Friday, May 1, 2009
Design
TagCrowd Creates Word Frequency Cloud
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Whether you’d like to hunt down words you overuse or you’re looking to turn text from your manifesto into word art, TagCrowd can create a simple tag cloud based on the frequency of words. More »
Fix
Use Tinfoil To Boost Your Remote Control’s Range
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | We’ve seen the power of strategically placed tinfoil applied to Wi-Fi routers. Kip Kay, the man with boundless DIY enthusiasm, shows us how to apply tinfoil inside a remote control to boost its reach. More »
Organise
Gmail Google Search Box Inserts Links Without Clicking Away
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | So often, writing an email involves opening a new tab to look up something, copying the link, then heading back to paste it. Gmail’s latest Labs feature consolidates that process with pop-up Google searches. More »
Design
Create And Print Custom Album Covers In iTunes
9:00PM Kevin Purdy | You can do a lot of neat things with iTunes beyond organising and playing music. Brian Tong at CNET demonstrates how to create and print custom, mosaic-style covers for My Awesome Mix CD. More »
Money
3:00PM Angus Kidman | The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book day, when participating retailers offer a free copy of selected titles as a comics-boosting measure. And while the initiative is pretty US-centric, Australian retailers are taking part on May 2. More »
Free Comic Book Day 2009 Is This Saturday
3:00PM Angus Kidman | The first Saturday in May is Free Comic Book day, when participating retailers offer a free copy of selected titles as a comics-boosting measure. And while the initiative is pretty US-centric, Australian retailers are taking part on May 2. More »
Work
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Word already has some pretty neat citation and bibliography features built in, but if you don’t mind getting grubby with a little XML, you can make it even more efficient. More »
Adding Smart Bibliography Citations In Word
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Word already has some pretty neat citation and bibliography features built in, but if you don’t mind getting grubby with a little XML, you can make it even more efficient. More »
Money
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Can’t keep track of all those “deal of the day” sites offering intriguingly cheap (though often unbranded) gadgets? US site DealSucker has began beta testing an Australian version of its aggregator. More »
DealSucker Aggregates Australian Deals Of The Day
12:00PM Angus Kidman | Can’t keep track of all those “deal of the day” sites offering intriguingly cheap (though often unbranded) gadgets? US site DealSucker has began beta testing an Australian version of its aggregator. More »
Organise
10:27AM Angus Kidman | Twitter has added a Search button to its main page, with results displayed in the main window in the same style as its existing feed of live messages. More »
Twitter Adds Proper Search Button
10:27AM Angus Kidman | Twitter has added a Search button to its main page, with results displayed in the main window in the same style as its existing feed of live messages. More »
Travel
9:22AM Angus Kidman | Hand Luggage Only has officially kicked off as I head towards Adelaide, but I hadn’t even managed to leave my home suburb before the first potential disaster kicked in: my BlackBerry Curve 8900 stopped working. More »
HLO Day 1: Starting With A BlackBerry Panic
9:22AM Angus Kidman | Hand Luggage Only has officially kicked off as I head towards Adelaide, but I hadn’t even managed to leave my home suburb before the first potential disaster kicked in: my BlackBerry Curve 8900 stopped working. More »
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