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- Cool Websites and Tools – Monetizing Your Site, Reading Feeds Aloud, & World Time Differences
- This Is What Computer Animation Looked Like In 2001 [Stuff to Watch]
- How to Ruggedize Your Android Tablet
- 7 Awesome Uses for an Old SD Card
- Caption Contest: Fight!
- This Is How You Take Self Shots
- Turn Evernote Into An RSS Reader In A Few Easy Steps
- Yahoo Answers Gets A Refresh And Climbs Out Of Neglect With New Features
- Build Your Own Cloud Storage with Raspberry Pi and BitTorrent Sync
- How to Automatically Download Anything to Your Android Device
- 10 Ways To Make The Most Of Google Groups
- How to Issue a Command to Your Computer With a Text Message
- 3 Free Tools To Capture Stills From Video Files
- What Do Your iPhone Apps Know About You?
- The Parent Trap: 5 Family Friendly Rules For Using Technology At Home
| Cool Websites and Tools – Monetizing Your Site, Reading Feeds Aloud, & World Time Differences Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:01 PM PDT  eDigiCash – If you are a small business, a startup company, a freelancer or a web master wanting to monetize your website or blog, the simplest and cheapest way to build an effective web business is to add e-commerce functionality to your website. eDigiCash allows you to embed a powerful shopping cart with integrated payment gateway into a website or blog. Marinexplore – Access measurements and create datasets in minutes, not days. Spend your time analyzing data, instead of searching for it. In Marinexplore, data are related to a specific location, depth and time. Weaving data together from multiple sources... Read the full article: Cool Websites and Tools – Monetizing Your Site, Reading Feeds Aloud, & World Time Differences |
| This Is What Computer Animation Looked Like In 2001 [Stuff to Watch] Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:30 PM PDT  In 1974, SIGGRAPH was formed by a small group of professionals who shared a common interest in an emerging trend: computer graphics. Since its conception, conferences, events, and award ceremonies have been held to promote the generation and dissemination of this relatively new artform, and thanks to the Internet Archive the entries from 2001 have been preserved in time for all to see. This is a snapshot to some 13 years ago, when Wikipedia first graced the Web and Apple released an odd-looking white box of tricks known as the iPod. That year Microsoft put the final touches to Windows... Read the full article: This Is What Computer Animation Looked Like In 2001 [Stuff to Watch] |
| How to Ruggedize Your Android Tablet Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:00 PM PDT  Got a tablet but can’t find the right protector for it? Or do you want to ruggedize your tablet on the cheap? A variety of commercial and unconventional DIY fixes exist that can save your tablet from doom. In this article, I demonstrate how absolutely easy it is to ruggedize your tablet with some simple modifications or purchases. If you don’t do cheap, a more expensive option is to purchase a specialized case for your tablet, if such a product exists. For the rest of you with cheap tablets, try creating your own: There’s Sugru, InstaMorph and other DIY alternatives... Read the full article: How to Ruggedize Your Android Tablet |
| 7 Awesome Uses for an Old SD Card Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT  Do you have any old SD cards or microSD cards (with a suitable adaptor) lying around? If so, don’t throw them away – there are plenty of projects that you can complete with these compact flash storage devices. Whether your old SD card is a meager 64 MB or a massive 64 GB, various projects exist for you to make use of these storage cards. Smaller cards may be used as portable media storage, printing from SD and building a digital photo frame. Larger cards, meanwhile, might be used for providing emergency boot support to your PC, modding a Nintendo... Read the full article: 7 Awesome Uses for an Old SD Card |
| Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:30 PM PDT  Okay boys, I expect a clean fight — no name calling! Caption this image! Don’t you find fan wars extremely hilarious? Have you ever seen one happening physically, and not in some forum or comment section? Send us your most witty captions and you might win a free MakeUseOf t-shirt! Only one winner shall be crowned. Read the full article: Caption Contest: Fight! |
| This Is How You Take Self Shots Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:00 PM PDT  There’s nothing vain about taking photos of ourselves. In fact, we can often be our best subject because with digital photography, you can take as many selfie shots as you want if you have the time and patience to do so. We’ve all seen those self-portrait mirror shots with the camera in the foreground and the subject trying to pose like a model in the background. They’re fun shots to look at, but we can do better with a few tips and creativity. We’ve published other articles on tips for taking self-portraits, iPhone apps for taking self-portraits, and doing a year-long... Read the full article: This Is How You Take Self Shots |
| Turn Evernote Into An RSS Reader In A Few Easy Steps Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:30 AM PDT  Evernote‘s flexibility allows the service to be used in a wide variety of ways. A while back we took a look at how you can transform Evernote into a blogging platform in a few simple steps, while we also introduced you to ten interesting and unique ways you can use Evernote – from using it to save classified ads to saving photos of your takeout menus. We’re big fans, so we’re always looking for creative and unique ways to get more out of Evernote’s features, as you can see from our Evernote manual. Today, we’re taking a look at how you can turn Evernote... Read the full article: Turn Evernote Into An RSS Reader In A Few Easy Steps |
| Yahoo Answers Gets A Refresh And Climbs Out Of Neglect With New Features Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:00 AM PDT  The new Yahoo Answers is being advertised as better, faster and simpler. After many years of neglect, it looks the part. Yahoo Answers in its prime was one of the best question and answer websites. Even Google could not beat this one. Now, the sweeping winds of change around Yahoo have finally touched one of its popular assets. The new user experience starts with the color – purple. For now, the new Yahoo Answers is being rolled out first in the U.S. So, users elsewhere won't get to enjoy the revamped interface and the new features riding with it. The... Read the full article: Yahoo Answers Gets A Refresh And Climbs Out Of Neglect With New Features |
| Build Your Own Cloud Storage with Raspberry Pi and BitTorrent Sync Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:30 AM PDT  Don’t believe the hype: the Cloud is far from secure. But have no fear – now you can forget Dropbox once and for all, and show the authorities a solid middle finger by rolling your own private, unlimited, and secure cloud storage platform with a Raspberry Pi and BitTorrent Sync. Part of this process overlaps with making a Pi-based Network Attached Storage, which you might also want to check out. If you’re really adventurous, you could even build a Raspberry Pi Twitter Bot that tweets out all the new files added to it. Do it. BitTorrent? Isn’t That Illegal?! Well,... Read the full article: Build Your Own Cloud Storage with Raspberry Pi and BitTorrent Sync |
| How to Automatically Download Anything to Your Android Device Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT  Mobile apps encourage downloading something the moment you need it. Start playing a video on Netflix or a Pandora radio station and your Android phone or tablet will download it on the spot. But it’s often a good idea to automatically download the stuff you want ahead of time. Your Android device can fetch the content you want to view while it’s charging and on Wi-Fi, saving you valuable battery power and mobile data. You can also get on a subway, airplane, or just venture out into the wilderness and be sure you’ll have all the content you want automatically... Read the full article: How to Automatically Download Anything to Your Android Device |
| 10 Ways To Make The Most Of Google Groups Posted: 16 Sep 2013 09:30 AM PDT  Once upon a time Google Groups was on the cutting edge of online social interactions. Today, social media is the elite. With an upgrade earlier this year, Google Groups has come out to create an identity of its own. It's easier said than done because the age of Usenet and discussion boards seems to be drawing to a close. Google Groups needed an overhaul that would let it stay relevant against its own Google+ Communities and all-round integration with other Google products. Google Groups has come out of the surgery. I am happy to report that it looks fitter for... Read the full article: 10 Ways To Make The Most Of Google Groups |
| How to Issue a Command to Your Computer With a Text Message Posted: 16 Sep 2013 09:00 AM PDT  You’re on the road, racing to your morning meeting, and then it dawns on you that in your haste out the door, you’d left your computer turned on. Normally, you’d kick yourself all the way to the office for the electricity you’re going to waste leaving your computer idling all day at home, but not today. Today, you pull over to the side of the road, send a quick text stating “shutdown #mycomputer”, and then head off again to work. Job done. This scenario is possible – or one where you need to kick off a virus scan, initiate a... Read the full article: How to Issue a Command to Your Computer With a Text Message |
| 3 Free Tools To Capture Stills From Video Files Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:00 AM PDT  Have you ever wanted to grab an image from a video? When doing this, you usually want to capture a very specific moment. One second earlier, and you end up with an embarrassing or ugly frame you want nothing to do with. One second later, and the moment’s gone. To grab a good image from a video, you can either rely on your superb pausing skills, and manage to pause it at just the right moment for a screenshot, or you can use a tool to do the hard work for you. If you’re using an older version of Windows... Read the full article: 3 Free Tools To Capture Stills From Video Files |
| What Do Your iPhone Apps Know About You? Posted: 16 Sep 2013 07:30 AM PDT  The iPhone is an incredibly powerful and convenient device, capable of storing all of your contact information, making calls, finding restaurants, and much more. Yet all of this comes with a potential risk; the loss of privacy. Many users want to know exactly what data their iPhone stores, and how it's shared. The good news is that most information doesn't leave your phone with your permission, but once you've let that data into the wild, you can't take it back. Apple Knows All About You (Of Course) Apple, like every business, keeps extensive customer records. If you've purchased an iPhone... Read the full article: What Do Your iPhone Apps Know About You? |
| The Parent Trap: 5 Family Friendly Rules For Using Technology At Home Posted: 16 Sep 2013 07:00 AM PDT  Confession: I am not a parent. So why in the world would I want to write an article about family friendly rules for using technology at home? What parental experience do I have? How am I even qualified to write this piece? Well, when it comes to parenting, I’m not qualified. I’ve changed diapers, and I’ve watched kids for others, but never have I reared a child from birth to adulthood. However, as a 21-year-old caught somewhere in the middle between the youth of the world and those who are in parental roles, I know my stuff. I was raised on technology, and I’ve learned... Read the full article: The Parent Trap: 5 Family Friendly Rules For Using Technology At Home |
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