Posted by Samer on August 9, 2011 in Graphics, Image Viewers |
If you want a minimalistic image viewer that just works, but looks really really good while at it, check out the free NexusImage.
This program has a similar look and feel to the ‘Lightbox’ image viewing style you find on many blogs (including this one), where the image seems to float up while the background is dimmed. It also features a nice-looking ribbon of thumbnails on the side of the screen.
NexusImage is free software geared towards image viewing, and does not offer some of the editing functions that other image viewers It is portable software that can be used from a USB. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on August 8, 2011 in Audio, Audio Conversion, Video, Video Editing, Video Utils |
Have you ever heard recorded audio where the voice of the interviewer was so much louder than the voices of his/her interlocutors, or vice versa, or some of the guests were closer to the microphone and thus were louder than others?
Certainly you’ve seen this if you’ve had to audio record interviews or conversations, or have been recording podcasts. You’ve also seen it if you own a camcorder (or a Smartphone) and have been video-recording conversations with people, your kids, etc.
And if you’ve ever thought: wouldn’t it be great if there were an almost-magical free solution that can automatically fix the audio at a press of a button then we present you with “The Levelator”, a free tool that runs on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux that does exactly that. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on August 5, 2011 in Blogging, Productivity & Applications, Web Apps, Web Development, Web2.0 |
We’ve all heard about how blogs have given everyone a world-wide platform. Anyone who has something to say (and many who don’t) can broadcast it to the whole world.
But what if you just wanted to share a message, or a few, on the fly, without starting a blog, and without making it a project? Sure, you can share a message on Twitter, but if you want to say something that is longer than 140 characters then check out shortText. This service will let you write a (rich text) message, attach an image or a video, and publish it to its own unique URL.
You can even set it such that readers could leave comments (or not), or make your message private by password protecting it. You will need to share the URL to get your message out there, of course; click here to see an example. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on August 4, 2011 in HD Utils, System, USB, Utilities |
One of the things that continue to puzzle me is why ejecting a USB drive remains such a labor intensive affair, even on Windows 7. Luckily, this software can spare you ever having to go hunting for the “safely remove hardware” icon in the system tray ever again.
ProEject is a small, free program that can safely eject mounted drives at the press of a button. It will clear the registry and folders of traces that USB drives can leave behind, such as the MRU (most recently used) sections of the Windows Registry, entries created in the “Run on Startup” key, shortcuts created in the SendTo, Recent, Quick Launch, Pinned (for Windows 7) and the Windows Firewall.
It can also be placed and run from the same drive that you want to eject, in order to automatically eject the drive without a lot of messing around. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on August 3, 2011 in Internet, Internet Utils, Translation, Spelling, Thesaurus |
By now, most everyone is used to Google-translated pages when browsing a foreign language web page. However, what about foreign language phrases elsewhere in Windows, such as in PDF or DOC documents or other non-browser applications. (Or, for that matter, when Google translate for whatever reason fails to kick in, which is not an infrequent occurrence).
In these cases, Transmiti can help. This free, small program runs in the background and will deliver an instant Google translation of any text that the user highlights, anywhere in Windows, irrespective of where it happens to be; all it requires is a connection to the internet. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on August 2, 2011 in File Tagging & Organization, Geo & Mapping, Graphics, Image management & tagging, Internet, Windows Enhancements |
You may not realize it, but the pictures that you take with your GPS-enabled camera or smartphone (such as your iPhone), and many of the images that you download from the internet contain location information that identify precisely where the snapshots were taken (typically, in the form of longitude and latitude coordinates).
This means that you could easily plot your images locations on a map, place them into Google Earth, or translate these coordinates into an identifiable location/city/country and store it in your photos’ metadata. This, in a nutshell, is exactly what free software GeoTag does.
In addition, GeoTag lets you quickly add geo tags to images without messing with coordinates or entering information into fields, by simply dragging and dropping a marker on a map. Continue reading ..
Posted by Samer on August 2, 2011 in Browser Extensions, Chrome, Firefox, Internet, Internet Explorer, Internet Utils | Tagged Chrome, Firefox |
Ever spent a long time typing in a review or a comment or filling out a long form on a website, only to lose your text unexpectedly when you encounter an error or accidentally move off the page?. If so, this software can help.
Lazarus is a free browser extension (for Firefox, Chrome, Safari) that runs in the background and saves text entered into online forms as you type, enabling you to quickly retrieve in case of an error or for any other reason that you need to. Continue reading ..
