This is a post for some of my more ‘geeky’ readers.

As both a developer and designer…I have to, in most situations, run various applications that are what we call Memory (cpu resources) Hogs. I’ll run one or two of my favorite Text Editors along with Visual Studio. I’ll also be running a Database Management tool like SQL Server MS and/or some other tool to help me manage my MySQL databases. And then on top of that, I’ll also have various image editing tools open too…Inkscape, GIMP, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Paint.NET, IcoFX, etc. On lesser machines you would for sure crash after a couple hrs…UNLESS you follow the instructions below to create yourself a Clear Memory shortcut.

1. Create a new shortcut on your desktop (Righ click –> New –> Shortcut). This will start the new shortcut wizard.
2. Insert this string %windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks in the textbox where it asks you to type the location of the item.
3. Click “Next”
4. on the next screen insert the name of the shortcut, like “Clear Memory” and click “Ok”

That’s it. Any time you think or feel your machine bogging down or slower than usual…try this and see if it helps.

Here’s another entry for the “Google is going to take over the world” thing I have been saying for a while.

Google has released a Beta version of their Browser Project called Google Chrome. I am going to check it out and see what I think of it. So far it looks good. I liked the thumbs of most visited sites like Opera does. I like how fast it is like Safari. I’ll check out more features and let you know what I think.

In the meantime…have you tried it yet? If so, what do you think?