My Notes to Myself and Others... : Gadget

Proximity Lock for your Computer

Erik Rozman — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:26:37 GMT

I love hi-tech toys,and I always said that it’s odd that there is no options
for my computer to sense whenever I “leave” it and lockup…Well now there is.

If you have a Bluetooth enable phone, then by using a piece of software from
Phoenix you can teach your computer to lock and unlock-handsfree…

http://www.phoenixfreeze.com/

Shutting down from the sidebar

Erik Rozman — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:52:25 GMT

To me, the sidebar was an odd feature of Vista. It reminded of the old Office
toolbar(which I never used), yet as time passes it is starting to grow on me
mainly to the useful gadgets people build for it.

One such useful gadget is the Control System gadget that allows you to
shut down(including all iterations:standby,hibernate etc.) your system from
the sidebar:

Download it here.