Friday, August 21, 2009 - Page 2
Work

Decide Which Search Engine You Really Prefer

Unable to choose between Google and Bing? That’s OK—these three mashups display results from both search engines in handy side-by-side frames and make life simpler for the indecisive.

Work

Explore&Burn Quickly Burns Files And Folders To Disc Via Right-Click

Windows only: Free application Explore&Burn adds an entry to your right-click context menu that allows you to quickly burn files and folders to CD or DVD.

Organise

Use The Same Gmail Account For Multiple Online Accounts

If you’ve ever tried to sign up for more than one account somewhere but needed a second email address, the Digital Inspiration blog has the brilliant solution: taking advantage of Gmail ignoring periods in your email address.

Work

Before And After: Remodelling The Exploding Home Office

Sometimes your office is so messy you just have to start from scratch. Today’s featured office is a testament to the power of dumping a room inside out and starting over.

Fix

Make A Smoke Alarm Clock To Wake Even The Soundest Sleeper

Some people can sleep through anything and everything. Crashing thunder, breaking dishes, a bus driving through the house? No problem! But some self-preservation instinct seems to force even the soundest sleepers awake when they hear a smoke alarm go off.

Design

FotoSketcher Turns Your Photos Into Paintings

Windows only: Freeware application FotoSketcher takes your photos and turns them into pencil drawings, oil paintings or sketches—with impressive results for very little effort.

Design

The Golden Hour Calculator Finds The Best Times To Photograph

Golden hour, a.k.a. magic hour, is the first and last hour of sunlight in the day, known for producing great photographs due to its magical lighting qualities. The Golden Hour Calculator, appropriately enough, quickly determines the magic hour for your location.

Communicate

Adium Updates With Security Fixes, Better Facebook Integration

Mac OS X only: Adium, the popular, open-source, multi-protocol chat application for OS X, updates today to version 1.3.6 with vulnerability fixes and a new and improved Facebook chat plug-in—that is, it’s a small but solid update both on the feature and fix front. If you’re an Adium user, go to Adium -> Check For Updates to get the latest and greatest. [Adium Blog]

Work

Download Manager Tweak Customises Downloading Options

Firefox only (Win/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Download Manager Tweak customises your downloading options, from docking the downloads window in the sidebar to changing the appearance.

Organise

Picasa Web Albums Adds Collaboration

Picasa Web Albums—the internet-facing component of the popular desktop photo management application—has added a new feature that lets you collaborate on albums with your friends.

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