This is how to make the best of your USB memory.
Be sure about security though (
Protection of files on a personal computer).
Use the same web browser wherever you go. No fuss about differences of book marks, no worry about browsing history.
Mozillar Firefox Portable Edition is the solution.
Use the same mail soft wherever you go, in the same way as web browser.
Mozillar Thunderbird Portable Edition is the solution. In case the settings (pop & SMTP etc.) does not work out for your server,
EdMax is a nice choice for Japanese users.
View Google Calendar wherever you go, even in an off-line environment.
Mozilla Sunbird Portable Edition is the solution. The usage is a bit tricky and can be summarized as follows. The same thing can be done with Thunderbird too.
Select "Tools - Add-ons", and click "Get Extentions" to the add-on page. There should be a recommended "Provider for Google Calendar by Philipp Kewisch". Download it and then go back to "Add-ons" window and press "Install" button to install what you have just downloaded.
Login to Google's account and display your calender. Click "Manage Calender" and click on the calender you want to view with Sunbird. At the bottom part (second from the bottom) of the attribute screen of the selected calender, click on "XML" of "Calender Address" to display the URL of the calender.
Finally, go back to Sunbird, select "New Calender", choose "on the network", then at the next screen, choose "Google Calendar" and copy the URL displayed in the second step above, to "Location". Then, input the password for Google account. In the last window, give your calender a name of your choice, and you are all set!
To save the trouble of looking for the commands of your portable treasures. You can write a autorun.inf file for the USB with contents like below.
[autorun]
icon=.\portables\pc21mem\USB FlashMemory ClipDrive Yellow.ico
shell=open
open=.\Portables\PStart.exe
action=start the launcher
shell\UnplugDrive\command=UnplugDrive.exe /C
shell\UnplugDrive=Unplug the USB Drive
Where, Pstart.exe and UnplugDrive.exe can be obtained as follows. The icons file is obtained from
here, but can be any icon file you designed.
Having copied the file to the root of your USB drive, the application launcher will be started once you connect it to a computer. When you right click on the drive, you will also have a menu for unplugging the drive.
There are also many other applications that can be installed on USB memory.
PortableApps.com provide about 50 great such kind of softwares. With them, you will not feel sorry that your favorite computer is at hand. The following are just a few examples.
| GIMP | Image processing and retouch
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| VLC Media Player | Besides the standard ones, also supports DivX, XviD, MKV and OGG etc.
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| Sumatra PDF | Has zoom, rotate functions too.
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| Eraser | Erase files on a host pc without any trace.
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| AbiWord | A quick editor for Word and HTML file. Vista not supported.
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ClamWin
| Free virus scan software. Does not have real time monitor function.
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| Jooleem | A simple and lovely puzzle game.
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If the above information still do not suffice the reader,
Pendriveapps.com nice gadgets for you to play.
There are many types of maps, geographic maps to be exact (e.g. not mind map). Google, Yahoo and many other companies offer are offering online free maps. But whatever projection system it is, sometimes we just want some map images of any form for illustration purposes. The following are some sites that offer free map images.
