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Duplicate Files? No More! Enter CloneSpy

lencurrie — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:19:23 +0000

It seems to me that I keep organizing, then re-organizing, then re-organizing.. and the list and list goes on. Be it music, pictures, movies, whatever.. If I’m putting it on a computer, I want to have it organized.

The problem is, most of the times the data is spread across so many drives, duplicates are going to happen, whether I like it or not, perhaps I clicked on ‘rename’ when I wanted to simply move files over to another directory.. who knows?

In any case, I’ve had a really tough time finding the right tool – until now. CloneSpy has done the job for me, and as we speak, I’ve put my hard drive on the weight loss supplements that I don’t need to buy! I love freeware!

Head on over to CloneSpy’s homepage and download it. If you are heading out on the town tonight, and don’t want to sit in front of your computer but wouldn’t mind doing this.. that’s all the better! See what it does is create a unique ‘fingerprint’ of each file called a CRC Checksum. This fingerprint is then compared to the other fingerprints that you have in your pool. So for example – if you had all your music in a directory called c:\my music\, then you could simply choose that folder – then use the following settings on the page to scan through all your files.

Note – The first time I ran this is PROMPTED ME EVERY FILE, which is not what I wanted to do – so in the options – go into the following options to change it from prompting every time a duplicate is found (unless that’s what you want):

Change the setting so that it doesn't prompt you every time it finds a duplicate

To find out how fast it works, I just scanned almost 2000 high resolution DVD cover images in 6.5 minutes – it was able to report to me that I actually somehow ended up duplicating most of my files, so I cleared them and saved myself 4.6 gigs of space. (Sweet!)

What I also did was since personally I ended up renaming most of my files with (1) at the end, is just choose to mark the longer file names in each of the pairs, then delete it based on that. I did however REVIEW ALL THE FILES to make sure I didn’t delete ones that weren’t supposed to be.

Also a great idea to choose is to delete to a seperate folder instead of deleting to the recycle bin or delete permanently. You can change those options as well.

Choose to move to a different folder just to be on the safe side (I have it set to go to the recycle bin)

There are also a few options that you can use to determine duplicates, you can choose by exact file size, file name, etc.

Anyhow.. very handy, and I plan on using it for both my pictures and for my music… I’m very excited about the music idea as I know I have a lot of duplicates and that’s going to save a lot of space.

Nice! 10 Free (LEGAL!) Songs to download just by joining a Facebook Page..

lencurrie — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:37:57 +0000

Hurry! Limited Time and a limited amount of downloads!!

I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas

Fire Burning – Sean Kingston

Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams

Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas

Burn It to the Ground – Nickelback

Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett

Sex on fire – Kings of Leon

Jammin’ – Bob Marley

Poker Face – Lady Gaga

It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson

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Bud Light Lime is giving away some killer tunes just by becoming a fan (my current fav being the black eyed peas – i got a feeling)…

Here’s the song list:

I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
Fire Burning – Sean Kingston
Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
Boom Boom Pow – Black Eyed Peas
Burn It to the Ground – Nickelback
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
Sex on fire – Kings of Leon
Jammin’ – Bob Marley
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson

AC/DC was awesome.. but just a touch more awesome than the bus ride over..

lencurrie — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:44:30 +0000

Ok maybe AC/DC had the bus ride beat by more than just a touch.. but I can tell you this.. the bus ride over seriously got me pumped for the concert.. I loved it!!

I’ll give you the brief rundown of the day and night..

12:30 pm – buying some snacks, getting some cash.. and trying to make it on time to the bus at the St. Pius X parking lot.

12:50 pm – forgot to buy a 6 pack of beer.. really regretting this as we are on the UPEI Panther bus and everyone else seems to be drinking.

1:20 pm – on our way to Moncton.. bus driver has AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” CRANKED on the radio.. really regretting not having any beer

2:40 pm – our bus driver is passing EVERYONE.. starting to think he’s suicidal.. but the rest of the bus seems to be cheering.. I will cheer too!

3:00 pm – why does Moncton have construction all over the main roads to get there? Oh well.. AC/DC still cranked on the radio and we’re almost there. Food is now all gone. Still need beer.

3:30 pm – our bus is going through the crowds to the chartered areas.. people are cheering and staring at our bus.. I think they actually think we’re all UPEI Panthers.

4:00 pm – we’re here and ready to Rock! Glad we brought sneakers.. where are those beer tents?

4:30 pm – Victory is mine! Liz and I wandering all over the grounds.. first purchase of 6 beer tickets for $40.. *sigh*

4:45 pm – Very cool.. we walk through the beer area gates and there are 2 people holding a cooler ready to sell us beer.. at first I had no idea what was going on, but realize soon that this is part of the service. Definitely a lot different than Aerosmith.. no waiting at all.

6:00 pm – Getting a good buzz on.. we’re sitting in the beer area grass, realizing I’ve paid over $80 for 12 beers.. and they are going down wonderfully. Some odd characters are around including an overweight guy in a pink tank top with ‘say no to crack’ on the back with an arrow.. I’ll let you guess which way it was pointed. (I hope he lost a bet..)

6:30 pm – “The Answer” goes on.. they’re alright.. never heard of em.. don’t care.. still drinking and having fun in the sun.. glad I wore sunscreen.. it’s BEAUTIFUL!

7:30 pm – “Anvil” plays a heavy and long set.. I think I told Liz about 30 times we now have to watch the movie about their life… see info on it at http://www.anvilthemovie.com/.

8:30 pm – Myself and Liz (with good buzzes at this point) decide to get in closer to the action for the big show… we leave the beer area and head to the stage…. or at least attempt on getting as close as possible. Liz agrees.. but I think this is partly due to her good buzz.. This video here shows where we were about sitting.. except a lot closer.

9:00 pm – They keep playing jazz music while we’re waiting.. seems like forever..

9:10 pm – Best entrance to a band ever (see it here!).. they have this cartoon-ish like train ride on the screens where Angus is making it go faster and faster.. finally.. BOOM!!! Fireworks go off, and the screens on stage split to reveal a huge train with AC/DC on the side.. and they start playing.. BEST.. ENTRANCE.. EVER! So pumped!

9:50 pm – Near get in fight with two or three drunk guys behind me pushing me into Liz and into a lady next to me.. thankfully.. nothing thrown.. they go ahead of us (this is a good thing I realize)

11:20 pm – Highway to Hell plays as part of the encore.. and they’re off..but..

11:30 pm – Fireworks! Right off the side of the stage.. very cool way to finalize the night.. awesome.

11:35 pm – We look back at a SEA of people all trying to leave..

11:45 pm – Get back to the bus.. finally off our feet.. glad we wore sneakers.. sleepy..

3:00 am – Get back to my car after a long ride and dozing in and out the whole way.

Great video of the entrance:

Entrance and Thunderstruck.. better audio

Thanks to AC/DC, Trius, and the city of Moncton for one hell of an experience.

Heading to AC/DC today.. for those about to Rock!

lencurrie — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:43:04 +0000

Well after having my tickets since they basically went on sale.. it’s now the day that AC/DC rocks the maritimes! And truer words could not be stated! They are likely to have over 80,000 people attend the concert.. how nuts is that?!?! that is over 50% of the Islands population heading to the same spot

Personally this is the second time I’ve seen them as I watched them indoors at the Calgary Sattledome way back in .. um.. I think 1996? They were awesome then.. so awesome that my brother flew out to see them at the time from Halifax.. (he says it was to see me.. but yeah.. I don’t think so).

So the bus leaves at 1pm or so.. and I’ll likely have a few beers or something before hand.. at least I think.. I certainly don’t want to ‘bust the bladder’ before I get there.. good god I hope it’s well organized.. I’ll make sure to write a post when I get back on it. It cost me $100 to take the bus for the two of us.. but I’m glad we’re doing that.. we’ll get a lot closer to the action this way, and I don’t have to worry about sleeping in the vibe, something that will make a car insurance claim.. heh, or the hellish traffic that will likely ensue trying to get out and back to the Island! It’s going to be nuts! Any guesses as to how long it’ll take to get over there and back? I’m guessing way over 2 hours.

I’m bringing hardly anything.. cash.. ID.. sunglasses It looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day.. for those about to rock.. “WE SALUTE YOU!”

Daughtry – Poker Face.. Better or worse than Ga Ga..?

lencurrie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:04:46 +0000

Came across a cover of “Poker Face” by Chris Daughtry on Youtube.. apparentely it’s on his new album..

Personally.. I like it..