The How to Split an Atom blog has reviewed the beta version of Digg monitoring and notification tool, Notifir. If you’re a power user/commenter on Digg, some of the features sound interesting. The review picks a few holes in the software but says:
“Currently, Notifir provides a dashboard of stories that you have submitted to Digg in the last 24 hours. It can tell you who Dugg it and gives you a platform from which to submit additional articles. I think the most interesting thing that it has going for it is that it provides a list of articles from “commonly promoted sources†and lets you submit these stories with a click of a button. For power users in the making, this can save you quite a bit of surfing time.”
Participants in the Notifir beta can vote on which features should be developed, which is cool. And if you read the comments you’ll also see the Notifir founder responds to some of the critical points of the review. Nice to see them responding to community feedback.
How To Review Notifir [How To Split An Atom]
MPAA 1: IsoHunt 0. Major bit torrent and P2P index site IsoHunt has announced that it has disabled US users from accessing its trackers, due to legal pressure being applied by American movie industry group, the MPAA. This announcement went up on IsoHunt’s site yesterday:
“As of earlier today, we have disabled access from users in the US to our trackers, until further notice. This goes for ALL trackers (torrentbox, podtropolis) we run. This is due to the US’s hostility towards P2P technologies, and we feel with our current lawsuit brought by the MPAA, we can no longer ensure your security and privacy in the US. So, if you’re outside the US, you may notice less peers. We encourage you to add other public, unhampered trackers to torrents you post, in addition to Torrentbox and Podtropolis’s trackers.”
Blogger Dumb Little Man says that being ambidextrous with the mouse can increase your brain power: By switching the side of your mouse-pad you will force yourself to use your non-dominant hand. This, in turn, will stimulate the neural connections between the right and left hemispheres on your brain. Scientific research confirmed that people that use both hands equally have 10% more nerve fibers joining the two sides of the brain.
Mousing “goofy” can also help you stop RSI. Here’s how to train yourself to mouse with the other hand.
3 Easy Ways to Improve Your Brain Power [Dumb Little Man]Just when we thought Gmail’s development is stagnating, rumour has it a “new version” is in the works. More »
If the newest version of your freeware application doesn’t seem to work and the official web site does not archive older versions, OldApps.com might save the day. OldApps.com archives many previous releases of popular programs for such emergencies. The site is very much like the previously mentioned OldVersion, but it appears to include a slightly larger number of applications. For example, OldVersion doesn’t have old versions of Adium X but OldApps.com has many versions available. Definitely a handy resource to have bookmarked.
OldApps.comStore-bought playdough is stinky and dries out really quickly – but you can get around that with Instructables’ easy recipe for homemade, non-toxic playdough. This is an easy recipe that you can customise with your own colours; plus, it’s easily rejuvenated if it gets a little dry with just a little water kneaded in. How to Make Playdough (Play-doh) [Instructables]
Many of us prefer the internet to sex, according to web site Ars Technica. Which can you go longer without? More »
WIndows only – Wired’s Compiler blog has written up the release of BitTorrent 6.0, describing it as a “significant upgrade.”
The new release is the first to incorporate the uTorrent client which BitTorrent acquired last year. So far only available for Windows XP and Vista users – Mac and Linux versions are on the way. More »
Webapp TwitterNotes separates notes to yourself from all the other chatter on Twitter. Simply log on to Twitter and type a note to yourself prefixed by the + sign, and check TwitterNotes to retrieve it later. Organise your TwitterNotes with tags by surrounding tag words in the tweet with asterisks, or listing tags at the end of the tweet. For people who love and live on Twitter, this a great way to separate notes to self from other status messages and conversation. If you’re looking for a scheduled solution or a way to get consistent reminders, you can try the Twitter timer or Remember the Milk. Otherwise, TwitterNotes should do wonders for those who might be, ahem, tweeting during class or a business meeting.
TwitterNotesThe previously posted Mac-like Google Reader theme has been updated to accommodate GReader’s new search box. Slick. More »
