IMified: Familiar Productivity with Instant Messaging

http://www.imified.com/
IMified: Familiar Productivity with Instant Messaging

WHAT IS IMIFIED?
Imified is an instant messenger buddy that works across all major IM networks and offers access to a growing number of web applications, as well as productivity tools like notes, reminders, and todo's. Imified helps you get things done faster.

Basically you issue commands to it by IM, and it shows results to you by IM. Can be configured with gadgets like notes, reminders, todos, and external services like Google Calendar, BaseCamp, Blogger, etc.

Pay As You Drive Insurance

Pay As You Drive Insurance from Norwich Union

"Pay As You Drive"™ insurance* is a revolutionary new type of car insurance tailored especially for you, that's based on when you drive, where you drive and how often.

We use the latest GPS (Global Positioning System) technology to help calculate your monthly premium. You pay for the time you time you spend behind the wheel plus a fixed monthly fee that just covers the basics.

Not only this, but you could take advantage of free satellite navigation and speed camera detection for 30 days, in addition to round the clock support via your in-car Assistance Button that gives you 24 hour access to help immediately, anytime, should you find you ever need it.

SIW - System Information for Windows

SIW - System Information for Windows - Everything you want to know about your computer

SIW Homepage

SIW (System Information for Windows) performs computer configuration analysis and diagnostics. It gives detailed information about your computer properties and settings, detailed specs for:

• Software: Operating System, Installed Software and Hotfixes, Processes, Services, Users, Open Files, System Uptime, Installed Codecs, Licenses.
• Hardware: Motherboard, Sensors, BIOS, CPU, chipset, PCI/AGP, USB and ISA/PnP Devices, Memory, Video Card, Monitor, Disk Drives, CD/DVD Devices, SCSI Devices, S.M.A.R.T., Ports, Printers.
• Network: Network Cards, Network Shares, currently active Network Connections, Open Ports.
• Tools: Password Recovery, Reveal passwords hidden behind asterisks, Product Keys and Serial Numbers (CD Key), MAC Address Changer, Shutdown / Restart.
• Real-time monitors: CPU, Memory, Page File usage and Network Traffic.

SIW can create a report file (CSV, HTML, TXT or XML), and is able to run in batch mode (for PC Auditing and Inventory).

SIW is a standalone utility that does not require installation - one less installed program on your PC as well the fact that you can run the program directly from a USB flash drive (Portable Freeware).

TV & Video Search Engines

Blinkx
OpenV

Interview WuXin on OpenV

XKCD - A Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math, and Language

XKCD - A Webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math, and Language

VC80 Runtime DLL Hell

VC80 Runtime DLL Hell
It's mostly about the side-by-side feature and the effect of the manifest file or resource on the determination of the location of the VC80 runtime. But I agree it is a bit messy.

Conway's Game of Life in one line of APL

Conway's Game of Life in one line of APL

Next Generation Source Code Search

AllTheCode
It searches code in context, rather than on its own, and returns more relevant results.

Other code search engines:
Google CodeSearch
Krugle

All About C++

Hugo's Blog 1
Hugo's Blog 2

金庸小说年代排序

金庸小说年代排序
一.春秋时期
1.《越女剑》：公元前五世纪前叶
二.北宋后期
2.《天龙八部》：公元1094年前后
三.南宋中后期
3.《射雕英雄传》：公元1206年-1227年（郭母怀胎到铁木真逝世）
4.《神雕侠侣》：公元1239年-1260年（杨过出场到蒙哥归天）
四.元朝末期
5.《倚天屠龙记》：公元1337年-1360年（张三丰90岁到张无忌22岁）
五.明朝
6.《笑傲江湖》：估计是明朝中期
因为有武当派，而且书中官职是明朝的，并且书上插图中的男人都没有辫子，还有在《鹿鼎记》中澄观老师侄曾想到“前朝有一位令狐冲大侠，以无招胜有招”，那自然是明朝了
7.《侠客行》：明朝
因为有武当派，并且书中好象没有什么民族矛盾，而且书上插图中的男人都没有辫子
8.《碧血剑》：公元1634年-1644年（袁承志从10岁到20岁）
六.清朝
9.《鹿鼎记》：公元1670年-1689年
鳌拜死的时候史书上记载为1670年，韦小宝签订《尼布楚条约》后归隐，那是1689年
10.《书剑恩仇录》：公元1756年前后
因为《飞狐外传》中赵半山曾对小胡斐说过福康安在十年前被红花会抓住过
11.《飞狐外传》：公元1766年-1770年
由《雪山飞狐》推算，从胡斐13岁到17岁
12.《雪山飞狐》：公元1780年3月15日（阴历）
书上开头就写了“这是乾隆四十五年叁月十五”
13.《鸳鸯刀》：清朝
书上倒数第二段写道“满清皇帝听说这双刀之中，有一个能无敌於天下的大秘密”，自然是清朝了
14.《连城诀》：清朝
这个没什么大道理，因为书上插图中的男人都有辫子，这可是金庸授权的，而且从官职、地名上也可以看出是清朝
15.《白马啸西风》：清朝
原因和前面的一样，书上插图中的男人有辫子

UK Price Comparison Websites

A Good Summary

PriceRunner
PriceChecker
CompareStorePrices
Kelkoo
DealTime
Dooyoo
OnlinePriceGuide
PriceGuideUK
PCIndex
EasyValue
PriceWatch
PriceComparison
USwitch
Ciao
DealClick

Personalised Webpages and Desktops

Personalised webpages:
Netvibes
My Yahoo
PageFlakes
My MSN
My Google

Personalised desktop:
Apple MacOS X Dashboard
Microsoft Vista Sidebar

C++ Object Memory Layout

C++ Object Memory Layout in the presence of Virtual and/or (Multiple) Inheritance:
C++ ABI Summary
C++ Vtable Example
C++'s Virtual modifier
The Old New Thing on Adjustor Thunks
The Old New Thing on COM Object Layout
MSDN on Adjustor Thunks

The use of 'virtual' inheritance might change the binary layout of an object completely. In particular, the virtual base class may be moved to the end of the object layout rather than staying at the beginning of the object. Hence, DO NOT USE 'Virtual Inheritance' ON BINARY COMPATIBLE INTERFACES!