Too good to forget!
BookMooch. Really really nice book swap system with a great design. It’s elegant, simple to get going and seems to be taking off a lot. One complaint? Will some Brits please start using the service – please pass this on to all your friends – so that we can get some traffic going this side of the pond? Thank you very much, this has been a public service announcement. BookMooch lets you give away books you no longer need in…
Googdesk. Yes it’s heresy, but for some strange reason I like this. Google Smarter, they’re calling it. Maybe Google would be a bit better with some more options on the home page? Maybe…..? Anyway check it out for yourself and make up your own mind.
KeepVid Lite. We’ve mentioned this before in passing, but it deserves better. So here you go. Download and store video clips from the major sites like YouTube, Google Video etc. Nice simple app, and well done.
Mail Big File.com. I like this simple file transfer service a lot. If you’ve ever had the hassle of trying to get a large-ish file across to someone you’ll know the anguish of trying to use email etc. With this free service you simply upload the file (joy, there’s a progress bar) and enter in the recipient email address. No registration needed. The best thing is that it copes with files up to 512 MB in size, which is way handy….
ClockLink. Free downloadable Flash clocks for your delectation and web pages. Well worth a look if time is your thang. ClockLink provides fashionable clocks that you can easily embed in your web page. All you need to do is simply paste the tag on your web page. Our clock will display the city name of your choice if you choose. You can also choose a time zone for your clock so it will show the correct time. Decorate your website…
Alert Map. Do not, repeat, do not, look at this real time map of global emergencies if you are at all of a nervous disposition. Tornados in Germany for goodness sake? Volcanos, air crashes, heatwaves, earthquakes. It’s all frighteningly here. Sheesh!
How to Install and Run Linux on a USB Flash Drive. Useful, useful. By installing Live Linux on a Memory Stick, you can now bring your operating system, favorites, e-mail, applications, personal settings and files with you to run on any computer that can boot from a USB Flash device. It’s like having a mini personal computer in your pocket!
The Vintage Technology site contains a veritable treasure trove of old stuff, lovingly catalogued and displayed. As well as radios and other household implements of yesteryear, there’s a huge selection of over 500 vintage calculators. If number crunching is your game, this place is your aim. Nice one Emil! In order to get a better understanding of Vintage Technology you should learn something about the history behind the industries, homes, government and people involved in home entertainment and technology. To…
MyVoIPSpeed Test. The folk at Visualware have introduced another free online test, this time to let you know whether your broadband line is good enough for VoIP Internet calls. Sounds a bit arcane to us, but possibly worth a check if only to see why the voice on the other end sounds like it’s coming from Alpha Centauri. MyVoIPSpeed simulates VoIP traffic over your Internet connection and measures the quality for VoIP conversations. The speed test measures your current download/upload…
ExpressPDF. Free online service that lets you convert your Word documents and/or website pages to PDF. Nice idea, although it appears to take quite a long time to actually dispense the processed document. [Update: hmm…didn’t work for me…] ExpressPDF is an online service that lets you convert your Microsoft Office documents to PDF. This service can also convert Web pages to PDF ! It’s FREE, we hope you will enjoy it ;-)
High Speed Skype Conferencing. High speed means no registration, just click and go. Unlimited conferencing means up to 500 people, and free means completely free of charge. Fascinating stuff, I’d love to know whether it works as advertised with a fair few people jabbering away. Highspeedconferencing.com is a service for the Skype community to have multi-party (that is, more than five people on at a time) conference calls using Skype and regular phones. If you use Skype, it is completely…
MusicLens. Super cool free app to help you find new music via a whole heap of sliders to input mood, loudness, tempo etc. Lovely interface, interesting results. Definitely worth a bookmark. [Via Metafilter] With MusicLens, music lovers can expand their own personal music repertoire with songs that they perhaps did not know about before, or with songs they could not previously describe in order to search for them.
Free File Hosting Services. Excellent definitive list of nearly 100 free file hosting services on the net, divided into capacity and type (e.g. image hosting etc). Of course once Google’s offering arrives the whole arena will change significantly. Nevertheless a must bookmark dear reader! Free File Hosts allow you to upload certain filetypes to their websites, this is ideal for storage or trading with your friends. Maybe you would like to upload files that you also need at work, or…
Radio4PDA. Would you like to listen to radio on your PDA? Of course you would, Mabel. Well here’s a set of listings for various international radio stations in a PDA friendly layout for search and enjoyment when you’re out and about.
Things you can do with RSS. Large and useful list of tasks you can use RSS for contained in a handy editable wiki. Bookmark and add your own ideas too, why doncha? Basically, you can perform any task with RSS that requires search or information retrieval from a server. Automatically and repeatedly. I use this list to convince people to start using an RSS feed reader. There’s more to RSS than just weblog syndication and news aggregation.
