glances

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Expose Noisy Tabs image

Software >
Pale Moon > Pale Moon extensions >

was https://github.com/wsdfhjxc/expose-noisy-tabs, but I found a copy at https://github.com/adisib/expose-noisy-tabs
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/expose-noisy-tabs/

Adds an icon to tabs to indicate which emanates sound and allow one to easily mute them.

  • 2019-01-15 – Obsoleted when its functionality was implemented in Pale Moon 28.3.0.
  • 2018-03-31 – 1.1.0

Software > Scanners >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.hamrick.com/

It really looks great.

VueScan supports the CanoScan LiDE 120, which I tested it with.

It watermarks what it scans, unless you buy it. It’s not worth $50 for something decent, because my scanner cost that. $100 to get OCR cooked-in also isn’t worth it.

Soon to be renamed System Informer

Process Hacker logo

Software >

https://github.com/winsiderss/systeminformer
https://processhacker.sourceforge.io/

A free, powerful, multi-purpose tool that helps you monitor system resources, debug software and detect malware.



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Process Lasso image

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://bitsum.com/processlasso-docs/

A host of features to manage processes, such as changing CPU priority. It has lots of automated magic for system happiness. I use it for its control of the CPU’s power profile, making this the equivalent of Linux‘s cpufrequtils.

Highly recommended.



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WP-SpamShield.jpg

Security > Software >
WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

(removed from WordPress’ plugins list, see below)
www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield-anti-spam/ (dead) [ 1 ] was www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield/ (not archived)

A spam protector that replaces Askismet.

  • Abandoned — Dead, and the developers were dogpiled into closing, but the code still works.



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Footnotes

^ 1 was www.redsandmarketing.com/plugins/wp-spamshield/ (not archived)

Synfig logo

Software > Animation >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.synfig.org/

A cross-platform open-source animation program.

I didn’t want to deal with Blender, so I checked this out for simple animations. So far, so good. Even at a glance it could have been done far better, but maybe I can make do.



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Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions icon

Software > WordPress > WordPress Plugins >

https://wordpress.org/plugins/rvg-optimize-database/
http://cagewebdev.com/optimize-database-after-deleting-revisions-wordpress-plugin/

Delete old revisions and optimize your WordPress database.

This halved the size of my database.



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