About Ryan Dube
Ryan has a BSc degree in Electrical Engineering. He's worked 13 years in automation engineering, 5 years in IT, and now is an Apps Engineer. A former Managing Editor of MakeUseOf, he's spoken at national conferences on Data Visualization and has been featured on national TV and radio.
Encrypt Or Completely Wipe Files With the Axcrypt Encryption Utility [Windows]
There are plenty circumstances people may need to send an encrypted file, such as academic researchers sharing highly-sensitive information with each other over the Internet, corporate communications, or just friends that are discussing very private matters. One of the easiest and fastest utilities for doing this is AxCrypt.
Capture Missing Time In Your Work Schedule With Klok Time Tracking
Over the past few months, I've discovered a very strange phenomenon creeping into my work schedule. I seem to keep losing time. How do you lose time? It's easier than you might think. You get started on a project, and then it strikes you to check email then Facebook, and then Twitter too. You then glance at the clock and realize that somewhere in there you've just lost two hours.
Reorganize Your Files & Folders in Batches With AdvancedRenamer
After a while, our computers become like cluttered closets, or even worse. One of the best ways to become more efficient is by simply getting organized in the first place; and when it comes to those thousands of files and folders that you've piled upon your hard drive, the best way to get organized is by using mass renaming software.
Monitor How SEO-Optimized Your Site Is With SEO Panel
Most SEO experts out there have come to recognize how humbling the field of search engine optimization can be. Just when you put together a series of rules or techniques that work well, Google up and turns the world upside down. The nice thing about optimizing a site however is that most of the really important core issues still matter, even after Google makes any change - whether it's big or small.
Nmap - Wi-Fi Security Auditing Software to Check Your Home Network [Windows]
When most people think of network security, they think of people sitting up in the computer rooms deep inside corporate headquarters, sifting through thousands of computer assets on networks stretching across the entire globe. Not many people consider monitoring a network as something that is really important in a home setting.
5 Cool Lesser Known Free Android Apps
When it comes to free apps on the Android Marketplace, I don't think we'll ever run out. Searching the "Just In" category almost always turns up some real gems. No matter what you need to do, what information you need to find, or where you need to go, the odds are good that there's an Android out there that will pretty much get the job done.
Use Your WiFi Connection Setup On All PCs With WiFi Network Backup Manager [Windows]
Having multiple wifi access points isn't much of a hassle, because you can just configure all of them in your wireless network setup and then click to connect to whichever one you want. The hassle comes in when you switch to a new computer or if you switch computers often. You have to set up all of those Wi-Fi points again.
FTP Droid – Transfer Files To Your Android Device From Anywhere [Android]
Having an FTP server available, whether it's one associated with your web hosting account, or a standalone server you've set up at home, is a nice convenience. When people started getting excited about "cloud" apps like DropBox or SkyDrive, I couldn't help but wonder how different it all really is from simply having an FTP server available.
Control Your Finances & Master Your Expenses With Money Manager Ex
No matter what end of the range you fall into, it's never to late to sort out your finances and try to find out why you keep falling short (or nearly so) every single month. Here's a free, open-source financial management app called Money Manager Ex that's going to make it very easy to organize your finances, create a budget and monitor where all your money is flying off to.
The New Wayback Machine Lets You Visually Travel Back In Internet Time
It seems that since the Wayback Machine launch in 2001, the site owners have decided to toss out the Alexa-based back-end and redesign it with their own open source code. After conducting tests with the code on smaller collections, the owners have now transferred the entire archive over to the new software. Hence - Wayback Machine Beta.
Make Craigslist Part of Your Internet Experience With the Helper Browser Extension
It's pretty clear to most people that use it, that Craiglist is one of the largest, if not the largest database of items and services for sale. Craigslist spans the entire world, and serves communities from the largest cities to the smallest towns. The only thing Craigslist lacks in a very big way is a front-end that makes any sense at all.
Get Your Windows PC Back Into Shape With WinUtilities
If there is anything that a Windows user can't deny it's that the Windows operating system is an irritating thing to maintain. There are so many hidden stockpiles of temporary, log and history files. Honestly, who has time to "clean up" the mess that other OS processes and installed applications leave behind?
How to Convert an Email to a RSS Feed & Embed It as a Blog Widget
This week, I had an idea to create a sidebar widget on my website that would let me issue short one-line email updates to a RSS feed. This would let me issue news alerts to my blog readers without the need to actually write an entire post until later - sort of like an embedded Twitter feed of sorts.
How To Pull & Publish User Information For An Author Bio Section in WordPress
You know, there really is a lot to be said for Wordpress. While it's true that most people will simply install a theme and only customize the Wordpress site to the extent allowed by the control panel, the truth is that with just a little bit of study and practice, you can easily tweak the PHP files to customize it for your needs.
5 Thunderbird Add-Ons That Will Make it Better Than Gmail
For many years, I switched between a whole range of email clients. First I went with Outlook Express. Then I bought a new computer and decided to test the waters with Thunderbird. Once Gmail became popular, I became an avid Gmail user for years. More recently, I've started experimenting with Thunderbird again.
How To Use Microemulator To Use The Internet From Low-Bandwidth Rural Areas [Windows]
While many people set up their mobile phone - such as rooting an Android or iPhone, for example - to allow for tethering and accessing the cellular data network with a PC, it is a practice that is generally frowned upon by the mobile providers. However, there are times when you're just desperate for Internet access, and you need the larger screen that your laptop offers.
Play Fast-Paced Paintball Online With Digital Paint
Most First Person Shooter games are rated too high for younger kids that may want to play games in that genre. Enter Digital Paint, with the free open source FPS offering called Paintball 2. This is a game that is appropriate for all ages - as the only thing that will get hurt in this game is your pride.
How To Install PHPList To Host Your Own Subscriber System
There are a lot of blogs and websites on the Internet that have a subscription list, where you can sign up to receive a newsletter. Maybe you've even considered offering such a subscriber system on your own website, but it seems far too expensive and much too complicated to install on your own server. Enter PHPList, a free solution.