Easy video recording and sharing w/ Hellodeo
Submitted on July 21st, 2006 by admin
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Ever wish there was a super simple way to record video from your computer and share it with the your friends through an e-mail or your blog? Ever wish you could do it without having to wait for lengthy uploads? There is, with a free service called Hellodeo. Simply plug your webcam into your computer, go to Hellodeo, and click the record button. When done, you’ll be presented with code which can be used to embed it anywhere you’d like. Simple as that! If the name sounds familiar, it is from the same makers of Odeo, a fantastic web-based podcatcher.
Foxit Reader: fast and functional PDF reader
Submitted on July 21st, 2006 by admin
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About a year or so ago, I was really into downloading and reading e-books, which generally come in PDF format. Most people generally use Adobe Acrobat Reader for opening PDF files, but it’s not the fast or most effective way. Tired of waiting a lifetime for my e-books to open, I went looking for alternatives and found Foxit Reader. You can check out a quick and dirty review of it over at the great UNEASYSilence site.
Foxit Reader is a completely free Windows application, and trust me, it is FAST!
Fun with Google Phonebook
Submitted on July 20th, 2006 by admin
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The list of Google services is ever expanding and there are some minor services which many of you may not be familiar with. One such services is Google Phonebook.
If you’ve ever used Google Local, you will have seen the service at work. Type in a business name or type, and a general location, and you’ll receive a list of matching businesses with a phone number, address, etc. Google Phonebook offers a barebones interface similar to the regular Google search box. One feature you may not be aware of are the phonebook operators which let you narrow your search to only businesses or only residential areas. Google Blogoscoped has a quick guide to these operators so enjoy!
Deliwin, for the del.icio.us freak in you
Submitted on July 20th, 2006 by admin
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Even though the world has seen a huge explosion in the number of social bookmarking sites, many of you are probably still using one the first, del.icio.us. I’ve often stated my discontent with how tedious it can be to quickly access bookmarks off del.icio.us sometimes unless you search for the right tools (I like Flock, for example). Deliwin is definitely one of those tools. Simply install this little tool and you’ll see an icon in your system tray which lets you quickly access your bookmarks via tag. Reload times and displayed tags are pretty customizable so you can have some fun trying to get it to conform to your needs. Deliwin is for Windows only, but OSX users can use its parents application, Delibar which has the same features. Both applications are free (donations accepted).
[Via Download Squad]
Attack of the next-gen search engines
Submitted on July 20th, 2006 by admin
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I came upon a nice article over at Read/Write web which compares what they dub next-generation search engines, some of which we’ve covered on TipMonkies before like Swicki and Rollyo. The article goes on to explain the main differences between traditional search engines and next-gen search engines which fall under the “Search 2.0″ moniker. As you can imagine by the name, search 2.0 uses the power of people to make search results more like, just like Web 2.0 includes all types of collaborative media such as blogging, social bookmarking, etc. The article is short, but interesting, and a few of you might find a couple of new toys to play around with.
Gmail + Growl
Submitted on April 29th, 2006 by admin
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I came across this link on del.icio.us. It’s a gMail notifier through Growl which is another notifying program which you can customize to notify you of any changes in any program your running. Unfortunately we all PC users can’t use this. It’s only for Mac users!!! I don’t have a Mac so I can’t even test out Growl or even Gmail+Growl. Someone test it out and tell me how it is. I’m hearing some rave reviews on it, so give it a try.
Growl is a simple tool that allows applications to send out notifications to your screen. Notifications appear as small windows with a bit of text and an icon. Gmail+Growl works inside of Gmail notifier to send Growl notifications whenever new mail is received.
In the case of Gmail+Growl’s notifications, the icon is that of the sender’s Address Book entry and the text is the subject and an excerpt of the message. However, Growl notifications can look very different depending on which Growl display you use.
Quote via wafflessoftware.net
Yahoo Widgets
Submitted on February 13th, 2006 by admin
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Well I know Konfabulators been out forever but I never really looked into until yesterday night. As I was a Mac user for a short while, I really loved the “widgets” the OSX offered. When I sold my precious Powerbook away, I really missed that feature!!! So I took, yahoo owned now, konfabulator for a spin. I actually like!!! It does exactly what the widgets feature did on OSX but for PC. There are TONS of widgets out there if you check yahoo/widgets page. The program is very simple to install and get it running. It took me awhile to figure out how to have the widgets appear and disappear with just a push of a button.
1. Right click a widget and click Widget Properties.
2. Click Window tab and in the drop down selection “Level of Window”, select “Show Only In Heads Up Display”. You have to do this to ALL the widgets in order for it to hide and appear when you press the hot key. Next time you press “F8″ or any other hotkey you assign, the widgets will show up and hide.
GTalk on GMail
Submitted on February 13th, 2006 by admin
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I’ve been hearing all over the net that Google would implement GTalk service into Gmail window. They’ve finally rolled it out over the weekend and it’s pretty slick! All in AJAX coding and runs very smoothly. On your left side under your Filters there is a Quick Contacts bar which acts as your “buddy lists”. If you see someone on, you would see a little green dot. And to message them you just double+click the name and a small chat box pops up inside the current window on the bottom right corner. It is stuck to the bottom of the page, so if you try scrolling it won’t scroll up or down. It also has a minimize button to hide it away when reading emails. It’s not something you would use all the time like AIM or MSN messenger, but it’s a great alternative and a quick way to contact someone with out logging into 3rd party clients. By the way, you can turn on an Auto-save chat feature in settings for Gmail to automatically save your chat history in to a seperate category in Gmail.
*sidenote* Not everyone will have the new GTalk feature in their Gmail box just yet. I’ve been reported that some folks still don’t have the new service.
AirSet Goes Mobile with Verizon Wireless
Submitted on February 8th, 2006 by admin
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Awhile back we did a review on AirSet, a web-based calender, and contacts service.
Now they are offering their service through Verizons, “Get It Now”. Once you download the service you will be able to retrieve and access all your contacts and calendars. Click here to check and see if you phone is compatible. I’ve yet to test it out myself because because my phone is old and crappy, but I will be upgrading my phone this month. I will post a further review once I do. I personally use their service to sync with my Clie+Outlook and it works VERY well. Even When I don’t have my Clie with me or my laptop I can always get my contacts and calendar wherever theres internet.
30 Boxes, the new calendar heavyhitter
Submitted on February 6th, 2006 by admin
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I’ve been hearing about 30 Boxes for a couple of weeks now, and have been wondering what all the fuzz is about since many were claiming it would do to calendar applications what GMail has done for e-mail. I eagerly awaited and yesteday I finally had a chance to sign up for an account, and I must say I am completely impressed.
I’ve played with many different calendars, but never have I seen one that was so simple to use. Sure, there’s still a couple of bugs here and there, but overall, the interface is extremely straightforward and easy. You could add events just like any other calendar by typing in each detail into the entry box, or simply do it in plain English with the top entry form. For example, if I wanted to add my birthday on there, I’d type Martin’s birthday september 4 repeat yearly. Furthermore, I could add tag family to add a tag to the event. Told you it was simple! There aren’t tons of advanced features yet aside from calendar sharing, but more is on the way so stay tuned!
[tags]calendar, services, 30boxes, web 2.0, ajax[/tags]
