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Dynamic DIY Planner Templates
If you're looking for some great, customizable DIY Planner Calendar templates, look no further than Dynamic Templates 2.0 - the Next Generation. "Simply select... (Posted January 5, 2009)
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gridr buildrrr: grid-based layout generator
If you like grid layouts, check out the probably poorly named but handy tool gridr buildrrr. Gridr buildrr is a quick tool for creating... (Posted December 15, 2008)
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HTML Ipsum
HTML Ipsum takes the regular Lorem Ipsum one step further, by adding in the HTML mark-up with the Ipsum to make a handy, dandy copy... (Posted December 14, 2008)
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2 Handy Tools
Nice Translator - The fast, easy to use online translator is worth bookmarking for quick and easy translating. Remindr is a nice and simple tool... (Posted December 11, 2008)
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Create an iPhone Version of Your Site in Seconds
If you (like me) have been meaning to create an iPhone version of your site but have never quite got around to it, you... (Posted November 9, 2008)
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Fresh Generator: Makes Rounded Corner Boxes for you!
Looking for a way to make rounded corner boxes, with custom gradients, borders and corners easily? Check out Fresh Generator. Fresh Generator - Web... (Posted November 9, 2008)
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Two Cool Tools
Two handy tools that I came upon today ... smush it! is an image optimization tool that "that goes beyond the limitations of Photoshop, Fireworks... (Posted October 1, 2008)
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20 Free Page Analysis Tools
For those that like to know everything about their sites (or someone else's), Design Mag has a round-up of 20 tools to help analyze any... (Posted September 16, 2008)
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Construct Layout Generator
Construct Your CSS | Based on Blueprint & jQuery | By Christian Montoya Construct is visual layout editor based on Blueprint & jQuery, that makes... (Posted September 6, 2008)
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13+ Fantastic Tools for Knowing How They're Doing It
Site noupe.com has a nice round-up today of tools for checking out your competitors stats. Sometimes, (if not most of the time) you want to... (Posted June 9, 2008)
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2 Handy Tools
Need a rounded image quick? RoundPic will take any image and round them up for you. RoundPic - rounded corners for avatars and images... (Posted May 31, 2008)
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IzzyMenu: CSS Menus Generator
IzzyMenu is a very nice tool for quickly and easily generating vertical or horizontal CSS menus. Chose from a wide selection of nice background... (Posted March 15, 2008)
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Compfight: Flickr search tool
compfight / a flickr™ search tool is a powerful search tool for Flickr that allows you to search by tag or text. Compfight is especially... (Posted March 12, 2008)
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The Awesome Highlighter
Have you ever received an link from a friend but you weren't sure why? The awesome highlighter allows you to highlight text in a... (Posted March 12, 2008)
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.htaccess Editor Generator
Most of the .htaccess editors and generators I've come across before now have been, well ... ugly. This version is nice on the eyes and... (Posted February 22, 2008)
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Dummy Text Generator
Tired of the same old Lorem Ipsum? Looking for more than just text? Dummy Text Generator offers 10 styles of filler text, in any... (Posted February 6, 2008)
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Loading Gif Generator
Loading gifs are really nice to have when featuring large photos on any page. It assures the user that something is happening, instead of... (Posted February 5, 2008)
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Embiggen Tiny URLs
TinyURL is a great service "but who knows what's lurking on the other side of that URL." Embiggen takes the mystery out of tiny urls,... (Posted January 6, 2008)
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Human Calendar
Why be stuck with a boring calendar. The the human calendarｮ features pictures of ... humans to liven the whole date thing up. Also... (Posted December 30, 2007)
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PicMarkr: watermark your images online for free
PicMarkr is a free, online tool that will add watermarks to images from your computer or imported from your Flickr account. I have mixed... (Posted December 28, 2007)
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Test Everything Website Tool
Test Everything is a handy website testing tool that can test any website against a bunch of tools all at once. Simply enter the url... (Posted December 26, 2007)
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Convert Direct
Online FLV Converter - Directly convert online flv youtube to 3gp/mp3/avi/wmv/mp4/mov - a handy conversion tool to convert YouTube FLV clips to a variety of... (Posted December 16, 2007)
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xhtml-css: check markup and style with one click
XHTML-CSS Validator is a new tool, just released in beta, that allows you to enter an url once and validate both your xhtml and... (Posted December 13, 2007)
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RoundPic: Online tool for making rounded corners for images
RoundPic is an online tool for making rounded corners for avatars and images, "web 2.0" style. Simply browse for the image on your computer or... (Posted November 24, 2007)
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Create favicons from images with Favikon
favikon takes any JPEG, PNG or GIF image and makes a favicon from it. Simply upload your image and then use the Favikon capture... (Posted November 13, 2007)
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Generate Website Corner Ribbons with Quick Ribbon
Online Ribbon Generator Tool will generate a corner, website ribbon with your custom colors and text. It will even make the ribbon a hyperlink... (Posted November 13, 2007)
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Make an ugly web address nicer with DecentURL
DecentURL.com will take any ugly web address and make it much nicer. Just supply the ugly url and it will output a decent one for... (Posted October 30, 2007)
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Vector Magic
VectorMagic is an online tool for converting bitmap images in to vectors. Simply upload your image and the site traces it and turns it in... (Posted October 28, 2007)
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CSS Builder
CSS Builder - Generate Styles on the Fly can easily generate styles for CSS selectors on the fly. Simply fill in the data below,... (Posted October 19, 2007)
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CSS Sandbox
The CSS Sandbox is a tool for playing with CSS properties. Simply click on the properties listed at the bottom to see the top text... (Posted October 17, 2007)
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pForm: Create HTML Forms in Seconds
pForm - Free HTML Form Builder - Create Web Form Template Online - generates stylish HTML forms in three steps - choose your colour... (Posted October 9, 2007)
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Grid Mark: webpage grid overlay bookmarklet
Grid Mark Grid Mark is a simple way of overlaying a grid on any website. Rather then installing a firefox-only extension, Grid Mark is cross-browser... (Posted October 6, 2007)
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Tab and Image Reflection Generators
From the makes of the Stripe Generator, two new tools.Navigation Tab Menu Generator CSS - Tabs Generator - creates tab images for use in... (Posted October 6, 2007)
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rsizr: intelligent image resizing
rsizr - intelligent image resizing resizr is a Flash application that lets you resize JPG, PNG, and GIF images on your computer. With rsizr, in... (Posted September 29, 2007)
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Automatically refresh any website with Page Reboot
PAGE REBOOT : automatically refresh any website PAGE REBOOT allows you to continually refresh a website of your choice, which is great for watching the... (Posted September 26, 2007)
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flauntR: one click photo effects and photo editing
FlauntR has just launched as an alpha release, offering two photo tools - PhotostylR and PhotoeditR. Built on the flex platform these two tools... (Posted September 25, 2007)
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Organize email, IM, SMS in one place with orgoo
Anyone who spends any time online struggles with trying to keep all their stuff organized. Enter orgoo, which is a new site offering to... (Posted September 25, 2007)
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Wet Floor Effect Generator for Images
An etc. reader wrote looking for a free, wet floor effect generator and I just happen to know of a good one that does... (Posted September 24, 2007)
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Free Online Web Template Generator
Free online web template generator is a handy tool to create a website design quickly and easily. Start with a base template, customize the... (Posted September 19, 2007)
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CSS Menu Generator
CSS Menu Generator is a collection of CSS menus that can all be customized and then downloaded for use on your site. "CSSMenuMaker.com is... (Posted September 18, 2007)
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A couple of CSS Tools
CSSVista - Edit your CSS code live on Internet Explorer and Firefox CSSVista is a free Windows application for web developers which lets you... (Posted September 17, 2007)
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Palette Generator: generate a color palette from a photo
Palette Generator: Automagically create a harmonious color palette from a photograph - use your own photo, a photo on the web or on Flickr... (Posted September 14, 2007)
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Stripemania: background stripe generator tool
Stripemania - Striped background generator - generator striped background images quickly and easily. You can customize your stripes many different styles and colors, download... (Posted September 12, 2007)
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WebSlides: Converting Bookmarks to Slideshow
WebSlides - Converting bookmarks to slideshows - "a new way of organizing, sharing and presenting web content". Useful for a guided tour for websites... (Posted September 7, 2007)
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HTML Playground
I ran across HTML Playground a while back but at the time, it wasn't working for me (I think it may have been a... (Posted September 4, 2007)
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NoteSake: online note-taking tool
Welcome to NoteSake - Take notes online, stay organized - a good looking, simple tool for note-taking, which allows you to share them with... (Posted September 1, 2007)
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Find Rhymes and more at RhymeZone
RhymeZone is a really handy site and definitely bookmark worthy. Type in any word and then chose what you want fro the drop-down list -... (Posted August 30, 2007)
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FilesTube: Find Files Fast
FilesTube is a search engine designed to search files in various file sharing and uploading sites. Search for "All" or by media type (mp3,... (Posted August 27, 2007)
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A couple of Handy Tools
thumbalizr - a website thumbnail creator - offers up an easy way to take screenshots, either the viewable portion of the screen or the entire... (Posted August 27, 2007)
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Trendy Badge Generator
Fresh Badge Generator - Create Very Web 2.0 Badges - FREE! - if your Photoshop skills are lacking but you really need one of... (Posted August 20, 2007)
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Easy Cropper: quick image cropping tool
EasyCropper - Simple and quick image cropping for the web. Simply select the image from your computer, upload and specify the height and width to... (Posted August 17, 2007)
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Slickr: Flickr Screensaver
Slickr is a free, opensource program that brings Flickr to your desktop screen saver. The Slickr control panel allows you to specify which photos... (Posted August 7, 2007)
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Loripscream: Add some flavour to your Lorem Ipsum
Tired of the old Lorem Ipsum? Add a little flavour to your Ipsum with Loripscream. Available in a variety of flavours for a tastier... (Posted August 2, 2007)
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Browsershots: check your site in different browsers
Test your web design in different browsers - Browsershots shows you what your site looks like in different browsers. Just select the browsers, the screen... (Posted July 31, 2007)
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Flvix: Free online video converter
Flvix.com is a free online video converter that will convert videos from Youtube, Google Video to the formats AVI, MOV, MP4, 3GP, MP3. A... (Posted July 27, 2007)
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CSS Redundancy Checker
CSS Redundancy Checker is a tool that will find any CSS selectors that aren't being used by any HTML files and may be redundant. Just... (Posted July 26, 2007)
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tempatr: css template generator
Web2.0 - templatr - Template Generator is a visual, easy css template generator for anyone who wants a css template in a jiffy. Lots of... (Posted July 25, 2007)
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aideRSS: filter your reads
Read what matters - AideRSS is "the most efficient way to get the news and posts that matter". aideRSS takes any web feed and... (Posted July 24, 2007)
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Xinu: quickly check your PageRank, backlinks and more
Xinu - Check quickly your PageRank, backlinks and much more - just punch in the url and quickly get back a lot of information about... (Posted July 23, 2007)
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feevy: dynamic blogroll widget for your website
Feevy is a javascript widget generator that will allow you to display content from other blogs at your website with just one simple html... (Posted July 21, 2007)
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Fold Spy: find out what's above the fold in different browsers
FoldSpy is a new tool that shows you what is "above the fold" on your site in different browsers and screen sizes that your site... (Posted July 18, 2007)
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favicon.cc: easy favicon generator
favicon.ico Generator makes it dead easy to generate a favicon for your site. Just pick a color and start filling in the squares. You... (Posted July 4, 2007)
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Resize your images online
Resize your image online - It's easy, it's free! - a nice tool for online image resizing and cropping that's as easy as uploading... (Posted June 19, 2007)
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Web 2.0 Logo Creator
I'm sure I've linked to a Logo Creator before, but not this one. TheWeb2.0 - Logo Creatr offers up a logo generator that will... (Posted June 19, 2007)
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wpzipper: custom WordPress installation files
I've posted about wpzipper before, but since I did, it's received an update and is handier than ever for WordPress users. The idea is... (Posted June 17, 2007)
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.htaccess generator for banning an ip, site or hotlinkers
.HTACCESS IP, Referrer, and Hotlink Banning Generator - just use their form to enter a users IP or site url to generate the appropriate .htaccess... (Posted June 13, 2007)
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HTML Entity Character Lookup
HTML Entity Character Lookup "Using HTML entities is the right way to ensure all the characters on your page are validated. However, often finding the... (Posted June 4, 2007)
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Floorplanner
Floorplanner.com - The easiest way to create and share an interactive floor plan of your room, house or office. Need a floor plan? Whether you're... (Posted June 2, 2007)
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Demofuse: website tours generator
Demofuse.com - Create Interactive Website Tours And Demos is a very cool new tool. Create a tour of your website that will walk your... (Posted June 2, 2007)
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diggReSS: the ultimate RSS feed for digg
DiggReSS offers a handy tool that aims to give the digg RSS reader exactly what he or she wants, "saving time and clicks". One of... (Posted May 25, 2007)
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Web 2.0 Button Generator: My cool button
Web 2.0 free buttons maker! makes it super easy to generate those bright, glossy web 2-ish buttons. Pick size and colour, add text or... (Posted May 25, 2007)
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crazedlist.org: search craiglist like a madman
crazedlist.org : search craigslist like a madman - a mega Craigslist search tool that I'm sure any Craiglist user will appreciate!... (Posted May 22, 2007)
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sputtr: search a bunch of sites quickly
Sputtr. is basically a one-stop-search destination, with a box to enter your search term and 35 choices for sites you want to search. The... (Posted May 12, 2007)
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Grid Calculator
Grid Calculator - Change the settings (by dragging the sliders, clicking on the bars, or editing the values) to calculate the overall width of your... (Posted May 4, 2007)
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contactify: your personal contact form
Contactify: It's email. Without the address. - create your own personal contact form. Contactify creates the link, people click on it and then they... (Posted May 2, 2007)
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Find the average color of a photo
How can I Find the Average Color of a Photograph? Use this handy tool by uploading your own image or grabbing a flickr image. Now... (Posted April 28, 2007)
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Wordpress Theme Generator
Wordpress Theme Generator will allow anyone to create a unique Wordpress theme, without having any HTML, JS, PHP or CSS knowledge. The generator will allow... (Posted April 26, 2007)
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Favicon Generator
Dynamic Drive- FavIcon Generator will create a favicon (favorites icon) for your site from any gif, jpg, png or bmp image. The generator supports transparency,... (Posted April 25, 2007)
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Icon Finder: search more than 5000 icons
iconfinder - Search more than 5000 icons with this search engine tool dedicated to finding just the right icon.... (Posted April 24, 2007)
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Picupine: share photos temporarily and easily
Picupine allows anyone to upload photos to share, without having to register. Simply upload your photos, give your album a name, get a hidden... (Posted April 3, 2007)
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question form: create, publish and analyse online surveys
QuestionForm is a new service that makes it easy to create, publish (on your site) and analyse an online survey. question form includes a... (Posted April 2, 2007)
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dumpr: have some fun with your photos
dumpr - fun with your photos allows you to take any photo from your computer, the web or flickr and do fun things like... (Posted March 31, 2007)
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ToonDoo: create and share your own cartoons
ToonDoo - The Cartoon Strip Creator - Create, Publish, Share, Discuss! - a way to get creative by creating your own cartoons, publishing them and... (Posted March 28, 2007)
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Stripe Generator: the ultimate tool for web 2.0 designers
Stripe Generator generates diagonal stripes background tiles, with a bunch of option settings to control just about every aspect of the stripe. The resulting... (Posted March 27, 2007)
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iwantsandy: your free email assistant
Meet Sandy, your free email assistant at iwantsandy, a new service from the makers of stikkit. "We're throwing out the well-worn assumptions about how... (Posted March 24, 2007)
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schoolr: handy one-page research tool
Welcome to schoolr. The only resource you'll need. schoolr features a variety of search options, like Google, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia and Thesaurus but also Urban... (Posted March 20, 2007)
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Pulse: get your website stats via RSS
Why have to visit a special site and login when you can get your Website Statistics Via RSS with Pulse. Track visitors, referrers, keywords... (Posted March 13, 2007)
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craigsnumber: protect your Craigslist privacy by using a disposable phone number
Craigslist is a great service but posting your home phone number for the whole world to see is obviously less than ideal. Craigsnumber:: Auto expiring.... (Posted March 8, 2007)
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Media Converter: free, online file converter
mediaconverter.org - the free online file converter - converts files to and from popular formats. Free sign up or you can covert a file... (Posted March 5, 2007)
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dnScoop: an all in one domain check tool
dnScoop - Domain Name History Tool, Traffic Verification and Forums is an tool that will collect a variety of useful information and stats about... (Posted March 3, 2007)
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Turn any web page into an rss feed in a second!
There is nothing more disappointing that finding a really great website and then discovering it doesn't have an RSS Feed. Times have changed and... (Posted March 2, 2007)
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Tumblr: easily create a hosted Tumblelog
Tumblr Tumblelogs are like blogs with less fuss. A quick and dirty stream of consciousness, usually featuring mixed media of text, photos, links, videos.etc.... (Posted February 23, 2007)
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Frevvo: Forms made easy
frevvo - web form builder Home uses Ajax technologies to create rich, dynamic forms without writing a single line of code. Once forms are... (Posted February 16, 2007)
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Comeeko: create comic strips from your photos
Comeeko - Creating comic strips from your photos - choose your layout, upload your photos, add speech bubbles and effects and share with your... (Posted February 15, 2007)
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IMified: instant to-do's, notes, reminders and more
IMified - Instant Productivity. Leverage your IM time, by adding access to other services and applications you use (such as Google Calendar, Remember the... (Posted February 6, 2007)
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DiggTaggr: greasemonkey script to display related stories on Digg
Brian.Shaler.name | DiggTaggr - Delivering Relevance to Digg - "DiggTaggr is a Greasemonkey- powered 3rd party Digg tool that searches for and displays links to... (Posted February 5, 2007)
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Favicon2dots: make your favicon dotty
favicon2dots turns any favicon into a dots image. Kind of a cool effect and something visually different.... (Posted February 5, 2007)
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Blidgets: the latest from widgetbox
Blidgets at Widgetbox. There's not much there yet to explain what a Blidget is, but simply put, it's a widget that will take your... (Posted February 1, 2007)
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picnik: online photo editing made fun
Picnik - edit photos the easy way, online in your browser - a new, flash-based online photo editor. Grab a photo from your computer,... (Posted January 30, 2007)
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pic2color: extract color schemes from any image
pic2color™ is a handy tool to extract a color scheme from any image. Use the tool on their website by supplying an url to the... (Posted January 29, 2007)
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Quizlet: Custom quizes based on your data
Quizlet › The End of Flashcards. You enter a list of words of data and quizlet gives you a specialized learning mode, flashcards, randomly-generated tests.... (Posted January 29, 2007)
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Polaroize: turn any photo on your computer into a polaroid
Polaroize - just upload any photo on your computer and turn it in to a polaroid-like image.... (Posted January 25, 2007)
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Video Downloader: download videos from Youtube etc.
Download videos from Youtube, Google, iFilm, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Music. - you supply the url and VideoDownloader will go and grab it for you. There... (Posted January 24, 2007)
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CSS Superdouche
CSS Superdouche - reduces the size of your CSS by stripping out unneeded content, redundant calls and smart grouping of the remaining elements. Can optionally... (Posted January 19, 2007)
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Site Vista: Test your HTML emails in different email clients
SiteVista Email Testing allows you to see how your html emails will look in a variety of email clients, including Gmail, different versions of... (Posted January 17, 2007)
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.htaccess Tools
.htaccess Tools is a wealth of information and assistance for dealing with .htaccess files. What's more, they offer some very handy .htaccess generators, which will... (Posted January 10, 2007)
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woohoo: build a customized slideshow for your site
With woohoo you can chose from 6 different photo display options, add your own photos and then grab the embed code to publish on... (Posted January 10, 2007)
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Shrink Pictures: Online image resizer
I've posted about a number of online image resizers in the past and this is yet another. Resize Images online does the usual resizing tasks,... (Posted January 9, 2007)
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Leafletter: create rich content for your site
Leafletter - "A Leaflet is a miniature web site that you create using only a web browser and easilly distribute to social networks, blogs... (Posted January 7, 2007)
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Cite Bite: Link to a specific section on any page
Cite Bite - Link directly to specific quotes in web pages Simply paste a chunk of text and the URL of the page containing the... (Posted January 4, 2007)
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Online icon/favicon editor
Online Icon Maker - create your own icons in an online free editor. - a quick and easy way to create your own unique... (Posted January 2, 2007)
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LetterPop: Easily make a newsletter in minutes
Letterpop - is a new Newsletter generator, featuring a nice (ajax) interface and some good looking premade templates. And it's free. Great for family,... (Posted December 31, 2006)
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Diggmarks: anywhere on digg from your bookmarks toolbar
mikevitoroulis.net ~ diggmarks - anywhere on digg, all from your bookmarks bar creates a nest of folders for each digg topic and subtopic, with... (Posted December 31, 2006)
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Driver Collector: collect and backup your computer's drivers
Driver Collector "Driver Collector is a tool designed to find and collect installed windows drivers for the hardware you select on your PC. Once you... (Posted December 26, 2006)
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Free Online Ringtone Maker
Free web ringtone maker. Load up a tune from your computer, an audio url or the web (max size 5MB) and turn it in... (Posted December 24, 2006)
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AJAX Image Map Creator WYSIWYG
HTML-Image map Creator WYSIWYG - uses AJAX - make any image an image map quickly and easily. Simply use your mouse to draw lines on... (Posted December 22, 2006)
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Feng GUI: heatmap generator for your site
Feng-GUI - Feng Shui for Graphic User Interfaces - Simulates human visual attention and creates areas of attention heatmap. Still in alpha, Feng GUI... (Posted December 18, 2006)
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RoundedCornr: the rounded corner generator
RoundedCornr: Rounded Corner and Gradient Generator - generates a whole lot of variations of rounded corners for you. Handy tool. And speaking of rounded... (Posted December 14, 2006)
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Default password finder tool
Forgot the default password for you router? Big bertha says: default passwords to the rescue. Just punch in your manufacturer information and/or product and get... (Posted December 13, 2006)
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musikCube: free, open source media player for WIndows
musikCube. Don't be square. - MusikCube is a light, feature-rich, highly extensible Open Source Media Player for Windows, with a great interface, extremely fast database... (Posted December 3, 2006)
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Juice: the cross-platform podcast receiver
Juice, the cross-platform podcast receiver. - free, open source podcast manager that has a built-in directory with thousands of listed podcast feeds, auto clean-up... (Posted December 3, 2006)
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Quick Thumbnail: online image resizer
Quick Thumbnail: The fastest and most powerful way to resize images online "The fastest way to resize your pictures and images. Choose an image file,... (Posted November 24, 2006)
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Textorizer: vectorize a picture
Textorizer - vectorise a picture using text strings. To use the cool textorizer generator, simply point to an image on the web, enter the... (Posted November 22, 2006)
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OttoBib: automatically generate a bibliography
OttoBib - Free Auto Bibliography Generator. Faster! MLA, APA, Chicago is a great tool for anyone who is in research mode!... (Posted November 21, 2006)
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ajax13: free, online, ajax office suite
ajax13 has been around for a bit, but their new site is terrific - clean and to the point. Chose the tool you need... (Posted November 19, 2006)
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Try 10 different OS online at Free Live OS Zoo
Ever wanted to try Ubuntu or FreeBSD? Fedora? Free Live OS Zoo offers just that with just a couple of catches. First, be sure to... (Posted November 18, 2006)
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Phrase Express: say more, type less
PhraseExpress Autotext - Clipboard Utility organizes your frequently used text phrases and allows you to paste them into any application. "Do you find yourself... (Posted November 18, 2006)
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BoxCloud
BoxCloud: Dead-Simple File Sharing for Design and Media Professionals isn't yet another online storage service. BoxCloud is a downloadable p2p program that makes sharing... (Posted November 13, 2006)
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MapLib: turn any image into a custom Google Map
MapLib.net - Hosting your maps Powered by Google Maps - "MapLib.net turns any image you uploaded as large as 6000*6000 into a custom Google... (Posted November 8, 2006)
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Weebly: Website Creation Made Easy
Weebly - Website Creation Made Easy says it's the easiest way to a create great looking website and share it with the world for... (Posted November 5, 2006)
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mypictr: online image resizer
mypictr - is an online image resizer that is perfectly suited for creating a custom sized profile image but could also be used for... (Posted November 4, 2006)
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Easily add chat to your site with Chat Creator
If you've ever thought about adding a chat box to your site but didn't want to mess around with scripts or didn't like the... (Posted November 4, 2006)
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Cornershop: online rounded corner graphics generator
Cornershop - Rounded Graphics for CSS Box Corners is an online tool that will create the rounded corner graphics for you. Simply enter the... (Posted November 1, 2006)
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Zamzar: convert files online
Zamzar - Free online file conversion - without downloading or installing anything! Zamzar converts to a wide range of image, document, audio and video... (Posted November 1, 2006)
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Ambient Clock
AmbientClock is about more than telling time. At a glance, it shows you your events for the day. The backlighting changes color prior to... (Posted October 31, 2006)
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Get notified l8tr when an overloaded web page is available
Is that article you want to read suffering from the slashdot effect? Been dugg? Slow as molassas? l8tr.org (beta) will notify you when the... (Posted October 31, 2006)
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gabmail: free video email
If you'd like to be seen as well as heard, check out Gabmail - a free, video email tool, that requires no download, installation... (Posted October 30, 2006)
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AnalogWhole converts WMA/WAV to mp3
AnalogWhole - from their site " AnalogWhole is a Windows application that allows you to consolidate all your music into iTunes as MP3 files. Any... (Posted October 29, 2006)
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Clock Screensavers
Would you like your screensaver to display the time? Here's a small (472kb) Windows screensaver program to download and install that contains 14 different... (Posted October 25, 2006)
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Thumbq: image storage/sharing site
thumbq - Free image hosting - Stylish, trendy, flexible From their site - "Thumbq is a straight-forward image hosting solution that makes uploading and sharing... (Posted October 25, 2006)
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CoMizo: Search Craigslist for Free Stuff
Comizo - Your number one freebie search engine! - searches Craigslist for stuff offered for free. Just type in what you're looking for. The Depth... (Posted October 24, 2006)
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Social Bookmark Link Creator
Social Bookmark Link Creator : Wordpress MovableType Blogger : Furl Del.icio.us Digg & More - a nice tool because it is not only user friendly... (Posted October 21, 2006)
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dead.licious: Mac (only) tool to clean out dead delicious links
(Mac OS X 10.4 ONLY) dead.licious is a tool for verifying delicious links are still valid and then providing the option to remove dead link.... (Posted October 19, 2006)
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WebSnapr: screen capture tool
Wow, there's a lot of web 2.0 stuff going on at WebSnapr - Website Thumbnails For Your Site. I won't hold it against them... (Posted October 17, 2006)
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del.icio.us to Google Bookmarks tool
If you ever want to migrate your links from del.icio.us to Google Bookmarks, here's a tool that can make the job a lot easier. del.icio.us... (Posted October 17, 2006)
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ClockLink: clocks for your websites
ClockLink.com. From their websites "provides fashionable clocks that you can easily embed in your web page. All you need to do is simply paste the... (Posted October 16, 2006)
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CNET TV
CNET TV - get your text fix in short video segments at CNET TV.... (Posted October 16, 2006)
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Digg Ticker Toolbar
Another day, another app from App a Day. Today, it's Jedi Digg. From the site, this is "a tool bar docked at the top of... (Posted October 11, 2006)
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Monitor.us: free website monitoring service
. "Mon.itor.us is the only external website monitoring service which provides commercial grade distributed monitoring services absolutely for FREE." Monitor.us service is free and there... (Posted October 10, 2006)
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Jump2Mail: all your mail in one place and more
"Jump2Mail is a free web-based email retrieval application, check all your email-box from one central place - completely free, from any computer, anywhere in... (Posted October 10, 2006)
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ajaxutils
With Ajax Utils you can check whois, domain availability, IP address to city/country, ping and do a dns lookup, all on one page with... (Posted October 8, 2006)
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polldaddy
Free polls for your blogs and websites with PollDaddy.com "PollDaddy is simple and flexible, allowing you to customize the styles to match your website... (Posted October 5, 2006)
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The Markup Maker
Markup Maker - Takes a simple list of page ids that you enter and converts it to a valid XHTML document | Developer Tools |... (Posted October 2, 2006)
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Lyrics plugin for Windows Media Player or Winamp
The Lyrics Plugin is "an add-on to view lyrics in WinAmp or Windows Media Player. No more searching for lyrics. Just start listening to... (Posted September 30, 2006)
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CamStudio Streaming Video Software
Have you ever tried to explain your mother how to install a Firefox extension over email? Why not send a video mini tutorial instead!... (Posted September 23, 2006)
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Media Convert
Media Convert is a handy bookmark to quick and easy conversion of a whole pile of formats. No installation required. Note that it's limited to... (Posted September 22, 2006)
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Torpark Privacy Browser based on Firefox
Torpark is a small, portable, clean, open-source, free of spyware/adware, and free anonymous browsing solution. "Download Torpark and put it on a USB Flash keychain.... (Posted September 20, 2006)
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Eight Ways to Quickly Resize Images
Image resizing tools aren't just for people who don't have Photoshop, or the non tech savvy. I often take screen capture snippets for posting to... (Posted September 20, 2006)
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Hockneyizer: Create a collage from a single photo
Hockneyizer: Create a simulated collage from a single photograph - a couple of styles to chose from to create a unique photo presentation.... (Posted September 20, 2006)
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Zippy: A new way to search
Zippy - The webmaster's meta search engine - goes beyond just search results. Check SEO information, related searches, compare two urls etc.... (Posted September 20, 2006)
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Dark Room
-Dark Room is "a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. Unlike standard word processors that focus on features, Dark Room is just about you... (Posted September 18, 2006)
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Gadgets: Beautiful Phones and Sexy Cameras
Top 10 most beautiful cellphones - lots of pretty nice phones! If you're in the market for a small, powerful camera, you could do much... (Posted September 18, 2006)
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ResizR: Quick image resizing
ResizR - Easy online image resize. ResizR can grab an image from your computer or from the web and quickly resizes it. Handy for... (Posted September 18, 2006)
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Foxit PDF Reader v2.0 Released
Foxit Software released v 2.0 of it's free PDF Reader, a great alternative to Adobe's Reader. (Link goes directly to download page). Combine the... (Posted September 12, 2006)
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Online Alarm Clock
Online Alarm Clock - onlineclock.net - Sometimes, the very simplest tools are the most useful. I can think of ways this would be useful.... (Posted September 6, 2006)
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Webshots for Screenshots
WebShotsPro.com : Free Website Screenshots - Website Thumbnail Service - The screenshot thumbnail here was generated by Webshots, a handy tool for grabbing and... (Posted September 2, 2006)
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3 Alternatives for a small, simple personal wiki
Linux.com | Personal wikis: Three small, simple alternatives - DoxWiki, TiddlyWiki and Wiki on a Stick suggested and reviewed.... (Posted September 1, 2006)
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Url Investigator
URL Investigator is a simple but useful tool. Simple enter any url, and Url Investigator will return Google Pagerank, Alexa rank, whois and link... (Posted August 29, 2006)
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Free Receive-only email Dodgeit
dodgeit - free. receive-only. email. no set up. rss. for those times when you have to give an email but you really don't want... (Posted August 24, 2006)
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Palary (Secure) Browser
Palary Browser is another "browse privately and securely" solution, offering a browser within a browser solution, over a secure proxy. Interesting note under the... (Posted August 23, 2006)
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Black Box Search
BLACK BOX SEARCH... no IP, no tracking cookies, no logging - EVER! - an easy way to search the bit three search engines without tracking.... (Posted August 22, 2006)
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Zapr
Zapr - Really Simple Sharing is not just another Drop Send clone. You don't have to upload anything. You can share files by having them... (Posted August 21, 2006)
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A couple of handy online tools
PDF Online : Create PDF. Simply upload the document you want to convert to PDF ConvertIcon - easily convert a png to an icon file... (Posted August 21, 2006)
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scratch-list
scratch-list - "a "scratchpad" for bookmarks. It's simple - no accounts or passwords required. You get a unique bookmarklet to add to your browser's... (Posted August 20, 2006)
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DiggTools
A lot of Digg Tools, all on one nice and easy-to-read page -Digg Tools... (Posted August 16, 2006)
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Test your connection speed
Everyone wants to know how fast (or not) their internet connection is, so why not use a pretty tool to do it. Speedtest.net is much... (Posted August 15, 2006)
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Digg Filtr
DiggFiltr.com - Create a custom digg feed in seconds - select as many Digg categories and subcategories as you like and Digg Filtr will generate... (Posted August 4, 2006)
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Nowsy Personal News and Information Dashboard
The latest entry in the personal portal arena, is Nowsy, which allows you to make your own personalized popurl-like page. With sharing, Firefox extensions,... (Posted July 25, 2006)
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Test your popup blocker
PopupTest - test your popup blocker software and download software Using Firefox 1.5.0.4, Firefox blocked all except for the dropdown popup. Pretty good, I'd say!... (Posted July 24, 2006)
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AjaxWrite
ajaxWrite - AJAX for Everyone - a web-based word processor, that works from within a Firefox browser (1.5+). Designed to look a lot like MS... (Posted July 21, 2006)
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SlimTimer
SlimTimer - timer, tracking, task organizer, task sharer online service designed for web contractors particularly. And free as far as I can see!... (Posted July 20, 2006)
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Online Screen Capture/Thumbnail Service
ThumbPress: Website Thumbnail Capture - will take a screen capture of any site, at screen size you specify and also generate a thumbnail for you.... (Posted July 20, 2006)
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Digg View
So Digg expanded it's topics recently and now my tech news is mixed up with science news I don't understand. EnterDigg View - which takes... (Posted July 20, 2006)
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Preloadr
Preloadr: Image processing - "Preloadr is a free service providing image manipulation functions linked with your Flickr account. It is designed to pre-process photos uploaded... (Posted July 13, 2006)
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Kool IM
Kool IM - log in to many IM services at the same time through Kool IM.... (Posted July 10, 2006)
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Current Web User Stats from W3Counter
According to the W3Counter folks, 11% of visitors to the sites they track still use 800x600 display. Yikes. I'd hoped it was lower. The 20%... (Posted July 6, 2006)
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ASCII -O-Matic
ASCII-O-Matic - just because it's fun.... (Posted June 29, 2006)
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Quickmaps
quikmaps.com - maps for the masses - doodle up a google map. Ideal tool for drawing a map to your house or planning a route... (Posted June 28, 2006)
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Reliable, low-priced online storage
JungleDisk - Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3™ - online storage service that charges 15 cents per gig, with no set-up or monthly fees.... (Posted May 18, 2006)
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