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Sunday, March 16, 2014

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Cool Websites & Tools – Video Presentations In Gmail, Speed Reading, & Apartment Listings

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 09:31 PM PDT

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Mini Metro – is an upcoming minimalistic subway layout game. Your small city starts with only three unconnected stations. Your task is to draw routes between the stations to connect them with subway lines. Everything but the line layout is handled automatically. Movenote – enables you to make video presentations in your Gmail account. Add your favorite content from whatever source you want, and record video alongside to it with your computer, tablet or smartphone. Seamless integration with Google Drive. OpenSpritz – is a free speed reading bookmarklet. When there is a text you want to read, press the bookmarklet...

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The Web Is 25… So Let Us Celebrate [Weird & Wonderful Web]

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 05:30 PM PDT

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The Web recently turned 25, with this incredibly dense and diverse set of online destinations having been born in 1989. Much has changed in the intervening years, both online and offline, but the Web has grown stronger and stouter and now stands as a behemoth of vast proportions. I think it’s time to celebrate the Web in all its different forms. Party, anyone? The Facts The Web was born on March 12, 1989, when Tim Berners-Lee, a 34-year-old software engineer at CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) wrote a proposal for “a universal linked information system,” which slowly morphed...

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8 Brilliant Video Games Inspired By Books

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 02:00 PM PDT

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Some video games have fantastic storylines with incredible plot twists and shockers, but there are several that are happy to be based on written stories that have come before them. From epics to books to comics, these are the 8 most brilliant video games inspired by literature. The Witcher Monster-hunter? Check. Mysterious past? Check. Lots of hack-and-slash action? Check. Role-playing elements? Check. There is every reason to love The Witcher series of games, and it’s only enhanced when you find out that there’s a whole book you can dive into to know more about Geralt of Rivia, the monster-hunting mercenary...

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How To Speed Up Your Chromebook Experience

Posted: 15 Mar 2014 12:00 PM PDT

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Do you want to improve your Chromebook experience with some easy tweaks and shortcuts? There are a plethora of hidden time-savers and little known tricks to improve and simplify your day-to-day usage of your device. Read on to find out more. Useful Keyboard Shortcuts Did you know that Chromebooks allow you to create a keyboard shortcut for almost anything? While several great apps exist for remapping the keyboard of Windows machines, Chromebook Shortcut Manager is a Chrome extension available through the Web Store that enables you to quickly and easily assign a keyboard shortcut for almost any process on a Chromebook....

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