Monday, January 29, 2007

GMail has about 3 GB - you could use it like a drive

You can use it on your computer by installing an application that will do to access the drive easier, or you could use it from the net.
The first method is very easy to use (too bad you can't see the drive in Total Commander, but the Windows Explorer will do). You just have to:
1. Download the GMail Drive shell extension 1.0.10 from here.
2. Extract he files from the archive and run setup.exe
3. Access the new drive in Windows Explorer - it will ask you to log in (you know that Windows Explorer is something like Internet Explorer but with some other default tools, so when you copy files on that drive you just upload a file into an email sent to you, and when you copy from it you just download that file, so don't expect extra speed).
Look at the tips on the download page that I gave you above. It is nice to put a filter to your uploaded files.
Here you can see a little illustration how it works:


The method number two:
But sometimes you want to access your files not only on your computer, but somewhere else, at school, where you have no time or will to install that application. You can use this page witch is user friendly, and uses the same GMail. It is xMailHardDrive page powerredby BlackBox.
I saw this site is in the beta version, and sometimes you need patience with it. This guy from the clip above say that is is ok. It wasn't for me...

If the second method doesn't work, try downloading files from your GMail inbox (that's kind of third method), that sure will work, it will be just harder to upload files, but for that you better use the first method from home, where you have the drive installed.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

If you deleted those file accidentally

 
The Shift + Del shortcut to delete the file skip the file to go Recycle Bin and then go to throw all the trash, now the files are lost. Lost like the moment you empty the Bin - if the you don't have a Norton Antivirus or something that helps you to keep you hard dick full. But sometimes you lost some files that you needed. In this case try to use as quick as possible a recovery tool - quick, I mean until you didn't added some files to that partition, or  you didn't defragmented it.
A new utility, free utility is called Recuva (pronounced "recover") from recuva.com, it is a Windows utility that helps you to recover those files.
 
I hope it will do good for you, if it is not good enough try other utilities. Easy recovery worked once good enough for me. You can find the trial version here, it has no limitation.
More information about recovering data - on http://www.data-recovery-software.net/ .

Monday, January 22, 2007

Men with blue eye prefer blue-eyed women

I found this article on New Scientist site, and their explanations are very interesting.
The most interesting argument is that in a "blue-eyed couple" the child will be sure blue-eyed, and this will work like a test of paternity. For a father without blue yes the child is more probable without blue eyes too.
A blue-eyed man is more likely to be involved in relation with a woman with the same eye color then other possible combinations.
... Should I seek a blue-eyed partner?
... What color do you like the most for your partner's eyes?