Archive for October, 2008

Cloud Storage Rap Up

Posted: October 30, 2008 in Web 2.0
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My rule number 1 is: “If you don’t have two copies of a file on different devices you don’t have that file!” Here are some programs to help you to that end. Carbonite PC only Unlimited storage for one computer. Easy install! My Documents and Desktop set to backup automatically. Right-click to select other items [...]

Youconvertit

Posted: October 28, 2008 in Software

Oct 28, 2008 Convert any media file format (Documents, Images, Audio, Video & Archives) without buying or installing anything on your PC with youconvertit. It’s pretty neat! you select a file to convert. Select what format you want the file converted to and youconvertit will email you when it’s finished.

A Firefox Tip

Posted: October 24, 2008 in Tips
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Here is an easy but useful Firefox Tip. If you see a word or phrase on a webpage you want to find out more about select the text, right-click on it and select Search Google for “!@#$%^&*%”. Then a Google search opens in a new tab.

Extentions for OpenOffice

Posted: October 23, 2008 in Software
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Until recently I did not know about extensions for OpenOffice the free office suite. Here are some useful and cool extensions I found. Sun PDF Import Extension [Beta] New Template OpenOffice 2 GoogleDoc Writer’s Tools

GIMP Tutorials

Posted: October 21, 2008 in Tutorials
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Oct 21, 2008 Change Eye Color Bare Basics of GIMP and Brushes/Filters Create an oilpainting from a photo. Making a pencil drawing from a photo. Create Lightsaber Effects

JungleDisk and S3

Posted: October 17, 2008 in Software
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RULE #1: If you don’t have two copies of a file on different media you don’t have the file. This being the case you have to back-up continuously. Backing up to an external drive or network drive is a good way to do this, but what happens of there’s a fire and all of your [...]

Play Any Media

Posted: October 17, 2008 in Software
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Yes, you can play any type of media file (MP3, Quicktime, MPEG4, Real) with “Windows Media Player“. All you need is a CODEC. The “K-Lite Mega Codec Pack ” installs pretty much all of the known CODECs, even the one’s that most of us are not familiar. Sometimes a file will not open but if [...]

Hak5

Posted: October 1, 2008 in Media
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Hak5 is a vidcast on Revision3 about hardware, software hacking (white-hat) and drinking beer. I have not watched it in a while. I did not care for it then but I’,m going to take a look at it again.