Posted by Samer on December 4, 2011 in Graphics, Internet, Search, Web Apps, Web2.0 | Tagged character, fonts, symbol |
Although you could easily look up any word or concept in a search engine, what would you do if and wanted to look up a character or symbol (say if you were a designer or artist or just interested). In ‘real life’ you would simply draw it and show it to someone who might now, and that is precisely how ShapeCatcher works.
ShapeCatcher is a free reference for characters and symbols of all kinds. It offers ‘unicode character recognition’; all you have to do is draw your symbol in the box and Shapecatcher will match it with a list of characters, and give a little bit of information on each, including their Unicode code point. Continue reading ..
Posted by B.C. Tietjens on December 3, 2011 in Internet, Linux, Platform, Torrent / P2P | Tagged BitTorrent, Download Managers, Internet, Magnet Link, Torrent |
Tixati is a simple and easy to use, free BitTorrent client. It installs quickly without java or .NET and provides advanced features like RSS, IP filters, and the ability to schedule events based on a number of factors. Unlike some of other popular ‘freeware’ BitTorrent clients, it has no annoying ads, no spyware or crapware installers. Available for Windows and Linux. Continue reading ..
Posted by Jason on December 1, 2011 in Internet, Internet Utils, Printing, Productivity & Applications |
Just in time for finals (if you’re attending school), you might find yourself pretty easily distracted from doing your necessary work or studying. If you really want to shift your habits so you’ll be more focused and productive, it’s time to go Cold Turkey.
Cold Turkey is a free/open-source application that makes it easy to block your own access to certain websites. It comes automated to block popular, time-consuming sites like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Ebay, games, and others at the check of a box. You can also make a custom list of other sites to block (but don’t block FreewareGenius). You can then set how long you want the block to be in place. Continue reading ..
Posted by B.C. Tietjens on December 1, 2011 in Android, Audio, Audio Conversion, iPhone / iPad, Platform | Tagged Android, convert, Iphone, Ringtone |
Ever wanted to use a part of a song as your ringtone? You can, and it doesn’t have to cost a cent. Free Mp3 Ringtone Maker lets you clip your mp3 files into ringtones for use with most cellular phones. It’s simple, easy, and efficient. It lacks frills and extras, but it does what it does very well. Ringdroid is an Android app that does the same thing.
I have tons of mp3s and I love my Android, so I am constantly on the look out for good programs and apps to turn my mp3s into ringtones for it. There are quite a few of them out there; I have tried many and settled on two that I use more than any others. Free mp3 Ringtone Maker and Ringdroid. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on November 30, 2011 in Blogging, The Cloud, Web Development, Web2.0 | Tagged Dropbox, publishing |
Let’s say that you have a PDF, PowerPoint file, text file or any other document that you want to publish on the web to it’s own URL that you could send to people. Let’s also say that you would like it to be displayed properly in a web reader for PDFs or a web presentation viewer for PowerPoint, etc. Let’s moreover say that this document is a work in progress, and that you would like to be able to change or edit it and have the changes be instantly reflected online.
If the hypotheticals above sound good to you then let me introduce Pancake.io, a free service that can connect to and publish specific files in your public Dropbox folder on the internet and add a nice embedded web viewer for good measure. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on November 30, 2011 in Graphics, News, Web2.0 | Tagged digital enhancment, photoshop |
Have you ever found yourself wondering whether a certain celebrity photo was enhanced or altered? These days it may in fact be the bigger challenge to do the opposite, and actually find that magazine photo that was NOT Photoshopped.
Digital photo enhancement is endemic, but with the unprecedented computational power of modern computers, would an algorithm be able to spot the image alteration that the naked eye cannot? A team of Computer scientists in Dartmouth College in New Hampshire think so, and are doing the research that paves the way for a tool that could analyze an image and give the likelihood that it was altered on a 5 point scale. Continue reading ..
Posted by Priit on November 29, 2011 in Backup, File Management, The Cloud, Utilities, Web2.0 | Tagged Box.net, Cloud Storage, Dropbox, Google Docs |
Joukuu is software that helps to access and manage online storage. Through Joukuu (which is Japanese for ‘cloud’) you can manage your files in Google Docs, Dropbox and Box.net from a single place, just as if your files were on the desktop. Continue reading ..
Although you could easily look up any word or concept in a search engine, what would you do if and wanted to look up a character or symbol (say if you were a designer or artist or just interested). In ‘real life’ you would simply draw it and show it to someone who might now, and that is precisely how ShapeCatcher works.
