The apps we write typically store user information in databases and configuration information in xml files. When I want to view the contents of an xml file, I just click on it and Windows XP uses Internet Explorer to show a read only view of the file. This is not bad and I've kinda gotten used to it. I recently ran across a program that does a better job though. It only allows you to view, not edit, but it's a quick and simple replacement for the IE xml viewer built-in to XP. It also allows you to search based on XPath expressions which is helpful. You can download source or just install the executables at http://www.codeplex.com/xmlexplorer.

I keep my computer at work running almost always. I usually only restart it when Microsoft comes out with their monthly updates (and then I hold off as long as I can). I keep a lot of windows open on my desktop too, some of the windows are open for as long as my computer has been up (like my main explorer window, my editor and some utilities). After a couple weeks you get used to the locations of those long running apps on the Window's taskbar, but once you close a window and restart it the icon on the taskbar gets moved to the end of the list. To me (and probably not more than a handful of geeks in the world) this throws things off. So here is a little app that allows you to drag and drop your taskbar icons around which is a great feature that I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't already done (at least in XP). It's called Taskbar Shuffle.

Here's a little program that enables you to add tabs to any window. It can help you organize your desktop by grouping your work windows under one main window. http://wintabber.com/

It is crazy the amount of page views Steve and I get from our "biggest dog" pictures on our sites. They make up 95% of all our page views. He has found what is supposed to be the worlds biggest *dog* (trying to one up my Worlds Biggest Bulldog). Here's his find.

You can also see the Worlds Smallest Bulldog which gets a lot of traffic too. Most of the traffic is from Google Image search.