101 Fabulous Freebies
Regular reader Pat send in a link to a list from PC World magazine with links to 101 software/Internet freebies. There are links to freeware utilties, web-based email, fun web sites, and more. Check it out!
Category «Recommended Web Sites»
Website Templates
If you are looking for some ideas and samples of simple web sites, especially if you are just learning, then check out WebGFX.ch. They host hundreds of basic templates. You just browse the listings (with thumbnails) and when you find one you like, you click on it. A page loads showing that template. You then …
PCNames Domain Search
I read about this at SearchEngineWatch: The PCNames domain search engine does exactly what might be expected of it – it searches for domain names and returns results with details on their availability. It does this virtually instantaneously as well – when you being typing the engine offers details on .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz …
Two-minute Photoshop tricks
Yet another one I found on Download Squad… Chris does a great job with the Digital Photography Tip of the Week, but there’s always room for more tips. The 2 Minute Photoshop Tricks site has around 40 different tips (some of them even with video) that explain how to accomplish certain effects in Photoshop. The …
Zamzar: Free online file conversion
From Download Squad: Awhile back I linked to Media-Convert, a web service that will convert files while you wait. I was duly impressed by Media-Convert, and I’m even more impressed by Zamzar, a very similar free service with a Web 2.0 touch. It can convert between five image formats, 14 document formats, 11 audio formats, …
Gickr: Create animated GIFs online
I read about this on the Download Squad site… Gickr is a cool web app that lets you quickly created animated GIFs without leaving the comfort of your web browser. You can upload files or read directly from your Flickr account.
SpamCop.net – Beware of cheap imitations
As I’m sure you’ve experienced, spam (junk email) is a huge problem. If you have an email address than you’ve probably received junk. Most ISPs now try to run services on their mail server to stop this, but some always get through. If you get spam and want to report it yourself, a good place …
LibraryThing
I’m not a big novel reader, but if I find something good, I can’t put it down until I’m done. I’ve got a small collection of books that are on a couple of bookshelves in my house and I’ve never felt the need to catalog them. But if you have a lot of books, and …
Media-Convert: Web-based converter for most everything
I saw this on Download Squad… Media-Convert is a fairly impressive web service that will convert a file from one file format to another. That sounds pretty benign, but what’s impressive is how many formats it supports. There’s a good chance Media-Convert supports almost every document on you computer, including dozens of audio and video …
Fantastic list of XP performance tweak myths
Another good one from Download Squad: If you’re like me… then you probably are a total sucker for any Netscape or digg post that claims to give you information about some super-secret registry tweak that will make your XP box faster. I know I’ve tried every one in the book, and I found the more …