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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Microsoft, Freeware

reSizer - easily resize windows with a keystroke

reSizerWhen Joan tipped us off about a new application she'd written to help users manipulate window positions and size using the keyboard rather than mouse, I jumped at the chance to write it up. Of course, with the business of the holidays, I promptly managed to forget I'd claimed this download to blog about. Oh well, I'm getting around to it now, and I think it's worth the wait.

Joan's utility is called reSizer, and it's one of those ones that probably takes a bit of time to grow on you, but I suspect it also has a very good chance of becoming a "must have utility" for those of us that are extremely keyboard-centric.

reSizer works by leveraging the somewhat underused Windows key that most keyboards sport, in conjunction with the arrow (cursor) keys, and the numeric keypad. Unfortunately, it's one of those programs that you sort of have to use before you really "get" it, but if it piques your interest, I think it's worth the quick download.

Once running, you can easily move open windows around by simply typing Win-(arrow key) to move the window a few pixels in the directly you typed. Adding Shift to the key combination allows you to move windows very precisely.

More interestingly, windows can be quickly moved to 9 specific positions based on the numeric keypad; the top-left position is 7, the bottom-right is 3, and the middle is 5. This can be very handy to arrange a few open windows efficiently on your screen.

Where this utility really shines is in its ability to resize windows using these same numeric keys; typing CTRL-WIN-

Filed under: Design, Photo, Utilities, Blogging, Productivity

FastStone image tools

Fast StoneFrom the quick and dirty tools category, FastStone image tools work well and don't ask many questions. There is the Image Viewer (which is a browser, image editor, and converter), Capture (a screen capture utility that captures almost everything on screen, even flash), MaxView (a image viewer), and Photo Resizer (a batch converter, renamer, resizer). I use both the Capture application and sometimes resizer when I have a lot of pictures all at once that I want to convert or rename. They aren't by any means Adobe quality picture tools, but they work fine, and the are cheap too. You can't get much cheaper than free.

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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