If you need to upload a file to multiple sharing sites, Gazup can mirror your file across many of the popular free file hosts. You can upload the file from your computer or feed Gazup up to 5 URL or FTP addressesto grab from. The upload dialogue box automatically updates to tell you how big the files can be, based on the file hosts you have selected. Those supported free hosts include (deep breath): RapidShare, MegaUpload, FileFactory, HideMyAss, Badongo, Mediafire, Uploadbox, zShare, and NetLoad.in. The maximum file sizes for those hosts range from 100-400MB.Uploading a file is free and requires no registration, but if you sign up for an account, you can manage your uploaded files. Gazup [via Download Squad]
For whatever strange reason, popular file-sharing service Box.net has just added a new web document feature that looks very much like previous efforts from Zoho or Google Docs. We love Box.net for its easy file sharing, iPhone app, and open storage platform, but we can’t see this taking off any time soon. Thoughts? [Box.net Web Documents via Life Rocks 2.0]
Reader inaudiblewhisper’s desktop combines a clever background with strategically placed widgets that give the theme a uniquely three-dimensional, useful look.
Timers are useful for all manner of things, but you may not always have a handy portable timer with you. E.ggTimer is a dead simple web-based count down timer that you’ll (almost) never be without. You use plain English to tell E.ggTimer what window of time you need counted down. The time variable is plugged right into the URL—if you need a 20 minute countdown you use the URL http://e.ggtimer.com/20minutes. You can use combinations of years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds with the same plain style, just by entering the variables in logical order: 01days before 00hours, then 20minutes, etc. The timer starts when you load the URL in your browser and counts down in large block letters in the browser window centre, with an animated black and white border that slowly fills in as the time passes. While it might not be a practical count down tool for retirement, it’s extremely handy for a quick monitor on your brewing tea, or your next break to stretch and get some fresh air.
E.ggTimerIf Apple knows how to do anything, it’s take tech you’ve already seen and make it flashier and more fun to use. The new Safari 4 public beta is no exception.
Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): Smarter Wikipedia adds a “Related Articles” box to the mass-edited encyclopedia’s left-hand menu, helping you quickly dig into and around a topic—or easily start a long spiral of Wiki-traveling. Assuming you can responsibly break away from the big grey information machine, Smarter Wikipedia is a helpful navigational tool. Beyond the “Related Articles” box, the add-on can search Wikipedia (or Wikipedia’s pages via customised Google query) for any term you highlight and right-click on. The add-on is built small and light, too, as its author points out, aiming to put little drag on your open-source browser.
Smarter Wikipedia is a free add-on, works wherever Firefox does. Smarter Wikipedia [Firefox Add-Ons]
Web Worker Daily rounds up some time-saving ideas for RSS filtering. Included: combining and filtering feeds with Yahoo Pipes, use of NetNewsWire/FeedDemon, and mastering your keyboard shortcuts. Decent internal links explaining the finer points, too.
