July 2010
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5 Time Zone Tools →
(via Web Worker Daily) One of the problems with working people in other time zones is that figuring out whether it’s a good time to call them can be tricky; scheduling meetings can become positively nightmarish if you have participants in several time zones. Here are some tools that make things a little easier.
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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Jeep Breaks Facebook Photos, Sends Fans To Flickr →
(via allfacebook.com) Administrators of the official Jeep Facebook page posted a status update yesterday instructing fans to submit their personal Jeep photos to Flickr instead of Facebook.
Jul 29th
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Jul 29th
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Apple Probes Complaints About iOS4 on iPhone 3G →
(via WSJ) Apple is investigating reports that the latest iPhone operating system causes problems for users of the iPhone 3G, after a series of complaints on Apple support forums and technology blogs. Apple is aware of the reports and is looking into the matter, a spokeswoman told Digits.
Jul 29th
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iOS 4 On iPhone 3G: A Little Performance Relief →
(via The Apple Blog) Several blogs have reported that simply turning off Spotlight Search (Settings > General > Home Button > Spotlight Search) is all it takes to get back some of the performance lost when upgrading from iPhone SDK 3.1.3 to iOS 4.0.
Jul 29th
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Mobile WordPress Theming: Day 2 →
(via mobile.tutsplus.com) Last week we explored, jQTouch, the framework we would be using to create our mobile wordpress theme. This week, we will pick up where we left off and apply what we learned to create the theme files that we will use to integrate with a WordPress theme. (Day 1)
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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“The Guild” Season 4 Music Video “Game On”
Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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Tips & Tricks: GoogleLookup in Google spreadsheets →
(via Official Google Docs Blog) Have you been frustrated trying to find the populations or capitals of a list of countries? Would you like to easily get a list of the birthdays of all of your favorite musicians and actors? The GoogleLookup function in Google spreadsheets does all of the work, and in a matter of seconds you have all of the information you want. Using the information collected from...
Jul 26th
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EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists,... →
Rulemaking Fixes Critical DMCA Wrongs (via EFF.org) The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won three critical exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) anticircumvention provisions today, carving out new legal protections for consumers who modify their cell phones and artists who remix videos — people who, until now, could have been sued for their non-infringing or fair use...
Jul 26th
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Brand Spankin New Disqus Blogger Integration!
(via disqus) We’ve made it much easier to integrate Disqus with your Blogger layout. Using the Gadget functionality we’ve been able to improve the time of integration, and now require no patching of your template. Simply authorize Disqus, add a Gadget with your sites Disqus code, and you’re good to go. If you’re currently using our service on Blogger or looking to integrate with us, we...
Jul 26th
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Import OneNote 2007 Notebooks Into Evernote →
(via How To Geek) Would you like to import your notes from OneNote 2007 into Evernote? Here’s how you can do it without losing any of your existing data in OneNote.
Jul 26th
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How To Make a Private Tumblr Blog →
(via How To Geek) Tumblr is a great service for sharing media and blog posts, but what if you don’t want to share your experiences with the world? Here’s how to create a private, password-protected blog for your family or business.
Jul 23rd
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Testing out Libsyn's Wizard Podcast Player
(disabled. Too slow to load) It’s rather slow isn’t it. Well don’t think I’ll be using it.
Jul 23rd
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HTML5 in under 5 Minutes
Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 22nd
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A Complete Guide To Tumblr →
(via Smashing Magazine) Think of Tumblr as micro-blogging on steroids (technically, it’s called “tumblelogging”). Whereas Twitter and similar services limit posts to 140 characters or less, Tumblr lets you post updates of any length, although it’s best suited to short-format posts. Tumblr bridges the gap between full-blown blog and micro-blog.
Jul 22nd
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Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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TrueCrypt 7 now available, features hardware... →
(via Download Squad) Back in July of 2008, Truecrypt v6 introduced the ability to encrypt your system partition. It also brought support for multiple processors and an overall performance bump. Now, version 7 is out and it’s the fastest TrueCrypt ever — thanks to hardware accelerated encryption. … www.truecrypt.org (Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac OS X, Linux)
Jul 20th
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Add Dropbox to the Send To Menu in Windows 7, XP,... →
(via How To Geek) Dropbox is one of the coolest utilities available today to backup and share files and folders online. If you want easier access to it, you might want to add it to the Send To Menu in the Context Menu.
Jul 19th
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Jul 19th
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Mobile WordPress Theming: Day 1 →
(via Mobile Tuts+) In this series, we will create a powerful mobile WordPress theme that anyone can apply to their blog to make their site easily accessible to mobile users. jQTouch.com / WordPress.org
Jul 19th
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Add Your Own Domain to Your Tumblr Blog →
(via How To Geek) Would you like to personalize your Tumblr blog with your own domain name? Here’s how you can redirect a domain to Tumblr and register it with your blog. Good instructions. I did this for Blog Oklahoma’s Tumblr blog some time ago. That’s why it’s BlogOklahoma.org instead of blogoklahoma.tumblr.com.
Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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Apple gives free bumpers to all iPhone 4 owners →
(via MSNBC) Today, as expected, Steve Jobs announced that Apple would offer free rubber “bumpers” to anyone who bought an iPhone 4 in order to fix the problem caused by the antenna’s design flaw. However, Jobs did not promise a hardware fix which would alleviate the problem without marring the phone’s aesthetic….
Jul 16th
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Waiting for you to share in the Brag Basket →
(via smallbizsurvival.com) Even though I call this the Brag Basket, it’s not really about bragging. It’s about sharing. I started this so you can introduce yourself, share some good news, or congratulate a friend. The basket is open all weekend, from July 16-18, 2010.
Jul 16th
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Jul 16th
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A talk on how Twitter deploys changes and upgrades to their thousands of servers. It’s Murder. (via ReadWriteWeb) Murder is built on top of BitTornado, a version of BitTorrent modified to include advanced functionality. Gadea says they have tweaked the app to better function in the unique environment that exists in a datacenter, including “low-latency access to servers, high...
Jul 16th
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Jul 15th
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Dropbox Shell Tools lets you copy files quickly to... →
(via Download Squad) You can click on any file on your system, and immediately transport it onto your Dropbox public folder, or onto a specific subfolder within your Dropbox.
Jul 15th
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Jul 14th
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Add Traditional Comments to Tumblr Blogs With... →
(via How To Geek) Would you like to add a traditional comment box to your Tumblr blog? Here’s how you can add the Disqus comment system to your Tumblr blog to find out what other think about your posts. We’re using DISQUS here on our Tumblr blog too.
Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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Create a Beautiful & Easy to Update Blog With... →
(via How To Geek) Are you tired of your old blog and find it too much trouble to maintain? Here’s how you can get a fresh new start with a new, free Tumblr blog.
Jul 13th
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Connect your Inbox to Facebook and Windows Live... →
(via The Microsoft Office Blog) Starting today, you can plug Facebook and Windows Live right into Microsoft Outlook through the Outlook Social Connector. You can view your social network as you look through your email to stay connected with your friends, family, and colleagues.
Jul 13th
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Jul 12th
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LastPass - Password Manager →
LastPass is a password manager that makes web browsing easier and more secure.
Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 9th
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Jul 9th
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Jul 9th
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Devcheatsheet catalogs over 1,600 cheat sheets for... →
(via Download Squad) devcheatsheet is a pretty good place to rummage around if you’re on the lookout for a free “cheat sheet” for a programming language, markup language, or a piece of software. devcheatsheet.com
Jul 9th
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Rich text signatures in Gmail →
(via Gmail Blog) Rich text signatures have long been one of our most widely requested features. Some of you have tried your own solutions, including Greasemonkey scripts, browser plugins, and even using canned responses from Gmail Labs. Others have simply lived with frustration of not being able to change the colors or font size of your signature, or insert images and links. Either way,...
Jul 9th
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Jul 9th
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