Monday, February 3, 2014

5 New Articles on MakeUseOf

Cool Websites & Tools – Armchair Travelling, Sochi Winter Map, & Printable City Guides
40 Of The Best Villain Headquarters Compared
10 Free Soul & Modern Jazz Albums [Sound Sunday]
Forget The Gym, Get Fitstar Fit With Your iPad Or iPhone
Will You One Day Buy A Google Glass? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Cool Websites & Tools – Armchair Travelling, Sochi Winter Map, & Printable City Guides

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 08:31 PM PST

MinutesPad Free – is a full functionality trial version of Meeting Minutes – a professional business app for meeting minutes management. It is a very simple, but really powerful tool. You can easily take notes and photos, store them in a structured way, organize your meetings minutes by topics and share them via email. Somewhere – is a site which gives you the ability to go travelling from the comfort of your own chair. Everytime you refresh the page, you are taken to a new location somewhere in the world. A short description and photo is provided about the area,...

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40 Of The Best Villain Headquarters Compared

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 06:30 PM PST

Villains have the coolest hiding places. Dr. Evil retreats to his Secret Hollowed-Out Volcano, Sauron lives on in Barad-dûr, and not to mention Darth Vader and his amazing Death Star — I mean, come on, a headquarter the size of a small planet? That’s freaking cool. Here’s a list of 40 of the most infamous villain hideouts, arranged according to size. For the full list with hover-over details, visit Movoto Blog.

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10 Free Soul & Modern Jazz Albums [Sound Sunday]

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 05:30 PM PST

Legal free music downloads from independent artists – that’s Sound Sunday. It’s all about the music and in this edition we zoom in on jazz and its modern forms. Open your mind and sharpen your ears for what you’re about to hear, you’ve never heard before. Amy Lynn & The Gunshow Genre: jazz, r&b, sou, rock, bass, blues Previously featured on Sound Sunday, Amy Lynn & The Gunshow now have a full length debut album coming up. Enjoy this mad talent and download the first single off the album for free, before the masses discover it. Music & Nature Sounds...

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Forget The Gym, Get Fitstar Fit With Your iPad Or iPhone

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST

If you don’t get enough exercise there’s a good chance you’ll be expiring long before the rest of us – and you don’t want that, do you? A combination of time, effort, gym fees and fleeting bouts of amotivational syndrome is often enough to put an end to many exercise regimes, but it doesn’t have to be an uphill struggle. Previously iPad-only, but now iPhone-friendly, Fitstar is a free iOS app designed to train you in your own time. The app uses your available environment rather than expensive equipment – if you can lie on the floor outstretched, you’ve got...

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Will You One Day Buy A Google Glass? [MakeUseOf Poll]

Posted: 02 Feb 2014 04:34 AM PST

Last week we wondered if you’ve already upgraded your system to Windows 8.1. While the poll itself had a winning answer with an overwhelming result, I recommend reading last week’s comments for some useful and entertaining advice. 1,008 people voted in this poll, out of which 4% don’t use Windows at all; 35% have not yet upgraded to Windows 8.1; and 61% have upgraded to the (shall I say hated?) Windows 8.1. Perhaps 8.1 is not that hated and horrible after all? Comment Of The Week As I’ve mentioned above, last week’s comment are a goldmine, and if you’re debating...

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