In need of a good sound effect? FindSounds is a free service that allows you to… well… find sounds :) What it does is it crawls the web and indexes sound files, then as a user you can filter by file format, quality, and file size. The result is a search engine with probably…
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When it comes to organizing pictures, I only ever use Google’s Picasa photo organizer. Now, one of my favorite features from Picasa is something called ‘I’m feeling lucky’ where it enhances dark and bright colors in a photo and adjusts both color and contrast to optimal levels in one click. No fiddling around – just…
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I’ve always had a soft spot for the command line interface since the good old DOS days. (I started out using DOS 2.1). No clicking through multiple menus, no hassle – just type it in, and watch it go. Command lines, though more user-unfriendly…are in many cases, a more powerful way to go about operating…
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Accidents happen. If you’re ever in a situation where your phone is giving you problems because you got caught in the rain, or dropped it in the sink or toilet, here are 5 steps you can try: Turn the device off and do not charge it – You want to keep the phone non-operational while…
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Whether it’s deciding on the colors of my room, web page, or posters, I find that coming up with a color scheme can be quite a challenge. For all you design-challenged-individuals (like me!), here are 5 free tools which will help you make the right decisions when it comes to colors. 1. Derive a color…
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