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Seems like every other week you’re signing up for another social networking site and filling out another user profile with the same old information; webapp AtomKeep is out to save you the the time and hassle. AtomKeep manages and syncs your user information across 23 social media applications (including Facebook, Digg, Flickr, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogger, […]

Windows only: Free software Weys converts Whatever You See on screen into mobile phone wallpaper by taking a screenshot sized for your phone screen. Weys doesn’t have the finesse and fine tweaking that an actual graphics editor like Photoshop or GIMP would have—you simply slide the loupe like rectangle (or model of your phone if […]

Free webapp Hearwho converts text you enter into an MP3 audio file you can download. Select from a male or female voice, English or Spanish text conversion, and choose the quality of the resulting file at Hearwho. Similar to previously covered VozMe, the results are no substitute for a professional actor hired to read […]

Webapp Resnooze sends timed email reminders to yourself and friends and gives you the option to “hit the snooze button” on the reminder to get it again later. Select either a text message or a URL for Resnooze to email you and the frequency—daily, weekly or monthly. Delete or repeat the reminder using a […]

When Jack Mannahan’s elderly father passed away this spring, the 53-year-old decided to draw up a list of things that he had to do before he could die a happy man. The document, which was recently leaked to the press.
Go here to read the rest: Things Man Wants To Do Before He Dies, Just List […]

Every time someone asks you what your schedule is, you should be able to point to a list of everything you need to do. And if you can’t — the first item on your task list should be to create that list. …
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While it doesn’t handle full-featured RSS-reading like other email applications, Gmail does offer “web clips”—a one-line headline ticker on top of your inbox that displays content like news headlines from sources you choose. The Official Gmail Blog runs down how to customize your web clips (or turn them off). I’ve had mixed feelings about […]

Whether she’s appearing on a prime time TV show, gracing the silver screen, or writing, producing, and starring in her own hit web series, there’s no shortage of things to keep actress and gamer Felicia Day busy. Most recently she stars in Joss Whedon’s fantastic direct-to-web supervillain musical, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, as Dr. […]

If your Vista PC isn’t as speedy as you’d like, straight from the horse’s mouth comes a 14-page PDF document on Vista Performance and Tuning. Microsoft’s suggestions include customizing Vista’s power plan, sleeping the machine instead of shutting down, turning off search indexing in folders you don’t need it, disabling visual effects, using ReadyBoost to […]

Author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon and other geeky tomes Neal Stephenson described how he wrote his first book at a 2003 USENIX keynote speech. After an editor accepted his book proposal, Stephenson had to complete the manuscript quickly:
With all his vacation time and the 4th of July holiday there were 10 days, in which to […]