December Roundup : Make Use Of Authors

Welcome MakeUseOf readers to 2009!

But before we can completely close the book on 2008, here is a quick roundup of our authors stories from December. Why not take a quick look and see if there’s anything that you missed from the previous 4 weeks while you were busy being dragged around the shops for Christmas presents?!

December was a month in which we completely changed the design of our site! When we held a poll, 56% of you said you liked the new design.   If you haven’t voted yet, please do so now!

We have big plans for 2009.   What will they be?   You’ll just have to wait and find out!

Damien - Make Tech Easier

Cooliris For iPhone: Surfing The Web With 3D Experience
10 Great Thunderbird Addons You Must Have
How To Install Microsoft Text Fonts In Ubuntu Linux
Play Linux Games From A Live DVD
7 Free Open Source Video Editors For Linux
6 Ways To Use iPhone As An External Hard Drive
Create Short URL’s and Track Clicks On Your Site with Shorty
How To Create An Animated Loading Image Easily
Easily Create A Professional Web Photo Album With Jalbum

Jimmy - Mason Tech Beat

Twitter Tweaks: 5 Tools To Make You An Elite Tweep
Get Your Online Profiles Organized With PeopleBrowsr
5 Great Web Comics You Should Read [Part 2]
How To Get Featured On Your Favorite Podcast In 6 Steps
7 Things Google Chrome Needs - Now That It’s Out of Beta
Executor: A Power Program Launcher for Your Windows PC
15 Twittery Things For Your Holiday Enjoyment

Tina

Manage & Share Your Media Files With One Terabyte Of Free Oosah
Create Online Music Playlists with Actionext
The Best Sites For TV Show Episode Guides & More
10 Ways to Enhance Brain Fitness Online
Google’s Top 10 Hidden Treasures
Discover Cool New Music in the SoundCloud
Best Online Alarm Clocks For Naps At Work
The Best Sites To Watch Movie Trailers Online
5 Interactive Ways To Monetize Your Blog & Increase Traffic

Jackson

Transmission vs uTorrent [Mac Only]
Improve Window-Management in OS X with Afloat [Mac]
The Best Reference Sites For Medical Students
Use Stacks To Save Websites For Later Reading [Mac]
SafariStand - A Cool Safari Plugin You Should Install
Spread The Joy To Your Mac - Christmassify It! [Mac Only]
Improve Your Photo Booth With 90 Free Effects [Mac]
How To Speed Up Your Mac Without Spending Any Cash

Karl - Ask The Admin

How To Use Multiple Keyboards and Mice On One Computer
5 eBay Tips On How To Buy & Sell BETTER
ZScreen - Make Screen Captures & Upload To Imageshack
Bump Your Desktop Icons With Shock Desktop (Windows Only)
Use One Keyboard & Mouse For Two Computers (PC Only)
Enter The World Of Cloud Computing Using AirSet (Any OS)
MiniMe - Minimize All Programs To Taskbar
bitRipper Brings Windows Users One-Click DVD Ripping
Backup & Restore Your Internet Explorer Browser Settings

Varun - Tech Crazy

Get More Browser Addon Suggestions With “Fashion Your Firefox”
Some Of The Best Greasemonkey Scripts For BitTorrent Users
Use Videos As A Screensaver Or Wallpaper [Windows]
Use Your USB Stick As a Key to Boot Your Windows PC
Get Cool Effects For Your Photos With Dumpr
Create Avatars Online Without Any Image Editing
Capture.NET: A Swiss Army Knife For Your PC [Windows]
How To Repair Damaged CD’s Or DVD’s & Recover Data

Saikat - The Things I Do

How to Hide Folders Using 7 Free Apps
Design An Open Source T-Shirt With Mozilla
6 Ways To Convert A PDF To A JPG Image
5 Ways To Create Custom Multiple Signatures In GMail
Send Video Greeting Cards with YouTube’s Holiday Cards
Photology – Must-have Photo Search Software for Windows
Open Up Your Right Click Menu Options with Open++ (Windows)

Simon

How To Backup & Import PS3 Game Saves
Synergy- Multiple Computers On One Mouse & Keyboard
I’m In Like With You - Online Multiplayer Gaming Site
The Best Free File Download Managers for Windows
The Best Sites for Game Previews and Reviews
Yo Frankie! - Free Open Source Platform Game

Jorge - Geeklad

Give Your Wordpress Comments A Makeover With Disqus
How To Add Google Talk to Your Webpages
How To Create a Search Button for the Google Toolbar
How To Launch Any Windows App At The Touch Of A Button
Anonymous Internet Surfing with Tor

T.J. - The Windows Fix

4 Great Ways To Keep Track Of Your Expanding Book Collection
8 Better Alternatives To Common Windows Apps
Google Image Ripper - Remove Thumbnails From Image Search
3 Ways to Reset Forgotten Windows Administrator Password

Ann - Ann Smarty

10+ Websites To Keep You Updated On Green News
21 Sites To Find Out What’s Hot Online
8 Tips To Make FireFox Search Friendly
17 Greasemonkey Scripts to Diversify Your Social Media Experience

Ted - YouBundle

3 Contextual Ad Alternatives To Adsense
6 Domain Generators To Find That Killer Domain Name
7 Almost Unknown Google Search Engines You Should Use

Kyle - Lost In Technology

Three Ways to Find Open Registration on Private Torrent Sites
Send Your Digital Business Card via Text Message (US Only)
Manage Your Tasks On Your Desktop With Task Coach

Matt - M4tt.net

Close and Re-open Running Programs with SmartClose
How To Reduce Firefox 3 Load Time On Windows
Backup Your Email and Browser Profiles With KLS Mail Backup

Laurence - Extendably

PostRank - The Easy Way To Filter RSS Feeds
Songbird 1.0 Hatches! Download It Now
Flock - The Ultimate Student Browser

James - Friedbeef

Elevyn : How To Change The World One Basket At A Time
JoikuSpot - Connect Your Laptop to Internet via Cell Phone
How To Create A Disposable Webpage

Wendy - The Computer Lady

Create A Website For Free with No Annoying Ads
Generate Income With A Free E-Greeting Card Website
How To Create A Tag Cloud For Blogger

Sharninder - Nomadic Rider

How To Open Microsoft Word 2007 docx Files
Convert Email To A Text Document in 1 Click (Gmail)
Find Torrents Of Your Favorite TV Shows With TED

Ken

Be Cool: 3 Websites To Learn Cool Tricks & Impress Friends
10+ Web Tools To Save Your Butt In School
Where To Get Cool T-Shirts Online

Ryan - Better Content

3 Ways To Check Movie Show Times In Your Area
Google Maps Adds GPS To Mobile Phones
The Best Tools To Watch TV On Your Computer

Sandra - Your Fashion Oasis

Ten Cool Gadgets You Must Add To iGoogle
3 Tips For Getting More Out Of Creative Commons

Joel - Grind Smart

Add Power To Mobile Browsing with Skyfire Browser
Store Your Thoughts, Ideas, Notes, ToDo’s etc. on WikiPad

Michael

How To Connect A Laptop To A TV
Desktop Dining - The Best Places To Order Pizza Online

Ben - Tic-Tech-Toe

5 Methods To Bypass Blocked Sites
4 Tools For Creating Screenshots and Screencasts

Tim - Twenty Ounce Enterprises

4 Easy Tools For Sharing Large Files Over The Internet
Too Much To Tweet? Tweet It With Twitblogs

Jim - Different Perspective

4 Ways To Watermark Your Images Online

David - The 20 Life

Make The Web Your Notepad With WebNotes (+100 Invites)

Jeffry - Super Subconscious

3 Alternative Rapidshare Download Managers

Moin - A New Morning

Enhance Vista’s Start Menu Search with Start++

Ravi - Ahren Code

What are you lookin’ at? Cool Sites To Feed Your Photo Fetish

Stefan - The Tux Geek

Juice - An Excellent Quick Reference Sidebar for Firefox

Guy - Guy McDowell

Really Delete Your Browsing History - wipe MRU & index.dat files