Secret “God Mode” for Windows 10

There is a secret trick in your new Windows 10 PC! “Right-Click” on your Desktop and create a regular Folder on your Desktop in Windows 10. Then change the folder name to this exact string:

GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}

Be sure to paste EXACTLY the string above as the name of the folder. The folder icon will change and you will get lot’s of “God Mode” settings in the contents of the folder. Weird but cool!

Geek Software of the Week: Cyberduck!

CyberduckThis week’s GSotW is very cool. Cyberduck is not only an FTP client, it is a tool that allows you to access Amazon S3 cloud files as though it were an FTP connection.

Cyberduck – Libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3 & OpenStack Swift browser for Mac and Windows.

“Connecting to every server. With an easy to use interface, connect to FTP (File Transfer Protocol), SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer), WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning), Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage and Rackspace Cloud Files.

Emerging open cloud software standards
Works with third-party providers using either the S3 or Openstack Swift APIs. You can find connection profiles for HP Cloud Object Storage, Internap, EVault LTS2, Oracle Storage Cloud Service and many others.

Fast FTP Core
A widely tested FTP (File Transfer Protocol) implementation for the best interoperability with support for FTP over secured SSL/TLS connections.

Edit any file with your preferred editor
To edit files, a seamless integration with any external editor application makes it easy to change content quickly. Edit any text or binary file on the server in your preferred application.

Distribute your content in the cloud
Both Amazon CloudFront and Akamai content delivery networks (CDN) can be easily configured to distribute your files worldwide from edge locations. Connect to any server using FTP, SFTP or WebDAV and configure it as the origin of a new Amazon CloudFront CDN distribution.

Amazon CloudFront
Manage custom origin, basic and streaming CloudFront distributions. Toggle deployment, define CNAMEs, distribution access logging and set the default index file.

Google Cloud Storage
With OAuth or interoperable authentication support. Share files securely with an authenticated URL. Configure bucket access logging to get statistics with Qloudstat.

Rackspace Cloud Files
Manage your Rackspace Cloud Files storage including the configuration of Akamai content delivery network (CDN) with support to toggle on access logs for Qloudstat.

Amazon S3 for the rest of us
Browse Amazon Simple Storage Service like your harddisk. Supporting the latest and greatest additions to the S3 storage options. Define website endpoints, enable access logging, configure storage class, encryption and lifecycle (Glacier).

Browse with ease
Browse and move your files quickly in the browser with caching enabled for the best performance. Works with any character encoding for the correct display of Umlaute, Japanese and Chinese.

Transfer anything
Limit the number of concurrent transfers and filter files using a regular expression. Resume both interrupted download and uploads. Recursively transfer directories.

WebDAV Interoperability
Best interoperability with services implementing WebDAV.

Advanced SSH features
No compromise accessing your SFTP servers with all the bells and whistles.

Integration with system technologies
A native citizen of Mac OS X and Windows. Notification center, Gatekeeper and Retina resolution.”

Open Source – Licensed under the GPL.

Traditional Watch Sales Tank!

Smartwatches are definitely changing the watch industry!

Smartwatches Decimated Traditional Watch Sales Last Month

Techcrunch – By: John Biggs – “An NPD survey is suggesting that the Apple Watch has pushed watch sales to the lowest point since 2008. NPD has found that watchmakers sold $375 million worth of watches in July, down 11 percent from last year.

This decline is the largest since a similar decline in 2008 due to the financial crisis.

The suggestion that Apple had something to do with this is, at this point, specious. However, I would argue that the entire gamut of smartwatches – from Pebble, Motorola, Fitbit and Apple – are putting a serious dent in the fashion watch market.

Summer is traditionally a tough time for watchmakers. Kids have graduated so there are no Rolexen to be bought. There are few holidays in these fallow months and, barring a bit of duty-free tourist trade, there are few opportunities for folks to pick up anything new.

Furthermore, the industry has been fairly low-key over the past year in reaction to confusing consumer demand. The Sistem 51 by Swatch has gained a certain notoriety in the low-end market, but other manufacturers have priced themselves up and out of the fashion world, forcing them to work in cyclical holiday markets.

Ultimately the watch industry is up against the wall. When faced with the choice between a Fossil and a Fitbit, I suspect the average tech-savvy buyer would buy the fitness band. While this should leave watch lovers aghast, it’s the state of things and it will soon be the new normal.”