September Roundup – MakeUseOf Authors

We’ve been busier than ever! We outdid ourselves and published 180 articles in September 2009. You would have probably missed out on a few articles so, we’ve summarized the month’s publication for your reading pleasure. We’re continually taking on new and exciting writers — watch out for more fresh articles and ideas in October.

As per monthly tradition, MakeUseOf published a great and informative PDF manual. The Awesome Internet Guide to the Movie Addict by Saikat, teaches you everything you’ll need to know about watching and downloading movies as well as online resources to read up more about them.

Simon Slangen is our PDF Manual Editor, so if there are any subjects you would like to see turned into a downloadable PDF manual, enter your ideas in the comments below or send him an email at simon@makeuseof.com. You may also find the past manuals here.

Finally, we resurrected our Facebook fan page! We’re glad to announce that we’ve gathered close to 400 new fans since the middle of September. The fan page gives us the opportunity to interact with our readers (that’s you), listen to your suggestions and/or complaints and feature some of the most interesting articles from MakeUseof. We also provide our fans with “Sneak Peeks” — articles due for publication the following day. Be one of the privileged ones and join us on our Facebook fan page today.

Onwards to October!

Karl – Ask The Admin

Use S4ve.as to Store and Share Your Files For Free & Auto-Delete Them Afterwards
Use the Places Utility to Customize Locations in Open File Dialogue Box [Windows]
Get Cool Website Icons and Buttons For Free At IconFinder
Convert A File To HTML Instantly With File2.ws
Create Your Own Custom Magazine Covers With CoverDude
Drawing Cartoon Faces Easily with PimpTheFace
NeoK12 – Educational Kids Website that Teaches Your Children
Mr.Breakfast – All about Breakfast Cereals! Top 100 Cereals, History & more
Create Free Temporary Phone Numbers Easily with INumbr
How To Cheat at a Rubik’s Cube – The Geek Way to Rubiks Cube Solution
Superimpose Your Face into Other Photos with Photo505
How To Color Calibrate Your Monitor with Calibrize (Windows)
How To Tell If You Have a Hacked Wordpress Blog + Fix
Create Shortcuts to Your Most Used Folders with MedalFolders
Top 2 Sites To Play Old Nintendo Games Online
Toodledo- Online Task Management App with iPhone Integration
How to Recover Data from a Corrupt Memory Card or USB Drive
Top 2 Sites For Nintendo Wii Game Cheats
A Great Free Online Alarm Clock – MetaClock
Watch Free TV Channels On The Go With KitePlayer
Clean Up Your PC Safely With Hard Drive PowerWash

Saikat – The Things I Do

Dr.Web LinkChecker – Scan Files Before Download (Firefox)
How To Find Unknown Device Drivers By Their Vendor & Device ID
4 Easy Ways to Customize Common Dialog Box on Windows XP
3 Free Icon Changer Programs to Customize Your Folders
Trash Your Duplicate Files with Auslogics Duplicate File Finder
The 2 Easy Ways to Promote Your Latest Blog Post with an Email Signature
10 Powerful Productivity Tips & Tricks For The Outlook 2007
Don’t Click Delete – 10 Tips For The Recycle Bin (Windows XP)
esyPlanner – Manage Your Day With This Easy Scheduler & Daily Task Manager
Masher– Mix Photos, Videos and Effects into Video Slideshows
IdleBackup – Use Your Idle Time to Backup Data (Windows)
Google Fast Flip – Call It A New(s) Reading Experience
3 Ways To Strip Formatting From Text in MS Word 2007
How to Save Power with SetPower (Computer Power Management Tool)
3 Simple Free Virtual Drive Tools to Mount Disks & ISO Images
NetRocket Beta – Mission Control For Your Bookmarks
How To Autosave Docs with AutoRecover in MS Word 2007
Google Sidewiki – Sideswipe for Sharing Website Reviews
Tag2Find – Tag Files in Windows for Better Organization
MS Outlook Tip: How to Automatically Organize Incoming Emails
Three Free Portable Software Uninstallers For Your Flash Drive
BBC Memoryshare – Create Your Own Archive of Memories for Posterity

Ryan – BetterContent

How To Submit Reality TV Applications Online
Top 5 Yahoo Mail Classic Tips & Tricks
How To Create Simulated Model Train Layout Plans & Control Train With Your PC
Coollector – A Huge Movie Title Database and Collection Organizer
iCalendar Lite- A Free Transparent Desktop Calendar (Windows)
Top 3 Ways for Kids To Make Money Online
Create a House Floor Plan with FloorPlanner
2 Windows Vista Gadgets to Login to Facebook from a Sidebar
6 Facebook Hack Codes & Tips To Show Off Your Geeky Skills
Top 8 Websites To Find The Latest UFO Sightings
Geeks Weigh In: Does a Human Think Faster Than a Computer?
Find A Song Title Just by Humming The Lyrics

Simon – Wombat Labs

3 Websites To Publish & Share Your PDFs Online
3 Fun Poetry Video Games
How To Download Free Flash Miniclip Games and Carry Them on USB
4 Sites with LOTS Of Completely Free Ebooks That Don’t Suck
4 Sites Where You Can Download Old PC Games For Free
How To Perform A Secure, Ad-free Digsby Installation
Dungeons & Dragons Online MMORPG Re-Releases – Free!
How To Download Audio From BBC’s iPlayer Broadcasts
How To Make Your Own Banner For Your Website
3 Popular Free Online Logic Puzzle Games on Kongregate
Blood Frontier- Exciting New Free First Person Shooter Game
3 Website to Complain About Life and Let Off Steam

Guy – Extreme IT

5 Best Sites for Free Tattoo Designs
5 Great Sites with Cool Facts about Left Handed People
Learn How To Write Computer Program with SmallBasic
Facebook Lite Beta – Like Facebook Was When It Was Good
The Top 5 Sites to Prepare You for an Emergency
What is 2o7.net Tracking Cookie? All You Need To Know
Technology Explained: What Are Computer Chips Made Out Of?
5 Great Sites with Free Video Lectures from Top Colleges
5 Best Sites For Free Halloween Do-It-Yourself Projects
Technology Explained: How Does RFID Technology Work?
Top 5 Sites With Future Predictions About The World
5 Best Sites To Check For Company Product Recalls

Varun – Tech Crazy

Ditch Repetitions & Automate Your Work With Blaze Application Launcher [Win]
Your Easy Guide to Windows 7 Themes
4 Cool Firefox Tools That Are Not Addons
How To Create A Bootable USB Drive From Your Windows CD
How To Disable The Touchpad While You Are Typing
14 Application Cheat Sheets & Posters for Popular Programs
How To Block Ads In Any Browser Without Adblock
Two Undercover Twitter Clients That Don’t Let Others Know You Are Tweeting
How To Set Default Programs, File Associations & Context Menus Easily
Get Detailed Info About Your OS & Hardware with PC Wizard
How To Get an Early Preview of Microsoft Office Web Apps
How To Auto Shutdown The Computer (or Firefox) after Downloads Complete

Jeffry – Super Subconscious

How To Rip & Convert A DVD Movie For Your iPod (Mac Only)
How To Manipulate the Mac Menu Bar & Login Items
Upgrading Mac To Snow Leopard Using USB drive
7 Writing Addons for Turning Firefox into the Ultimate Writer’s Suite
How To Automate & Organize Torrents with Transmission [Mac]
Opera 10 Browser Review: 6 cool features that make it stand out
Carbon Copy Cloner – A Free & Powerful Backup Utility (Mac)
Use Quicktime X in Mac Snow Leopard for Easy Screencasting
2 Useful Tips For Organizing Electronic Files [Mac Only]
How To Setup A Self-hosted Wordpress Blog for Free
How To Trigger the Download of a File Remotely (Mac Only)
Add the Power of Gestures to Your Mouse with FlyGesture [Mac]
Top 7 Easy and Free Web Hosting Services

Jackson

How to Upgrade to Snow Leopard & What You Should Know [Mac]
How To Organize & Rearrange iPhone Apps from Your Mac
Bowtie – Really Cool iTunes Controller for Mac
Facebook’s New Toy – Desktop Notifications for Mac OS X
Notify – An Elegant Gmail New Email Notifier [Mac]
6 Things Windows Users should Know Before Switching to Mac
How To Share The Internet Connection Between Mac and PC
Bodega – A Centralized Mac App Store

Tina

6 Most Hilarious & Fun Science Websites
5 Websites To Keep Kids Busy & Happy
15 Popular Codes For Smiley Faces & Their Meanings
How To Add Other Languages to Your Windows Keyboard
10 Beautiful Green Grass Wallpapers
7 Steps to Make Computers Accessible for the Elderly
Top 10 Cool Uses For Old Computers And Laptops
How to Get Started In Second Life in 10 Easy Steps

Mahendra – Skeptic Geek

12 Solid Tips To Enhance Your Twitter Reputation
Read Your RSS Feeds in a Whole New Light with Feedly
Browse Flickr In Style On Your Desktop With Flickroom
10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy
How To Conduct A Free Criminal Background Check Online
3 Easy Steps to Lifestream with StoryTlr
4 Awesome Visual Search Engines to Transform Your Search
4 Good Alternatives to TweetDeck & Seesmic Desktop (Twitter Desktop Clients)
Build A Database Of Your Professional Networks With Gist

Dean – Ten Amp Talk

5 Useful Websites For Photographers
The 4 Great Blogging Apps For The iPhone
How To Connect Your PSP To The Internet
Top 5 Sites for PSP Game Demo Downloads
TAS – Free Easy To Use Financial Accounting Software
How To Twitter From A Low-Tech Cell Phone
The 4 Great Lunchbreak Websites for Online Freelancer
Find Volunteering Opportunities Near You with VolunteerMatch
The 5 Free Wordpress Templates To Dress Up Your Blog
iCyte: Capture Web Pages And Highlight Text In A Flash

Stefan – The Tux Geek

Tokbox & Etherpad: Potential Google Wave Competitors, Available Now
3 Useful Ubuntu Apps for Chemistry Students
4 Linux Applications To Keep Your Kids Ahead of the Game
Ubidesk: Fresh & Comprehensive Online Team Collaboration
How to Backup Your Computer With an Old Hard Disk

Jack – Jack Cola

Play Monopoly Online with Other People using World Streets
6 Websites to Track A Website’s Traffic
5 Tips to Prevent Internet Addiction and Study More Effectively
LAN Party Tips: How To Organize an Awesome LAN Party

Angelina – Nothing Major

How To Turn Gmail Into A Multitasking Machine (Part II)
How To Turn Gmail Into A Multitasking Machine (Part III)
How To Make Your Own Ethernet Cables
3 Cool Gadgets That You Can Build Yourself

Tim L – timmyjohnboy

How To Easily Share Links on Twitter with TBUZZ
5 Sites To Learn How To Repair Your Own Computer
5 Design Concept Websites to Get The Creative Juices Flowing
Change How Your Favorite Websites Look on Firefox with Customize Your Web

John

7 Alternatives to SparkNotes & CliffsNotes for Book Summaries
How to Track Breaking News Alerts Online With Twitter
Top 3 Sites For Nintendo DS Walkthroughs

Paul – You’re Stupid, I’m Not

6 Great Free Weight Loss Resource Sites
The 4 Proven Simple Tips to Organize Your Files on Windows
Top 10 Things To Do When The Power Fails

Tobias – Tobias Verhoog

How To Easily Update Firefox Portable
How To Customize Your GMail Inbox with Gmail Web Clips

Israel

How To Make A Video Tribute With Animoto

Grant – GrantBlog

How Installing an Active X Control Can Open The Door To Hackers

Eyal – ProductiveWise

Readtwit – Turn Links in Twitter Tweets into an RSS Feed

Benjamin – Trifutec

Clonezilla – Free Advanced Hard Drive Cloning Software

Jason K – Third Error

DeSmuME – A Free Nintendo DS Emulator to Play NDS Games On Your PC