September 29, 2009
Have you ever thought about getting yourself a non-official name change? A special nickname, that is. Some people quickly get a nickname in college, others have to make do. If you’re looking for a cool funny nickname, the internet is a great place to be. Plenty of name generators out there will give you all [...]
September 29, 2009
Looking at the feedback I’ve got from my previous article about building a self-hosted WordPress blog for free, and from personal experience, I can tell that good free web hosting services are hard to find. Sure, you can get tons of results from search engines. But most of them turn out to be more annoying [...]
September 29, 2009
Why is an uninstaller a useful app to have in your armory? Normally, the better designed programs come with an uninstaller of their own. They are designed keeping in mind ease of installation, upgrades, configuration and uninstallation. That’s a complete package. But not all in the scattering of software programs are made keeping in mind [...]
September 29, 2009
Have you ever wanted to watch free TV on your laptop on the go? You say, sure there is Hulu (which we have covered extensively here) and other sites that let me do that. But how about one site that aggregates all the others and lets you watch them via one program interface that you [...]
September 28, 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) TripLittle – Free budget calculator which lets you quickly calculate the estimated cost of your [...]
September 28, 2009
Does anyone remember a commercial that said, “The future is now”? Seems like an odd thing to say, especially if you have any grasp of physics. Yet, the statement is not entirely without merit. As far as technology goes, the future is, indeed, now. What is being created and tested in research and development labs [...]
September 28, 2009
Have you ever found yourself having one of those mind-numbing moments when you’ve fallen in love with a new song that played on the radio a few times, but you can’t remember the title or the lyrics? Here at MakeUseOf, we’ve focused on a number of websites and tools that you can use to find [...]
September 28, 2009
You’ve probably heard of VersionTracker or MacUpdate. Those are the two main websites to visit if you’re in the market for a new Mac app for a certain purpose. Perhaps you don’t really know what’s good, or maybe you’re just not sure of what app in particular to get. These are basically the only instances [...]
September 28, 2009
If you are a serious gamer, then you do not want to skip this post. Who doesn’t love a little clan war during a LAN party? If not properly organized, a night of fun can easily turn into a nightmare. Hours of scheduled fun can turn into hours of troubleshooting hell. No connectivity, not the [...]
September 28, 2009
I am an organizational nut case. My desk has nothing on it except what I am working on right at the moment. Likewise, my computing is clutter-free. I have my desktop, my browser, the ‘My Documents’ folder, and my drives organized and efficient. My desktop has only the documents that I am working on today, [...]
