Friday, January 22, 2010

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time-Savers

We all have shortcuts that are essential to our daily workflow. A majority of them are staples such as Copy (Command + C) and Paste (Command + V), but occasionally we stumble upon a shortcut we wish we’d learned years ago. Suddenly, this simple shortcut has streamlined our process and shaved quite a bit of time off our day. Collected here are some lesser known but extremely useful shortcuts. Many of these are not documented in the “Keyboard Shortcuts” menu, and some of them don’t even have equivalent menu options.
Mastering Photoshop: Unknown Tricks and Time-Savers

Stay Under 7 Megapixels to Avoid Photo Noise and Diffraction

Ross at the Petravoxel blog gets precise, and provides proof, on why going over 7 megapixels in a point-and-shoot makes absolutely no sense.
Stay Under 7 Megapixels to Avoid Photo Noise and Diffraction

"Memorize Now" Helps You Commit Long Passages to Memory

If you find yourself in a position of needing or wanting to commit long passages of text to memory, webapp Memorize Now can help.
"Memorize Now" Helps You Commit Long Passages to Memory

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Reminder Of Why You Should Never Put Foil In A Microwave

Here’s why your mother always said never to put aluminium foil in the microwave. Can someone buy this Swedish guy a new kitchen, please? And a box o’ wine, too?
Reminder Of Why You Should Never Put Foil In A Microwave

PDFmyURL Generates PDFs from Any Web Address

We've covered online file converters, browser extensions, and psuedo-printers that convert web pages into full PDFs. For a simple, no-software-required solution, PDFmyURL spits out PDF files when you plug in a web address. And, yeah, there's a bookmarklet.
PDFmyURL Generates PDFs from Any Web Address

What Is My Computer Doing

Have you ever asked yourself why the computer’s hard drive is trashing like mad or why everything seemed to come down to a halt without you doing anything on the computer right now? What’s My Computer Doing is a free software program for the Windows operating system that tries to shed light to those questions.
What Is My Computer Doing

Newton's apple: The real story

Newton's apple: The real story

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 2/2010 - January 17, 2010

The latest issue of new Family Friendly sites listed on The Black Stump.
Family Friendly sites listed on Blackstump Australia Issue 2/2010 - January 17, 2010

The Best Doctor-Recommended Health Websites

The best way to scare yourself silly: Type your symptoms into a search engine and hit Enter. These doctor-approved sites will inform you, not worry you.
The Best Doctor-Recommended Health Websites

Recent Satellite Imagery of Haiti

Today, two new images have become available via the European Space Agency.
Recent Satellite Imagery of Haiti

Haiti

News roundup, new satellite images, tweets from the ground.
Haiti News Update

Sarcasm Gets Its Own Emoticon

Are you prone to that most glorious form of humor known as sarcasm? Do your e-mail contacts frequently misinterpret your superior wit as outright cruelty? SarcMark has the solution you require.
Sarcasm Gets Its Own Emoticon

Friday, January 15, 2010

SCUM: Haiti Disaster Attracts Hoaxes and Scammers

There’s a word for it: sad. Even in the wake of a disaster the magnitude of the Haiti earthquake, some individuals feel the need to play hoaxes or — even worse — try to scam their way into an actual profit off the tragedy.
SCUM: Haiti Disaster Attracts Hoaxes and Scammers

iPhone App Tells You When You Get Defriended on Facebook

There’s a 99-cent iPhone app in the App Store that will let you know when an old friend, coworker, ex or family member decides they’ve had enough of you on Facebook.
iPhone App Tells You When You Get Defriended on Facebook

Google Wave: What’s It For?

Some of the tasks that Google Wave could be used for.
Google Wave: What’s It For?

Haiti Imagery Now Available for Google Earth, Google Maps

We’ve worked closely with GeoEye throughout the afternoon to make their most recent satellite imagery of Haiti, taken at approximately 10:27am EST today [1/13/2010] , available as a KML overlay for Google Earth. You can download the KML here and open it in Google Earth, or look at it via the browser plug-in below. You can also open the file in Google Maps. As you’ll see, the imagery shows a powerful glimpse into the destruction in Haiti.
Haiti Imagery Now Available for Google Earth, Google Maps

Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected

Two things have really changed the face of independent backpacker travel in the last decade: digital cameras and—even more so—the internet. While some people can afford the luxury of traveling with a laptop or even a netbook, a real backpacker doesn't want to have to carry the extra weight nor the responsibility of carrying expensive equipment that would be difficult to lug around, relatively easy to steal, and expensive to replace.
Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected

Thursday, January 14, 2010

YouTube - Haiti Earthquake

Various videos from YouTube showing the devastating earthquake in Haiti.
YouTube - Haiti Earthquake

Fourteen Tips for Getting More Sleep -- and Why It Matters

Many researchers argue that not getting enough sleep has broad health consequences, such as raising your risk for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and even obesity, but in addition to those, it has a profound effect on happiness and energy level. We get accustomed to being sleep-deprived, and although at first, we notice the effect on mood and alertness, before long, we adjust to that state as normal. So even if you insist that you feel fine, if you got more sleep, you might feel a lot better.
Fourteen Tips for Getting More Sleep -- and Why It Matters