July 25, 2009
Picasa has integrated some cool technology in the past, but facial recognition? In Picasa Web Albums, Google has integrated a newer technology that I think you’ll be amazed with at how well it works. In choosing which website to use to host my photographs, this feature may be a game-ender. Watch how it works, try [...]
July 25, 2009
I have used MANY video converters over the years. DVD to MPG or DVD to AVI and then I needed to convert AVI to WMV and many other combinations. Every time I was forced to find a different application to convert my damn video files! It was pretty annoying. So when I happed upon VideoSpiritLite [...]
July 24, 2009
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 more cool websites and web app reviews subscribe to MakeUseOf Directory. (1) Grazr – Free RSS to widget converter that allows you to create cool custom widgets for [...]
July 24, 2009
There are almost countless ways to create a blog these days. Blogger and WordPress are the big players. We’ve discussed them both before at great length, but there is no shortage of other options and tools. However, if you want to create a blog which contains rich media, and you don’t know (or don’t want [...]
July 24, 2009
I read somewhere that Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist, was the guy who invented index cards three centuries ago. That way he could pigeonhole vast amounts of data during his studies. We might not need it for organizing heavy duty scientific information but index cards are one of the best ways to organize information of [...]
July 24, 2009
There have been a lot of musical masterpieces in the world of gaming. No, Portal wasn’t the only one. You just have to look around a bit, and marvel about the great scores you’ll find. Classical music lovers will feast on Scorpio Fire, and have I mentioned the Tetris song yet? Other games come with [...]
July 24, 2009
In my last article, I mentioned that I used to be an English teacher. Well when I wasn’t teaching verbs and conjugations, I was also a part time online bookseller. eBay was my traditional stomping ground but I also tried out other selling venues such as Amazon and my own website. I had to more or [...]
July 24, 2009
Friendfeed lets you aggregate your online profiles and view the aggregate feed of your friends. For somebody who is not a heavy user of social networks it might all seem a bit overwhelming. While Friendfeed does have many features and options, when you get to a good start and invest a little time to figure [...]
July 24, 2009
Have you ever tried to install a program only to get an error message that another installation or un-installation is pending? Maybe you have seen unknown errors during installs or just crap lying around from previous uninstalls? Maybe an installation did not complete and now you can not uninstall or re-install it? How do you [...]
July 23, 2009
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