Spy Journal 3.0 Filtering the web for you

Here is a round up of a lot of pages I have tagged in delicious or just decided to link to because of their content but don't have time to review in depth.

Mark from Geeks are Sexy has written a very good article on writing for the web using RSS and other tools to gather information and resources. A must read for any serious blogger.

Miguel from Tip of the Day has written a long explanation of the need to Make and Maintain a Master Information Document. Use this tool to hold all passwords, settings and other vital information that your executors and survivors will need when you die.

We wrote an article previously about various file sharing services.

I have come across several more since and will simply post them up as links with the details of what they offer below.

Service name	Need an account?	Need to be logged in to access files?	Maximum file size	Streaming of files	Other details
Box.net	Yes	No	File size 10Mb for free account and 1Gb for paid, maximum box size 1Gb for free account, 5Gb and 15Gb for paid accounts	No	can be accessed via email, integrates with MS Office 2003 and 2007, mobile access and phone support for paid accounts
Eat Lime	No	No	1G when registered	Yes	New video sharing version also
File Dropper	No	No	7 day trial - 50Gb $0.99 per month 5Gb $5 per month 50GB $10 per month 250Gb	No	Files are in public space - you share the link
File Mail	No	No	2Gb	No	Files are shared by uploading to server - and then the server emails your recipients with a link to download from
File Crunch	No	No	250Mb Unlimited storage	No	Supports file resuming
Windows Live Folder Share	Yes - Windows Live	Yes	2Gb		Works on Mac and PC Synchronise between PC and the internet

Updated 23 July 2008

So far I have installed XP Service pack 3 as follows:

Brand New XP installation P4 1GB Ram - Went really fast and no errors

Virtual Machine - went real slow but no errors

Existing machine P4 1GB Ram - extremely slow - no errors

Existing machine P3 512MB Ram - extremely slow - 1 error - couldn't copy atapi.sys from c:\windows\system32\drivers. After a bit of research I simply deleted the atapi.sys file and closed daemon tools.

The following is a list of applications I installed on Vista business 64 bit in the last 2 days (my must install list). These were all successful (after in some cases downloading the latest version).

• Office 2007
• Dreamweaver MX
• CuteFTP
• Firefox
• Windows Live - messenger, writer, live photo gallery
• Adobe Photoshop v7
• Adobe Reader
• Adobe Air
• MS Sync Toy 2
• Twhirl
• Yahoo Messenger
• Skype
• Winamp
• Streamripper for winamp
• DoPDF
• Azureus
• Batch Renamer
• Daemon tools
• DVD Fab HD Decryptor
• Java
• Irfanview
• Klite Codecs
• Lansafe (UPS monitoring software)
• Office live
• Picasa2
• Quickbooks
• Rescue Time
• VLC
• Winrar
• Nokia PC Suite

The following software would not install or doesn't work properly on Vista 64 bit.

• Power ISO 3
• Adobe pdf previewer in Outlook 2007
• Send to One Note doesn't work in Vista 64 (known issue)
• Clone CD