Hey, You're New Here! We love new people.
It would be great seeing you back again, so please subscribe by RSS feed, or get updates by email, before you forget!
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.
You’ll be mightily impressed - especially since this puppy’s for free.
So, head on over to Quad-Lock Unit Converter.
MorganLighter
Popularity: 4% [?]
convert this post to pdf.
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.
Popularity: unranked [?]
convert this post to pdf.
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.
MorganLighter
Popularity: 2% [?]
convert this post to pdf.
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.
Oh yeah, this one’s a freebie.
MorganLighter
Popularity: unranked [?]
convert this post to pdf.
< 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.
At first.
Now, you screw up my posts when I edit. And you still aren’t compatible with StumbleUpon. So I lost some of the things I love most about you, and haven’t gained any advantages but the privilege of a slightly-better drop down option list.
I still love my MacBook Pro, and can’t even part with it for one night to get my Sims 2 DVD to eject. I’m still crazy about Apple, although I’m not buying an iPhone until/unless they add video.
But Safari? You and I need to seriously re-evaluate this relationship. Love-hate has turned to hate-hate, and apart from occasional angry-but-still-hot relations, we’re gonna hafta part ways. Opera and I are going to try our side fling again.
Firefox, if you’re reading this, know that I’m never going to leave you for any of these skanks. Nothing compares to you. When I’m with Internet Explorer, it’s only when I am on a business trip in an XP window. Safari, hell, even Opera means nothing to me.
They’re just quick diversions that I use like hoes so that I won’t taint you with my side activities, video fetishes and quick, personal work that has nothing to do with business or what we have together. I don’t want you remembering some of the windows I used to go to in Safari. If you play Real Player videos better, or zoom the way I like it, I would be willing to talk about not making Opera my side fling.
Safari, I gave it a shot when I had to upgrade or start using Firefox exclusively again. I tried. It’s just not working.
And it’s not me. It’s you.
< /rant >
Popularity: 11% [?]
convert this post to pdf.
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.
Most people who invite just do mass invitations, and they won’t even notice if you hit ignore.
Personally, I ignore the majority of app requests. It’s not like people get a notice that says “Tinu hates you because she hit Ignore when you did an app request - what a mean jerk!” LMAO…
I’m pretty sure I haven’t added anyone as a FB friend who cares that deeply if I delete their app.
Most people either
- Don’t care whether you have the app or not,
- Aren’t power users of FB, and think that this behavior is expected, or,
- Sincerely believe that the application will help or amuse you in some way.
New folks especially don’t realize what a nuisance it is for someone with over 100 friends to get an app request every single time they find a new program. They just think, we’re friends, they’ll want this too.
Of course this doesn’t work for every situation.
There are those applications that almost everyone else seems to like - except you.
For example, I’m not a big fan of Top Friends, not because it’s a bad app, just because I’d rather not rank my pals. But I get ranked all the time, which, I’ll admit, is kind of nice.
Getting an invite for it every five minutes because someone ranked me? Is not….
I don’t even think most of my friends realize that some applications can attempt to notify your friends on your behalf…. hint, hint…
So, what to do if you are getting lots of requests for a specific app?
Our second tip is that you can do a total, or partial block of the application.
Under Inbox, Notifications, you can
- uncheck an application in the right-hand column, so that you won’t be showen the notifications,
- click on x to the right, which will give you the option to either remove a single notification, or report them as spam, blocking future notifications.
The third thing you can do is keep an application, but keep it from showing up on your profile, and toggle the notifications according to your mood.
If you click on the word Applications at the top left when you’re logged into Facebook, you’re going to find a place where you can edit the settings.
For Fun Wall and Super Wall, I leave it off my profile but turn the notifications on once a week to see if anyone is trying to reach me.
As you know if you’re a power-user, the Wall area on your profile is a pretty significant way of communication. A lot of people use it as an ice-breaker area or as a personal water cooler, to make the initial safe contact, before proceeding to a private message, or discussion board.
Because of this, I’m conscious of what’s happening on the Wall in any area I’m a constant participant, especially my profile.
Some people turn the official version of the Wall off, and change over to the third-party versions, so sometimes someone may be trying to reach you through common third-party applications.
This works for other popular applications that you may use a few times a week but don’t want to include on your profile for whatever reason.
(My reason is that I’m about to do a bunch of FB app articles and don’t want to give any advance hints about who I’m going to write about until my articles are within a week of publication.)
Instead of adjusting the settings after you’ve added it, you also can do it when you first install it if you like.
It’s on that first page that shows up after you click “Add Application”- only the very first option is mandatory, but be sure to check that unchecking something won’t interfere with the operation of the application.
If you aren’t developing an internet following, or if you don’t already have one, you might want to remove the typical nuisance apps altogether - if you have a small friends list, say 20 people who aren’t daily users, it might just be easier to delete them when they come up.
I’ve picked up a client or two by being attentive to the Super Wall and FunWall.
Some people like them - they aren’t bad apps, they just aren’t for me. Instead of deleting, willy nilly, find a way to work with useful apps that may be just a bit too aggressive.
Just as strengthening existing business connections, or getting new visitors from Facebook is reason enough to at least have a profile, application harassment isn’t enough of a reason not to have one.
You’re in control of how you interact with the site, and as long as you remember that, Facebook will be useful to you. You can add as much or as little information as you like, you can have an active profile full of apps, or you can be an active user with sparse apps. Or you can be a power user with your apps hidden for your use only.
In the meantime, when you introduce your pals to FB, remind them that the magic is in the people connection. Of course, many of those apps facilitiate the people connection. Others are more private applications. Most applications are either fun or useful.
I mean, what’s MS Windows without Word or Outlook? What’s an internet connection without a browser or instant messaging?
The applications are an integral part of FB, a potentially cool side effect, and there are some fun ones out there. It’s up to you how you want to use them.
Popularity: 15% [?]
convert this post to pdf.
