I use Google Reader as my RSS reader and am subscribed to enough feeds that I get approximately 100 new items daily. Obviously, this is way more than I can read so I need to make sure I am only subscribed to feeds that I actually read, otherwise the shear number of items becomes overwhelming. Google Reader has a tool available called “Trends” which...

If you seldom use graphics editors on your computer and only need them on occasion, using an online image editor may be for you. A tool which can fit this use quite nicely is Sumo Paint. Sumo Paint can be run entirely within your browser and supports the ability to both save files to and open file from your desktop. Most all the tools you would need to create...

Whenever you get a call from a number you don’t recognize, you can do a reverse lookup to find out a little more about who the caller is. So from that line of thinking, TinEye allows you to do a reverse lookup on an image file. TinEye is a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used,...

There is no doubt that PHP is among the top web development languages used. I have used it for smaller projects and always used a plain text editor (Notepad++) for development, but if you are serious about PHP coding you need a full blown IDE. If you don’t have one already, check out this article which compares 8 PHP IDE’s. Both commercial and free...

Whenever you plug in a removable device such as a flash drive or USB hard drive, Windows automatically assigns a drive letter. While this is usually fine, there are certain circumstances where this can cause problems such as when you have a large number of mapped drives. If you want to gain control over this process, a tool which helps is USB Drive Letter...

If you make extensive use of Windows Explorer to move/copy files, a tool you might want to take a look at is Windows Double Explorer. Windows Double Explorer manages two or more Windows Explorer in one application. Also you can add your favorite folders with drag and drop to the toolbar for quick access. Not only does this tool allow split pane views, it...

A little known trick that you can do with a standard Windows message box is to copy the text displayed. For example, when you get an error message dialog and you want to search to see what might cause it, just do the following:Click on the message box. Press Ctrl + C. Open Notepad. Press Ctrl + V.When you do this, you should see all the text from the message...

Chalkboards and whiteboards are a great tool for making notes and sharing ideas with others. While, in my opinion, you can’t beat the real thing, online whiteboards are useful for ‘unstructured’ brainstorming or for just playing around. A cool whiteboard to play around with is Imagination Cubed. Imagination Cubed allows you to record your...

Did you see an offer on TV or the radio which sounds too good to be true (pretty much all of them are)? If you still want to do some homework to see if the offer is legit, a great resource to take a look at is Ripoff Report. What is the Ripoff Report? Ripoff Report is a service to the world’s consumers. The Ripoff Report enables YOU the consumer to be...

If you are looking to make your own media center computer and are still up in the air about which software/OS you should use, an article well worth the time to read is: Which Media Center Is Right for You: Boxee, XBMC, and Windows Media Center Compared. While there are lots more choices out there, the ones covered by this article among the most popular. Outside...