One of the most important things you can understand is memory allocation when it comes to administrating windows operating systems.  Just when I think I understand memory I usually run across an article that explains something that I did not completely understand.  Once again Mark Russinovich has done an excellent job of describing what paged and nonpaged pool memory is.  Not only does Mark explain what it is he also goes into detail on how to view what you are currently using.  He also demonstrates how to use one of his tools called Not My Fault to demonstrate memory issues.  Mark also goes into great detail on how to track memory pool leaks.  This article is a must read if you really want to understand how your system memory is behaving or not behaving.  Thanks again Mark for passing on all of this information.  We truly appreciate all the time you spend helping us understand the windows operating systems better.

Mark’s Blog Entry On Memory Limits
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2009/03/26/3211216.aspx

Mark’s Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/default.aspx

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There is a great article over at mashable.com that is written by Sean P. Aune.  The article covers allot of resources that a freelancer and web worker could find useful in their everyday life.  The article covers allot of different areas such as time tracking, invoicing,  job listings, and just about anything else you can think of.  I love to pass these types of articles on as usually you can always pick up a new tool that can make your everyday life easier.

Article Link:
85+ Tools and Resources For Freelancers and Web Workers

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If you have not seen the presentation from TED that talks about the “sixth sense” I highly recommend checking it out.  Pattie Maes gives the presentation on a very interesting way to incorporate technology into our everyday lives.  In todays world we use several different technology devices to give us information that we make decisions on.  The problem is that it takes time to use these devices to look up information.  With the invention in the sixth sense video this information just becomes part of our daily life without having manually put in information in to get information back out.  Probably the biggest thing that shocked me was the cost of the system which was not much more then a cell phone today.  Please check out the video below and let me know what you think.

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