Content tagged with "windows media player"

Ticker-style Skin for Windows Media Player

Aug 15 2010 at 12:31

Like many WMP users, I got annoyed with the removal of the taskbar toolbar after the upgrade to Windows 7 or Media Player 12. It was a very useful toolbar to have on when listening to music, as it gave you access to the standard playback controls and let you know what was playing. There is no toolbar available with WMP 12, however. Continue reading...

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Opening Windows PowerShell in the current directory

Feb 01 2012 at 09:48

I came across this little trick on tripledot.be and thought I’d share it here, too.

I’ve been using the Shift + Right-click > Open command window here shortcut for years, but there isn’t such a link for starting PowerShell in the same fashion. Or so I thought…

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What's wrong with Google's numbers?

Dec 21 2011 at 13:32

I noticed recently that Google shows a massive amount of results, even for searches that you’d think are fairly uncommon. I also noticed that the number of results seems to change a lot in the same search. Are they up to something? Are these numbers made-up? Is there a difference between a result of the search and a result that’s shown to the user? Continue reading...
Some ideas for film/book-based games

Dec 13 2011 at 21:29

Here’s a few ideas for some new games that some friends on Live and I came up with a couple of days ago. They’re nothing serious, but they could actually work pretty well if made by the right people (i.e., not EA). Continue reading...