Archive for November, 2007

Tool Time Friday | Calling all Engineers…

and all of the geeks who would love to be able to measure anything under the sun.

Unit Converter is a tool that can take care of all your unit conversions even when off line.

Yes, I know this is an unusual tool, but aren’t we all just a bit unusual at times!?

It has an easy-to-use interface and contains most of the units commonly encountered while solving engineering problems. With more than 650 units, you are likely to find the units you are looking for.

Other features include the ability to add user-friendly conversions. Everything is built into a single executable file so no uninstaller is necessary. Its small file size makes it easy to distribute among friends and co-workers.

Be sure to read the Editor’s review. As well a the comments further on down the page.

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Status | We’re Back Online – Funny Message Moved

Our blog is back up. Thank you to our super-hero Web Host who has saved the day once again, just like the Powerpuff Girls.

I’m so sleepy. Almost as sleepy as I was when I wrote this message that you guys keeping pinging me about. Stop laughing at me!

Ok, laugh at me. It is Friday, after all.

Tool Time Friday | Image(ine) This!

Image Converter Plus can professionally convert graphic files, photos, drafts, finance documents, and any image format.

It supports more than 120 (yes, one hundred and twenty) graphics formats and more than 800 (yes, eight hundred) dialects of these formats.  That works out  to be 96,000 – whew!

You can convert files in a batch while also altering and enhancing images. It also has multiple image conversion capabilities and will accept and convert a wide range of file formats.

You can get this program as a free, nada, zero, zilch download or take advantage of universal usage for only $49.00.

Go ahead, you deserve an early Christmas present!  Why not get something that you really want.

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Tool Time Friday | Are You Ready to be Converted?

Here’s another great all-around converter.

It can take files from your computer or a webserver and convert them into pretty much any format.  The tool is web based and full of versatility.

It’s cool to be versatile.

Why use this tool?  Well, there are advantages such as you do not have to install software on your computer which might contain viruses, spyware and the like.

You have access from anywhere through the internet and you can use this tool at the office, in a cybercafe, a friends’ PC and then download the results quietly to your mp3 reader, cell phone or any other hardware.

So jump on over to Media-Convert and see for yourself what an awesome tool this truly is.

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How Safari Drove Me Back Into Opera’s Arms and Why I’m Still Married to Firefox

< rant >
Dear Safari Three,

I Detest You.

You and I had such a good thing going. It’s true, I didn’t ever like your illogical bookmarking arrangement, or the fact that you would suddenly crash for no reason, when nothing else was open.

But your interface was cleaner, and we could maintain a separate relationship on the side when I didn’t feel like opening up Firefox. I’m sure you know you would never take his place. You seemed… happy… during our torrid affair.

I don’t know if it’s a mid-life crisis or what. But I’m not liking your little Safari 3.0 beta party clothes at all.

I used to be able to use you to make blog posts that I couldn’t in Firefox, like videos, and manual aligning of pictures, because you shunned the Visual Editor. That was one of the things I liked about you. But when you changed, I accepted it.

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How to Get Out of Application Hell in Facebook

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So, you’re finally starting to see that Facebook (FB) is useful for business, after picking up a few consulting jobs or getting traffic to a site where you make sales to people who found you on Facebook.

But the Applications requests are driving you quite mad. You wouldn’t leave Facebook, that would be like throwing money out the window. What can you do?

First of all, you can have a more aggressive app denial policy.

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Tool Time Friday | Ever heard of CZ Top?

Yes, I know it’s ZZ Top.  How could you possibly think that I wouldn’t know – especially if you’ve been reading Tool Time Friday for a while.

(Have you ever noticed that the initials for Tool Time Friday are the exact reverse of Free Traffic Tip?)

Anywho – Here’s a great tool for those of you who might need a powerful batch document converter.

It supports every popular document file you may need, including PDF, HTML, DOC, XLS, and WPS.

The only complaint I personally have is that you can use it for a 30 day trial and after that, well – let’s just day your going to have to lay out some dough – to the tune of $160 buckeroos.

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Tool Time Friday | This is real Super-Duper

There are a lot of specialized tools out there, but sometimes you just need one good tool to get the job done.

This aptly named tool offers a simple and efficient way to convert multi-media file to any format you need.  You won’t even need to download any additional codecs or deal with any time or function limitations.

If you need a simple, yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any multi-media file, without reading the manual or spending long hours training, the Super is all you need – as it is easy to use with just one simple click.

Here’s the way to go, if, in fact you need to be Superized.

MorganLighter