
- Shockwave Flash
- Shockwave for Director
- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

This list of my gear is merely to satisfy the curiosity of people who might wonder, “what computer equipment does Jim use?” It is NOT, I repeat NOT an endorsement of any particular brand name, nor do I represent any of the companies in this list. The versions noted are what was current at the time of the writing (started November 25, 2005). The reader should know: I am an update freak! I obsessively download updates.

  • Motherboard - ASUS A7N8X 2.0
  • CPU - AMD processors; current is AMD Athlon XP, 2700+ MHz, MMX, 3DNow, actual clock at 2.2 GHz
  • RAM Memory - 1.5 gigs PC3200 Synchronous DRAM, 400 MHz
  • Display Adapter - NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X, 64 MB RAM
  • Sound card - onboard NVIDIA nForce 2 MCP 6 channel
  • Speakers - Altec Lansing MX 5021 (two 3 way stereo speakers, one subwoofer); I LOVE MY SPEAKERS!
  • altecs

  • Hard Drives - 1 Maxtor 80 gig 7200 RPM; 1 Western Digital Caviar 80 gig 7200 RPM;
  • DVD-RW - LITE-ON LDW-851S
  • Hard Drive Format - NTFS
  • Optical mouse - (not cordless); Logitech Wheel Mouse, model M-BJ58
  • Keyboard - Microsoft Digital Media Pro Keyboard; model 1031
  • Video editing software - Sony Vegas 6.0a (build 99); recently tried out Camtasia 5.0 and enjoyed it.
  • Video conferencing cam - Logitech QuickCam Messenger; update: don’t use it much anymore…
  • DVD burning software - Sony DVD Architect 2.0 (build 94)
  • Other DVD helper-ware - DVD Shrink; DVD Decrypter; Rip-It-For-Me
  • CD burning software - Nero
  • MP3 player - Winamp 5; update: have tried others recently, including Monkey player and Amarok in linux; Monkey, I abandoned, but Amarok is the only media player for me within linux.
  • CD ripper/player - Windows Media Player 11
  • Torrent software - utorrent
  • P2P file downloader - Shareaza 2.2.1.; update: I don’t use P2P anymore because it’s full of fakes and virus/spyware/malware.
  • Mapping software - Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006
  • Photo editors - Corel Paint Shop Pro 11; Ulead PhotoImpact 10.0; Microsoft Digital Image
  • Photo browsing software - (for common viewing of pics on my hard drive) Microsoft Windows Picture and Fax Viewer; this is the one that ships with windows, but it loads the fastest, and allows easy sizing and deleting and even does a rudimentary slide show. Keep it simple, stupid! update: Fastone Viewer 3
  • Operating System - Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
  • Beat Looping software - FL Studio Producer Edition 5.0.1 (used to be called Fruity Loops)
  • Web design - Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 (recently purchased by Adobe)
    ; update: all my sites are Wordpress blogs now!
  • FTP client - SmartFTP
  • Bulletin Board - Invision Power Board v2.0.4 (this recent upgrade is so buggy, compared with the last; but it has lots of improvements, such as blogs and photo galleries for each member, and a slick new skin); update: Simple Machines Forum is the best, but I never use forums anymore.
  • Blogware - I love WordPress!
  • word press rocks!

  • Office suite - Microsoft Office 2007- updated; this suite ROCKS
  • Spyware prevention/scanning - hijackthis 1.99.1; Spybot Search and Destroy 1.5; SpywareBlaster 3.4; Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE 1.06r1
  • Antivirus - AVG Free Edition 7.1.362; or NOD
  • IM - my kids use myspace IM most of all, but also Microsoft Messenger. I don’t use IM.
  • Audio Editor - Adobe Audition (used to be called CoolEdit); Sony Sound Forge
  • Get Firefox
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