http://www.makeuseof.com Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:02:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Music has become a natural part of our everyday life. Imagine music missing from movies, department stores or tv commercials. Music is more than decoration, though. Sites like Pandora and Last.fm have hit a beat with those not wanting to miss out on great music, popular or not. My passion is ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-broaden-your-musical-horizons-online/ I have been saying repetitively how wonderful Windows is. The registry particularly can make customization easy and definitely fun. Today, we will be looking at just a few registry tweaks that can increase your ability to customize Windows to an extreme level. WARNING : BEFORE making any changes to the Windows ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/winhack-some-quick-windows-registry-tweaks/ If you are a power downloader, who likes to download large files or download files via bittorrent, you should definately check out aria2. aria2 is an advanced utility for the 'powerful geeky downloader'. Aria2 is for Linux, however Windows and Mac ports are available. It supports downloads in HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/BitTorrent/Metalink ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/aria2-fast-multiprotocol-power-downloader-app/ So you like to share your music eh? Yes we know that you can let other people on your network connect and listen to your iTunes library. We also know you are sucking up the office bandwidth and wasting valuable company time. BUT....don't worry we wont narc on you to your HR ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/can-you-tell-me-who-is-sharing-my-itunes-library-windows/ Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory. Want to submit your application to MakeUseOf directory ? See how here. (1) Docx Converter - ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cool-websites-and-tools-edition-184/ There I was, hopping up and down in my room when a friend barges through the door. "What are you doing?" I stop and don't really know what to say. Maybe if I keep silent he'll forget about it. It doesn't work. He keeps standing there in the doorway with that ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/muo-games-great-webcam-gaming-with-webcam-mania/ Back in February I wrote an article, 4 Youtube Tools You Probably Don't Know About. Today I am going to do a follow-up on it. Although we all use Youtube on a regular basis there are plenty of awesome things about it most of us have no idea about. Here ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-new-youtube-tools-you-should-try/ Let's face it - people love to win free stuff and hosting a contest on your blog or website is a great way to create excitement and increase your traffic. Large companies understand the value of holding contests and sweepstakes because they know it can introduce products, ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/blog-promotions-made-easy-with-contestmachine/ Are New Year's resolutions a sure way to send you into a depressive phase by the end of January? In general, New Year's resolutions are a prime example of how bad we are at sticking to promises made to ourselves. Why is it that it is so hard to stick to ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/finally-stick-to-your-resolutions-with-stickk/ OtherInbox claims to be "the cure for email overload." I've been part of the beta test for a few weeks now and I simply love it. Instead of giving you a single email address, OtherInbox gives you the ability to create multiple addresses in your own subdomain (myusername.otherinbox.com). These addresses ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fight-spam-and-email-overload-with-otherinbox/ While most people use a Twitter client of some kind nowadays, your profile page is still important if you want to attract new followers.  Usually those who have just discovered you will visit your profile (as in http://twitter.com/"username") before deciding to follow you.  Twitter pages look really chic already, but ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/a-bunch-of-easy-ways-to-spice-up-your-twitter-page/ Today on the Make Use Of Podcast we will take a look at a start page called Tizmos.  It's a simple page where you can create thumbnail links for any number of websites. The podcast is available through iTunes so don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast if you have an ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/podcast-23-tizmos/ Have you ever got bored over a game and felt that you could create one that was better? Maybe the only thing that was holding you back was the lack of programming knowledge. Now what if there was a way for you to exercise your creativity and create your own game ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-and-share-your-self-made-games-with-sploder/ A Firefox Quick Search is one of the coolest Firefox features and at the same time the least known one. Using Quick Search feature you can search a website of your choice directly from the Firefox address bar. So instead of say going to www.youtube.com and then searching for standup comedy, ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/ Check out the top picks from MakeUseOf 'Geeky Fun' during the last week. As usual, thanks to everyone who emailed us the links, this wouldn't be possible without your contributions. 1. Bluescreen Fails at Failing (screenshot) 2. A Message To Adobe (screenshot) 3. Toot Tone: New Generation Ringtone Gadget (video) 4. Microsoft Vista Ad ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/latest-picks-from-makeuseof-geeky-fun-24/ All of the Windows operating systems seem to allow an extreme amount of customization and change based on user desires. Today, we will talk about a small part of that - tweaking the Windows logon/boot. Well, ready to get started? Let's do it. Messing around with the actual login can be quite ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/winhack-tweak-the-windows-logon-win-xp/ As a student in a foreign country, I deal with a minimum of two languages. Mostly, it's English and Russian. When I first started using Mac, I was surprised to find that it had built-in support for an abundance of keyboard layouts as well as some phonetic ones. Phonetic keyboards ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/macnifying-os-x-manage-foreign-languages-on-your-mac/ Sure, normal people only need to be connected to one Exchange server or have open only one instance of Outlook. I guess that means I am not normal! I have several Exchange servers I use daily and sometimes I need to be connected to more than one in a ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/open-two-different-instances-of-outlook-with-extraoutlook/ Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more app reviews subscribe to makeuseof directory. Want to submit your application to MakeUseOf directory ? See how here. (1) Bitstrips - Fun ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/cool-websites-and-tools-edition-183/ Here at Make Use Of, we're big fans of Gmail and use it all the time. We love the interface, the features and above all, It just works. But, as with all software, there is room for improvement and although Google has been adding features to Gmail at a dizzying pace, ... http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-gmail-labs-features-everyone-should-try/