Let Google randomize your wallpaper
Submitted on September 26th, 2006 by admin
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Are you tired of having the same wallpaper on your desktop all the time? Maybe you don’t have time to search for some new ones? Why not let Google do the searching for you!? You can with a little application named Google Wallpaper (and no, it’s not created by Google, but by a programmer with quite a bit of time on his hands). Simply enter a keyword, a search interval, and whether you want to use Safe Search (to filter out any “unwanted” images) and Google Wallpaper will automatically change your wallpaper for you based on that search term. Super cool, and completely free, though unfortunately available for Windows only.
Disposable Phone Numbers
Submitted on September 26th, 2006 by admin
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Many of you have multiple e-mail addresses, partly due to wanting to keep work and personal lives separate, but also to keep spammers from hopefully ever reaching your beloved inbox. With the advent of nearly free calls thanks to VOIP services like Skype and Gizmo, why is it that we don’t yet have disposable phone numbers? Check out this interesting article and ask the author to make the software available, as it could prove quite invaluable for many of us.
Record streaming audio w/ MP3MyMp3 Recorder
Submitted on September 26th, 2006 by admin
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Those of you who’ve been visiting this site for a while, may remember that Mike and I used to do a (mostly) weekly podcast. During that time, I played around with dozens of different audio recording applications, none of which worked as well as my still favorite application, Audacity; however, there is a small application I just discovered which may prove useful not just for podcasting, but for recording streaming internet radio, or even VOIP calls on your machine. The application is MP3MyMP3 Recorder.
The applications is pretty simple to use. Just pick your audio source, and your audio format, and record away. MP3MyMP3 Recorder supports not only MP3 and WAV recording, but also the less popular AIF, SWA, and AU (What!? No OGG!?). Download the application for free, but remember, it’s Windows only.
Integrating web office products into your desktop
Submitted on July 26th, 2006 by admin
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The longer I am involved with TipMonkies, the more useful sites I find, and the less desktop software I use. Aside from a browser, CD/DVD burning software, a music and video player, and a graphics manipulation application, there really isn’t anything else on my PC (aside from lots of music). One suite of programs I’ve been able to uninstall is any office application, opting instead for web-based office products like ajaxWrite. The problem with web-based office products is that it’s not integrated into your desktop so you couldn’t simply double-click a Word file and have it open up automatically…or could you?
Lifehacker has a good how-to on how to integrate these products into your desktop using a little application called AutoHotKey. This little application will let you associate office filetypes on your computer to web apps and open them automatically. Sweet!
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!
How to embed YouTube into Winamp
Submitted on July 21st, 2006 by admin
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Are you a YouTube junkie? Yeah, me too. If you’re a Winamp user, you might enjoy this quick tip to embed a YouTube page directly into your media player. Open the configuration file found inside C:\Program Files\Winamp\ Plugins\ml\ml_online.ini and add the following lines to the file:
ElementId11=8000
ElementIcon11=11002
ElementSubbed11=1
ElementName11=Youtube
ElementURL11=http://youtube.com/?cmd=mini
Then, remove the line ElementID10=-1, save the file, and restart Winamp. A little useless? Maybe, but still fun.
[Via Lifehacker]
Deliwin, for the del.icio.us freak in you
Submitted on July 20th, 2006 by admin
Filed under Productivity and Bookmarking and The Mac Side and Services and Software and Windows
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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
Filed under Reviews and Email and Productivity and The Mac Side and Software
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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
SyncTunes: Sync Itunes with non-ipod players
Submitted on March 7th, 2006 by admin
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I personally don’t have a Mac, but I found this program on LifeHacker and it seems like a really neat little program. It’s called the SyncTunes. You can actually sync up Itunes with other mp3 players that aren’t ipods! Also PDAs, phones, and PSPs. I’m not sure how well this software work, but if your a heavy Itunes user this is something you should try. [Thanks to Lifehacker for this great find]
