Posts by Kevin Purdy - Page 57
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Invisible Hand Shows You The Best Web Prices On Your Items
10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: Invisible Hand is an apt name for a deal-finding Firefox add-on. Visit a priced item page at more than 50 U.S. or UK retailer sites, and a subtle drop-down bar informs whether you’ve got the best price out there. More »
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AtTheBigRiver.com Quickly Short-Links Amazon Products
9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Want to turn your friend onto the unappreciated genius of Big Star? Send them to big-star.atthebigriver.com and they’ll land on Amazon’s search page, no gigantic URL or searching on your part required. AtTheBigRiver.com aims to make Amazon linking easy. More »
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Make Your Own Tonic Water
1:05AM Kevin Purdy | Tonic water is the kind of provision you don’t normally buy, but occasionally really need—and there aren’t any real substitutes. Bartender blogger Jeffrey Morgenthaler offers a DIY recipe for making a clever substitute at home. More »
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Firefox 3.6 Alpha Adds Tab Previews, Boosts Startup Time
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Windows/Mac/Linux: Lovers of bleeding-edge browsers, rejoice: the first alpha of Firefox 3.6, code-named Namoroka, is available for download. Grab it to check out JavaScript improvements, startup time speed-ups, visual tab previews and behaviour tweaks, and other changes. More »
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2:00AM Kevin Purdy | If music is part of your everyday work routine, workouts, or commute, stuffing your player full of tunes and hitting shuffle just won’t cut it. Scan these 10 tips for improving and expanding your music playlists. More »
Top 10 Tricks For Making Your Playlists Rock
2:00AM Kevin Purdy | If music is part of your everyday work routine, workouts, or commute, stuffing your player full of tunes and hitting shuffle just won’t cut it. Scan these 10 tips for improving and expanding your music playlists. More »
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Amahi Turns Old Systems Into Full-Featured Media Centres
6:00AM Kevin Purdy | Wouldn’t it be neat if you could turn an old laptop or desktop into a media centre that served and streamed movies, music, and files, and even backed up your other systems? With an Amahi installation, it’s not too hard. More »
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Try Out Wikipedia’s New Look In Beta
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | If you’re a frequent surfer of the mass-edited encyclopedia, now would be a good time to register for a user account. With it, you can enable Wikipedia’s new beta skin/theme, which gives a slicker feel to reading and editing. More »
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OpenOffice.org Screenshots Preview A Ribbon-Like Toolbar
12:40AM Kevin Purdy | Sun Microsystems’ OpenOffice.org developers have posted prototype screenshots and demonstrations, and while the toolbar content and look could likely change, the commenters are not apparently happy with the very Microsoft-Office-like “ribbon.” Some argue the look doesn’t play well on non-Windows systems, and others say it’s just another learning curve for the noble-intentioned, but often disadvantaged, open source office suite. Let’s hear what you think of the prototype, or where else Sun should look for design ideas, in the comments. [via Slashdot]
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Add Evernote To Windows’ Send To Menu
12:00AM Kevin Purdy | If you dig Evernote’s capture powers but don’t leave it constantly running on your system, the EveryJoe blog suggests creating a “Send To” shortcut in Windows’ right-click menu to shuttle files over to where Evernote will catch them. More »
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