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Source Control

• VisualSVN Server: a subversion server installer for windows
• TortoiseSVN: a windows-explorer integrated subversion client

Text Editors

• EditPlus
• Notepad2:  a notepad.exe replacement

Other Tools Lists

• Scott Hanselman's Ultimate Tools List

ExtremeTech has an ok article on how to prepare for the death of a hard drive.  Here are the highlights:

• Use "misson-critical" parts if machine is "misson-critical" (ie: RAID 1-mirroring)
• Lower the AutoSave time increments.
• If there's no AutoSave available, save your work often.
• Perform nightly backups.
• Check the integrity of the backups often (I once had to restore from a backup, only to find the backup corrupt).
• Use a backup battery system.

My work machine adhears to most of the suggestions.  Time to find a better backup routine.  Thank god for source control.

There's also an article about what to do after a hard disk crash.

1. Big Brown
2. Pyro
3. Colonel John
4. Gayego
5. War Pass
6. Yankee Bravo
7. Tale Of Ekati
8. Court Vision
9. Z Fortune
10. Smooth Air
11. Visionaire
12. Cowboy Cal
13. Tomcito
14. Bob Black Jack
15. Hey Byrn
16. El Gato Malo
17. Z Humor
18. Monba
19. Denis of Cork
20. Adriano

Here's my current top 10.

• Pyro
• Proud Spell
• Big Brown
• Into Mischief
• Georgie Boy
• War Pass
• Kodiak Kowboy
• Tale Of Ekati
• Colonel John
• Court Vision
• Smooth Air
• Yankee Bravo

It's about 32 days until the 2008 Run for the Roses.  Here are this weeks top picks.

1. Pyro
2. Kodiak Kowboy
3. Big Brown
4. Georgie Boy
5. Into Mischief
6. Yankee Bravo
7. Country Star
8. Smooth Air
9. Court Vision
10. War Pass
11. Denis Of Cork
12. Visionaire

STP has been another long time favorite of mine.  Here's Plush, off the album Cure.