Major discoveries

I need to blog this! In the last couple of days I’ve found some truly extraordinary programs/services/books, which I need to share.

The first I found was a system called FolderShare, enabling you so synchronize documents between your computers, share images with friends and family, and remotely access your files from any computer, as long as your computer is online somewhere in the world. It’s not new, however, it used to be a service you paid for. Now it’s available for free. http://www.foldershare.com/

The second service I found is called Windows Live. Right now, it is available from http://www.live.com/, as a public beta, but it works really great. It is perfect for designing a personal start-page, containing everything from weather-forecasts to RSS-feeds. It’s not revolutionary, but it works pretty damn well. It does pretty much the same as Dashboard on OS X, in combination with an RSS-reader. I use Dashboard too, but I like this better. Besides, it doesn't take up 2 gb of virtual memory to load!

I also just read a book called Freakonomics, A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. You can read it in a day or two, and it’s really worth it. http://www.freakonomics.com/