Friedbeef’s Tech

Thank You

Just want to give a shoutout to my lead sponsors TechCzar.  As you may know from previous posts, they help translate this blog into multiple languages, and bear a good amount of the costs needed to run this blog – and for that I’m very grateful. In other related news, I’m pretty happy that local [...]

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How to Listen to Wikipedia on your iPod

We’ve previously taken a look at how to read Wikipedia on your iPod, but what if you wanted to listen to specific articles from Wikipedia rather than read them? Pediaphon is a free service which translates Wikipedia articles into synthesized computer speech in the form of MP3 files.  This makes it easy for you to [...]

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How to Convert PDF to Text

We’ve previously discussed ways to convert Text to PDF, but what if you wanted to do it the other way around?  Typically, copying and pasting directly from a PDF file will result in messy globs of unformatted text, making it barely feasible large sections of text.  PDF Text Online is a free web based service [...]

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How to do an Online Background Check

Want to do a check on someone just need to be extra sure that they are who they say they are?  Yes, you could just ‘Google’ someone, but that would barely be scratching the surface.  Since most personal profiles, public records and other people-related documents are stored in databases and not on static web pages, [...]

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How to Save Ink and Paper When Printing

Printing web pages can be very ink intensive when you’ve got a fancy page at hand.  Yes, there are some basic measures you can take to save ink using selective printing- but here’s how you can automate the process! Greenprint is an interesting piece of freeware that scans through whatever you want to print and [...]

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