Sunday, May 4, 2008
Convert a Spreadsheet to an HTML Table
11:00PM Gina Trapani | When you want to turn that giant spreadsheet into an HTML table without wrangling too many TD’s and TR’s by hand, you can use a formula to generate the HTML tags for you. The Design Intellection blog describes how to use the =CONCATENATE("text", cell, "text") spreadsheet formula to turn a row of data into an HTML table row. On Friday, Kevin pointed out a web-based HTML table generator that’s a simple, fast solution for small tables; but if your data’s already in a spreadsheet and the word “concatenate” doesn’t make you want to run screaming, this may be a better way to go. Using Spreadsheets to Easily Create HTML Tables and Forms [Design Intellection] More »
Luminotes is a Wiki Without the Markup Learning Curve
10:00AM Kevin Purdy | Setting up a personal wiki is a great way to set up a digital notebook for your thoughts and tasks, but it also requires getting familiar with the Wikipedia editing system—asterisks, brackets, and all. Luminotes has you simply start typing, using familiar rich text buttons to add bullets and other styling, and a simple linking and tagging system for your notes. There’s options to share and collaborate with others, as well as easy exporting and printing. Luminotes is available both as a package for hosted web space and as a somewhat-limited free account at Luminotes’ servers. More »
Harmony Downloads Album Art for Fullscreen Coverflow
8:30AM Adam Pash | Windows only: Freeware application Harmony integrates with your iTunes library to provide an attractive, Coverflow-like interface of your albums. The difference? Aside from a few minor tweaks to the interface, the coolest thing that Harmony does is automatically download all your missing album artwork from Amazon, so you can actually enjoy your music’s cover art in all its glory without spending hours adding all your missing album art. Harmony is freeware, Windows only. More »
The Complete Guide to the Moleskine
7:00AM Gina Trapani | The Moleskine won the battle of the fancy designer notebooks by a mile last month here at Lifehacker. If you want to measure your existing Moleskine addiction—or just get an intro to the fabled leather-bound notebooks—the Put Things Off weblog offers the ultimate guide to the Moleskine, featuring the various models, mods, and accessories to feed your fetish. More »
Roll Your Own Homemade Herbal Teas
5:30AM Adam Pash | Country Living online details how to make your own herbal teas by mixing and matching ingredients from your herb garden or plants around the house for tasty and healthy results. The article runs down which flowers, herbs, bushes, and weeds are edible and drinkable and suggests a few mixes to get you started. If you’ve ever dabbled in homebrew teas, share your experience in the comments. Photo by Kanko*. Homemade Herbal Teas [Country Living via TipNut] More »
Wanokoto Webapp Turns Photos Old-Timey
4:00AM Kevin Purdy | The Red Ferret Journal points out a slick, Japanese upload-and-convert tool for giving photos that browned-out, decades-old look. Select a photo or paste in a URL (both words are written in English, as luck would have it), and hit the bottom blue button. The photo results aren’t returned at full resolution, but, depending on lighting, quality, and, of course, modernity of subject, you can get pretty authentic-looking results without any image editor filters or plug-ins. The site is free to use, and (it appears) doesn’t restrict upload file sizes. Wanokoto [via Red Ferret Journal] More »
Shutdown Windows With a Text Message, Thunderbird Edition
2:30AM Adam Pash | We’ve already shown you how to shutdown Windows via SMS with Outlook and how to do the same on a Mac using Mail.app, but a user on the Hak5 forums demonstrates how to setup a similar SMS shutdown using the venerable Thunderbird email client. The method requires the Mailbox Alert extension and a little configuration, but once you’re done you can save some power with a quick text message next time you forget to shutdown your computer. The tutorial is Windows-specific, but I’m guessing you could mesh the Mail.app method with this one and accomplish the same thing for OS X. Remote Shutdown Via SMS [Hak5] More »
