Download of the Day: Furnish (Windows): "Windows only: Arrange your furniture virtually with Furnish, a free program that lets you design rooms in 3D. For most people, it helps to visualize a room before placing the furniture. Furnish..."
1/10/2007
Download of the Day: Design a virtual Lego masterpiece with BlockCAD (Windows)
Download of the Day: Design a virtual Lego masterpiece with BlockCAD (Windows): "Windows only: Unleash your inner Lego engineer with BlockCAD, a freeware application for building anything with Lego-ish bricks. Now, granted, this is not a full-on CAD program, but you can still..."
Learn to write the world's greatest headlines
Learn to write the world's greatest headlines: "Bloggers, journalists, and other writers will be well-served by devouring blogger Stuart Brown's discourse on writing great headlines. For example, he says, try summarizing everything in one..."
How to recover lost network passwords
How to recover lost network passwords: "The Daily Cup of Tech help site describes how to recover lost network passwords - like email, FTP, or HTTP - by using the free network sniffer and decryption program, Cain and Abel. As the article..."
How does the brain create an uninterrupted view of the world?
How does the brain create an uninterrupted view of the world?: "To achieve stability despite quick eye movements, the eyes take before and after shots of an image and compare them. Learn how."
1/09/2007
DNA Art! updated
DNA Art! updated: "DNA 11 can make custom art of your DNA. Or, the whole family of course, to prove that you are blood related (or not). How about that for a family portrait? Send in your DNA, or check out samples of...
Full post at reluct.com"
How to create your own optical illusion
How to create your own optical illusion: "If you're a fan of optical illusions, you'll love this simple how-to tutorial from the maker of the infamous Spanish castle illusion above, John Sadowski. I was amazed that it's so simple to make a..."
Stikkit personal note organizer
Stikkit personal note organizer: "Newly-launched webapp Stikkit organizes your bookmarks, calendar events, todo's, contacts and jottings in a personal library of digital sticky notes. The best part about Stikkit is its smarts: ..."
Function key shortcuts and the command line
Function key shortcuts and the command line: "Web site Smallvoid details the glorious keyboard shortcut effects of your F1-F9 keys on the Windows Command line. My favorite of the bunch is F7, which displays a menu of the command line history..."
How to pick a lock
How to pick a lock: "Web site Locksport has put together a simple, step-by-step beginner's guide to lockpicking. Available online or via PDF, the comic book-style guide looks like a nice way to learn the art of..."
Online file conversion with Zamzar
Online file conversion with Zamzar: "Zamzar is a web-based file conversion tool that can convert your video, audio, images, and documents from nearly any format to nearly any format you like. For example, if you've never felt that you..."
12/14/2006
Armadillo Run physics-based game
Armadillo Run physics-based game: "Mark Frauenfelder: I'm having a great time playing Armadillo Run. It's a physics-based game in which you have to build a Rube Goldberg style contraption to make it to the next level. The simulated physics is incredible.
For each challenge, you're given a budget to buy rope, cloth, metal bars, metal sheet, and other components. Then you have to assemble a structure and adjust the tension of the component so that it will successfully deliver a basketball to a circular blue portal. The challenges get harder as you progress. The game cost $20, but you can download a 10-level demo version for free. (It's for Windows only.) Link"
11/30/2006
Download of the Day: Avi2Dvd (Windows)
Download of the Day: Avi2Dvd (Windows): "Windows only: Freeware program Avi2Dvd converts AVI video files to ISO files you can burn to DVD, VCD, or SVCD. If you've ever tried to burn AVI files you've downloaded to DVDs, you probably know..."
11/28/2006
wear your favorite word (map)
wear your favorite word (map): "Need a cool, personalized gift idea? You can now order a Visual Thesaurus word map on a t-shirt, mug, even a postage stamp. Simply search for a word, click on the 'Share' button on top right hand of the Visual Thesaurus window, and follow the easy steps. Cool!"
11/20/2006
Download of the Day: Link Alert (Firefox)
Download of the Day: Link Alert (Firefox): "Windows/Mac/Linux (Firefox): The Link Alert Firefox extension displays customized mouse cursors in Firefox to let you know what a link is pointing you toward. For example, when you hover over a..."
11/19/2006
111 free Photoshop plugins
111 free Photoshop plugins: "The Plugin Site (aptly named) has 111 free Photoshop-compatible plugins available for download. Take your pick from categories such as Image Effects, Patterns/Textures, Photo Enhancement, and many..."
Top time-management tricks
Top time-management tricks: "Realtors--is there anything they can't do? One thing they definitely appear to be good at is managing time, as evidenced by the dozens of tips they've shared at Realtor Magazine Online. While a few..."
ASCII-O-Matic turns your portrait into text
ASCII-O-Matic turns your portrait into text: "Fun little Flash app ASCII-O-Matic turns any small JPG image into plain text. Upload your 60 by 50 pixel portrait ('Face photos work best') and the ASCII-O-Matic turns it into a text. ASCII-O-Matic..."
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