Friday, September 11, 2009
Work
TxtNinja Stashes Your Text Inside Images
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Have something you want other people to read but not spam bots and search-engine crawlers? TxtNinja will turn your plain text into an image to keep the bots at bay. More »
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Dropbox Adds Search And Bulk Operations To Web Site
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Grabbing mixed and matched Dropbox files from a web browser got a bit easier overnight, as the file synchronising service added search powers, bulk operations for separately selected items and a mobile interface for non-iPhone browsers to its web site. More »
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Ubuntu Community Manager Responds To Our Wishlist
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | We busted out our web soapbox earlier this week and detailed five features we want to see in Ubuntu. The Linux distribution’s community manager, Jono Bacon, wrote a thoughtful, informative response, which also details and links what’s being done on a few of the fronts we considered crucial. More »
Work
Google Earth 5.1 Speeds Up Your Overhead World Browsing
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: Google Earth, the software package that lets you play Superman and find food and other spots of interest from thousands of metres overhead, has released a 5.1 version that skims the globe a bit smoother. More »
Fix
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Prostate cancer kills an estimated 3000 men in Australia each year. The undignified means of diagnosis is arguably a factor, but there’s nothing inelegant about a suggested diet to help ward off the disease. More »
Foods To Help Fight Prostate Cancer
4:30PM Angus Kidman | Prostate cancer kills an estimated 3000 men in Australia each year. The undignified means of diagnosis is arguably a factor, but there’s nothing inelegant about a suggested diet to help ward off the disease. More »
Design
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s always the same when you get a new gadget: you unpack it, perhaps check the quick start guide, and then begin playing with it without giving a second thought to the manual. In the case of a camera — especially anything more complex than a point-and-shoot phone model — that’s often a foolish mistake. More »
Don’t Neglect Your Camera Manual
3:00PM Angus Kidman | It’s always the same when you get a new gadget: you unpack it, perhaps check the quick start guide, and then begin playing with it without giving a second thought to the manual. In the case of a camera — especially anything more complex than a point-and-shoot phone model — that’s often a foolish mistake. More »
Fix
1:00PM Angus Kidman | I’d easily qualify for a “world’s worst chopper” award in the kitchen, so booking a knife skills class at Jamie Oliver’s shop/training centre in London seemed a wise move. Here’s some useful tips I picked up. More »
Knife Handling Secrets From Jamie Oliver
1:00PM Angus Kidman | I’d easily qualify for a “world’s worst chopper” award in the kitchen, so booking a knife skills class at Jamie Oliver’s shop/training centre in London seemed a wise move. Here’s some useful tips I picked up. More »
Fix
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Crayon marks are often a challenge to get rid of, but what do you do when your toddler has run wild with the colours on your brand new TV? More »
How To Get Crayon Marks Off Your TV Screen
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Crayon marks are often a challenge to get rid of, but what do you do when your toddler has run wild with the colours on your brand new TV? More »
Work
9:00AM Angus Kidman | One of the less-heralded features in the forthcoming Office 2010 is a change to how copy and paste works. While the new “Live Preview Paste” is an improvement, it’s still a little fiddly and inconsistent, especially for keyboard shortcut junkies. More »
Office 2010 Paste Improves, Could Still Be Better
9:00AM Angus Kidman | One of the less-heralded features in the forthcoming Office 2010 is a change to how copy and paste works. While the new “Live Preview Paste” is an improvement, it’s still a little fiddly and inconsistent, especially for keyboard shortcut junkies. More »
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