Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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1. 10 Awesome Free Handwritten Fonts from [ myInkBlog.com]
2. Alice [ http://www.alice.org/ ] is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming.
3. CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis, provides tools and analyses promoting the engineering and maintenance of a robust, scalable global Internet infrastructure.
4. Cryptography Links Outside of North America [ http://cryptography.org/freecryp.htm ]
5. Dig Your Own Grave.com
6. How to Motivate Programmers ... from Coding Horror Blog 'programming and human factors'
7. iCalShares, for Macintosh [ http://icalshare.com/ ]– 'Now listing 2744 calendars, in 39 categories!'
8. Internet FAQ Archives [ http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ ]
9. iTools.com [ http://www.itools.com/ ] promises quick access to the best Internet tools.
10. QLookup from mozdev.org is a quick hack to add Google and Dictionary lookups to the context menu in Mozilla. All you need to do is highlight a word or phrase on a web page and then right-click and select "Google" or "Dictionary" to perform a lookup on the selected word or phrase.

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, May 26, 2009

1. How to Tune Linux: Shortcuts ... [ http://www.unixguide.net/linux/linuxshortcuts.shtml ]

2. Insert :: Silence Configuration #1 – an interesting design concept, requires flash – Ed. [ http://www.insertsilence.com/ ]

3. Leopard Guides - Apple's developer guides provide conceptual and task-oriented information. They include overviews, tutorials, programming guides, server administration guides, and, for developer tools, user guides. [ http://developer.apple.com/documentation/index.html ] ...

4. NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology (US) NIST Internet Time Service (ITS) allows users to synchronize computer clocks via the Internet. The time information provided by the service is directly traceable to UTC(NIST). The service responds to time requests from any Internet client in several formats including the DAYTIME, TIME, and NTP protocols. [ http://tf.nist.gov/service/its.htm ]

5. Populair.eu - "where do you get all those populair webdesign sites from?" [ http://populair.eu/webdesign/ ] ...

6. Step-By-Step: Moving Your Server To Linux from bMighty.com via InformationWeek [ http://www.bmighty.com/hardware_software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212901070&kw=sem_ms_buscar_su_comps_LNX ] ...

7. Teach Yourself Programming in Ten Years, by Peter Norvig [ http://www.norvig.com/21-days.html ] ...

8. TechCrunch TechCrunch was founded on June 11, 2005, as a weblog dedicated to obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies. In addition to covering new companies, we profile existing companies that are making an impact (commercial and/or cultural) on the new web space. [ http://www.techcrunch.com/ ]

9. Twiki.org - TWiki® - the Open Source Enterprise Wiki and Web 2.0 Application Platform [ http://twiki.org/ ]

10. What an Effect a Pretty Girl Can Have! - little room for disappointment when the website is undergoing revision. [ http://www.fluideffect.com/ ]

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, May 19, 2009

1. AppleInsider – News About Apple / Mac Computers

2. The Hello World Collection - of programs and tools.

3. Gifts For A Geek ...

4. Linux From Scratch (LFS).org is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code. ...

5. Linux Newbie Administrators Guide. A complete reference for new Linux users who wish to set up and administer their own Linux home computer, workstation and/or their home or small office network. The answers are meant to be simple, with just sufficient detail, and always supported with a readily usable example. The work is still in progress, but we hope the Guide can be helpful already. We welcome your corrections, advice, criticism, links, translations, and CONTRIBUTIONS. Pls note that there are no ad banners on our pages .

6. Monitoring Suspicious Network Events on a FreeBSD Server – via Charles Sturt University

7. [ http://www.csu.edu.au/ ]

8. Stack Overflow is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for programmers — regardless of platform or language. It's 100% free, no registration required.

9. Version Tracker.com @ cnet site - "Mac OS X Software Updates and Downloads"

10. XAMPP from Apache Friends.org - “Many people know from their own experience that it's not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start.”

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, May 12, 2009

1. 34 Stunning & Free Mac Screensavers for OS X ... From: http://mac.appstorm.net/

2. atom.smasher.org/links/ open source and security links

3. From cssdrive.com: CSS - Cascading Style Sheets, a categorized css gallery and examples

4. css popup demo from meyerweb.com “ ... creating static-text popups purely through the power of CSS. The title of the page is intentional: there is no Javascript used in this document ... “

5. From Wikipedia.org: Darik's Boot andNuke “(commonly known as DBAN) is an open source project hosted on Sourceforge.[1] The program is designed to securely erase a hard disk until data is permanently removed and no longer recoverable ... “

6. Internet Pioneers - Archives.org "The Way Back Machine"

7. jumpola.com “is my personal bookmarks page. At least it started out that way. It lists my favorite sources for communication designers. Where do the links come from? Occasionally someone suggests one but most are sites I discuss on my blog or those I discover through wandering the Web. No one pays for links except for the obvious ads. If you find the list helpful please recommend it to others, visit the store, and subscribe to the letter Enjoy! — Chuck Green “

8. Newt Edge “This site is created not for the faint-hearted browsers, but more specifically to highly standards compliant browsers, such as Gecko-based browsers. This site is the place for my collections of markup test cases, style sheets demonstrations and coding workarounds. Feel free to browse around and experience my work.”

9. peer cast.org “p2p broadcasting for everyone”

10. swapaskill.com “We are a place where you can swap skills, favors and things locally or online around the world. In doing so we create friendships and build stronger, happier communities.“

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, April 28, 2009

From ... Barry Sampson

Web2 And Beyond ... [http://barrysampson.com./] ...

“Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as (an eLearning) or Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. ... moodle.org ...

As a starting point here are 10(+) open source alternatives to Moodle. These are deliberately brief descriptions, and I would encourage you to visit these sites and explore each solution in some detail.

1. ATutor Actually an LCMS, ATutor also offers tools for the management of learning. The “A” stands for Accessible and it has excellent support for key accessibility standards as well as support for SCORM, IMS, etc.

2. Claroline Aimed more at the educational than corporate arena, this system is based around specific pedagogical principles (as is Moodle). Supports SCORM content as well as a built in Wiki and other online content tools.

3. Docebo In use in corporate and higher education settings. Offers support for a number of different learning models and is compatible with SCORM 1.2 and 2004. It offers interfaces to external systems such as video conferencing and HR systems.

4. Dokeos A very well featured LMS that also offers content authoring and video conferencing tools. Supports converting Office documents into Flash. Offers user synchronisation with HR management systems such as Oracle and SAP.

5. eFront The base install is quite minimalist, but this is easily extended with modules available from the site. Commercial versions with additional features are also available.

6. Ganesha This LMS developed by Anema, has been around since 2001 and is in use in several large organisations. The site, and the LMS itself, are in French but it can be translated.

7. ILIAS Provides testing and assessment tools as well as collaboration tools such as chat and forums, and distribution technologies like RSS and podcasts.

8. .LRN Originally developed at MIT, .LRN claims to be the most widely adopted enterprise class open source LMS solution.

9. OLAT A well featured system in its tenth year of development, but has quite steep server requirements.

10. openelms Marketed specifically as a business solution, and claims a diverse customer base that ranges from Merrill Lynch to Queens Park Rangers football club.

11. Sakai Aimed at Universities,this project has a clear roadmap and has seem considerable development in the last few years. Backed by the Sakai Foundation which manages relationships with educational and commercial supporters.”

From ... Barry Sampson

Web2 And Beyond ... [http://barrysampson.com./] ...

Subsequent to my read the post was amended at My Top 10 Life and Death Online Aids

• Stan

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, April 21, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. 5 Top Systems Applications for Mac OS X, from Techtites.com "Your daily doze of everything tech!" ... Top 5 System Applications for Mac OS X ... http://techtites.com/2009/04/08/top-5-free-system-applications-for-mac-os-x/

2. 30 Exceptional CSS Navigation Techniques from Six Revisions “Useful Information for Web Developers & Designers” ... 30 Exceptional CSS Navigation Techniques ... http://sixrevisions.com/css/30-exceptional-css-navigation-techniques/

3. Ajax + Mobile “with 900,000 downloads”, Free Open Source ... http://www.zkoss.org/ ... http://www.zkoss.org/

4. Are You Living In a Computer Simulation? On this website you can peruse the debate that followed the paper presenting the Simulation argument. ... Simulation Argument ... http://www.simulation-argument.com/

5. CleanCSS.com “A Resouce for Web Designers: ... Clean CSS - A Resource for Web Designers - Optmize and Format your CSS ... http://www.cleancss.com/

6. Document conversion service from CometDocs, is free for users who sign up – up to 50 conversion formats. ...

7. InformationWeek Business Technology Network “News, Views, Insight and Advice” ... InformationWeek Business Technology Network ... http://www.bmighty.com/slideshows/index.jhtml?kw=sem_ms_bi_su_netsec_com+p_comphard_slideshow

8. RSS tutorial for Content Publishers and Webmasters explains the features and benefits of a Web format called RSS ... RSS Tutorial ... http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/

9. Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition by Bruce Eckel “Free Electronic Book - Volume 1 & Volume 2” ... Thinking in C++ - Directions to free eBook Download Site ... http://mindview.net/Books/TICPP/ThinkingInCPP2e.html

10. ZOHO Work Online “In the Cloud”, with many free apps. ZOHO ... http://www.zoho.com/

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, April 14, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. 10 Top Web Hosts in Canada ca.TopHosts.com ...

2. 25 Top Web Hosts in the United States and elsewhere TopHost.com ...

3. Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License. ... Blender.org ...

4. Color in Web Design, The importance of - “All too often, I see a great design concept with a poor choice of colors. Part of what makes a great web design “great” is layout, typography and color. When each of these aspects work to compliment each other, great design is born.” Color in Web Design - from Theme Forest.net ...

5. Cryptography ways of protecting data and messages from tampering or reading, an introductory words on the subject. Introduction to Cryptography ...

6. Labs.google.com, Google's technology playground includes some new applications. Labs.Google.com ...

7. Mac OS X Hints from Macworld Mac OS X Hints.com ...

8. OpenSSH is a FREE version of the SSH connectivity tools that technical users of the Internet rely on. Users of telnet, rlogin, and ftp may not realize that their password is transmitted across the Internet unencrypted, but it is. OpenSSH encrypts all traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking, and other attacks. Additionally, OpenSSH provides secure tunneling capabilities and several authentication methods, and supports all SSH protocol versions. OpenSSH.com ...

9. Web Applications List, The Unofficial also has an extensive list of applications in the menu in the left column. Web Applications List ...

10. WINE “Run Windows applications on Linux, BSD and Mac OS X.” from WineHQ.org ...

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, April 7, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. Conficker worm is receiving a lot of attention – see article and links from http://insecure.org/ ...

2. CSS Remix – CSS & XHTML from http://cssremix.com/ ...

3. Graphics, Creative “Sea . Thing” from http://levitated.net/daily/levSeaThing.html ...

4. Firefox tweaks that will double your browser speed, A handful of from dagorret.net ...

5. “Hacking Your Computer - Physical Access is Total Access” from http://www.governmentsecurity.org/hacking_physical_access ...

6. Linux/Unix - “Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide” An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting http://en.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ ...

7. Macintosh troubleshooting solutions from MacFixIt – A CNET site: http://www.macfixit.com/ ...

8. MythTV, Open Source DVR http://www.mythtv.org/ ...

9. Public Proxy Servers – from http://www.publicproxyservers.com/page1.html ...

10. WASTE is a software product and protocol that enables secure distributed communication for small (on the order of 10-50 nodes) trusted groups of users. http://slackerbitch.free.fr/waste/ ...

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, March 31, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. 7-Zip Homepage - 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. (file archives) ...

2. Content Management System (CMS) from opensource.com - “try before you install” (free cms - content managment system) ...

3. Cascade Style Sheets (CSS) design Basics (css basics) ...

4. “Everthing is Possible” – a Video from metacafe (video - everything is possible) ...

5. Linux Kernel, Index of Documentation for People Interested in Writing and/or Understanding the (linux kernel) ...

6. MacStumbler (in Alpha development) is designed to be a tool to assist in finding wireless networks while traveling, or to assist in diagnosing wireless network problems. (wireless networks) ...

7. Packet Storm offers an abundant resource of up-to-date and historical security tools, exploits, and advisories. (security tools) ...

8. Photo Keys turns your iPhone or iPod touch into the ultimate Photoshop companion tool by putting the entire Photoshop toolbar, as well as many useful shortcuts right at your fingertips. (photoshop toolbar for iPhone or iPod) ...

9. Programmer’s Notepad (notepad for programmers) ...

10. Vista, Tweak for maximum performance (improve vista) ...

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, March 24, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. Coding Explained in a short story - 'Alice and Bob After-Dinner Speech' given at the Zurich Seminar, April 1984, by John Gordon (coding explained) ...

2. Mihov Active 800×600 (for Windows) is a program for Web and software developers. It helps you see how large a program or browser window would be if resized to a screen size of 800×600 pixels, 1024×768 pixels or any other desired size. The selected window will automatically change to chosen size and you will see the contents of it refreshed. You will be able to see the change without changing the screen resolution. (resizing tool for software) ...

3. SpeedGuide.net The site focuses on system performance, with areas including Broadband Internet connections, Windows, Overclocking, all targeted towards a technically aware audience. A large section of SpeedGuide.net is dedicated to Cable Modems and DSL technology, stressing on improving TCP/IP performance over high speed/latency networks. (system performance) ...

4. StayInvisible.com is a regulary updated source of information about Internet privacy, security, anonymous surfing, proxy servers (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS) and related tools and programs. (internet privacy and security) ...

5. Web Form Factory is an open source web form generator which automatically generates the necessary backend code to tie your form to a database. (web form generator) ...

6. wiki upload site, for files up to 5GB - “upload documents, videos, images, mp3s, ebooks, shareware” (wiki upload site) ...

7. wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes wikidPad different from other notepad applications is the ease with which you can cross-link your information. (wikidpad)

8. Xara Xtreme for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD and (in development) OS-X. (graphics program of unix and linux) ...

9. XnView is a fast multi-format graphics browser, viewer, and converter. It can read more than 400 file formats, e.g. GIF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, TARGA, multipage TIFF, camera RAW, JPEG 2000, MPEG, AVI, Quicktime. EXIF & IPTC metadata are also supported. (graphics browser, viewer and converter) ...

10. ZoomIt (from Microsoft TechNet, for Windows) is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. (zoom tool for windows) ...

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, March 17, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. BugMeNot.com Find and share logins for websites that force you to register. (avoid registering) ...

2. CSS, using Cascading Style Sheets from the Ground Up (CSS) ... Linked from Andrew Fernandez's link collection “started in 2003 as a resource for co-workers and himself. Since then this page has been widely linked to and visited by designers, developers and others wanting to learn about web standards. (designers web standards) ...

3. Denial of service attacks that exploit algorithmic deficiencies (a 2003 scientific paper) (denial of service attacks) ...

4. Desktoptwo is a FREE web-based desktop that mimics the look, feel and functionality of a local computer... all contained within one browser window... and fully accessible from anywhere as long as you have an Internet connection. (free desktop cloud app) ...

5. Koders.com, the leading search engine for open source and other downloadable code now contains over 1 billion lines of code within its repository. (code search engine) ...

6. Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial v1.05r3 from zmanda (freeos.com/guides - Open Source Backup) - A Beginner's handbook (linux shell scripting for beginners) ...

7. MacUpdate.com – lists and links updates available (mac updates) ...

8. PimpMySafari.com plugin and extensions for Safari / Mac OS X+ (safari plugins and extensions) ...

9. PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink download pages (PuTTY, PSCP, PSFTP and Plink download pages) ...

10. Website Layouts for Web Designers, An Illustrated Reference of (website layouts) ...

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, March 10, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. 33+ Free Open Source Softwares for Windows (free software for windows) ...

2. Adium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more. (instant messaging for mac) ...

3. AppleBlog & Weekly App Store Picks (apple apps) ...

4. CSS Heaven is all about Fresh and innovative CSS / XHTML web designs submitted by web designers from around the world. (CSS and XHTML) ...

5. Encryption / Cryptographic Libraries and Source Code (Security), Free (security and encryption codes) ...

6. eyeOS is the Cloud Computing Operating System. Work online -personally or collaboratively- with your files, office, calendar, contacts and much more. “Your data is safe and always available” -- eyeOS is Free Software! (free cloud computing) ...

7. Linux tutorials for sharing (linux tutorials) ...

8. "Open Design Community, The (TODC) is a group of Open Source Website Designers providing thousands of XHTML and CSS based free web design templates available for download - “providing free web design templates helping to make the global internet a prettier place." (free design templates) ...

9. Linux system for novices , An introduction to system administration of a (linux system administration) ...

10. Xenocode Browser Sand Box – Run any browser from the web. WebApps require no setup and run in isolated virtual environments. (web apps) ...

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, March 3, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. AutoRuns (from Microsoft TechNet, for Windows) This utility, which has the most comprehensive knowledge of auto-starting locations of any startup monitor, shows you what programs are configured to run during system bootup or login, and shows you the entries in the order Windows processes them. (startup) ...

2. Internet Tips and Secrets, An Introduction to – by Richard Gerald Lowe, Jr. (internet tips) ...

3. Computer Programming Algorithms Directory. [In mathematics, computing, linguistics and related disciplines, an algorithm is a sequence of instructions, often used for calculation and data processing. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm] (algorithms) ...

4. Cyberduck (for Mac) is an open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript. (FTP and SFTP for mac) ...

5. DIG is a TCP-based DNS client that supports most of the available data types. NScan is one of the most fast and flexible portscanners for Windows. Traceroute is designed for quick network route discovery. Whois is a tool for retrieving the information about domains and IP addresses from the whois databases. (DNS client support for windows) ...

6. Java Tutorials, The - Trail: Learning the Java Language: Table of Contents (java tutorials) ...

7. GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages, see also GIMP 2.6 - an important release from a development point of view. (GIMP) ...

8. iusethis lets you keep track of the mac osx apps you use, and locate and download top freeware and shareware applications for OS X. (mac os x apps) ...

9. LinuxCommand.org is a Linux education and advocacy site devoted to helping users of legacy operating systems migrate into the future. Index - (linux education) ...

10. Xplorer2 Lite’s interface (for Windows) is easily adapted to your preferences. Toolbars and information windows can be moved on a whim. You can browse two or more folders in one window, using program tabs and different panes. (desktop and interface for windows) ...

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, February 24, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. The 100Greatest (Mathematical) Theorems. (mathematical theorems) …

2. Applications that can be run directly from a USB device. “reviewed and categorized “portable apps”, “portable freeware”, and Open Source “portable software applications” that can be run directly from a USB device.” (free USB apps) …

3. 7 Cool Things to Do With Linux – from davehayes.org (linux tips) …

4. The AIM acronym dictionary has the most common abbreviations that you (U) might come across while IMing with your friends. Good luck (GL) and have a nice day (HAND). (instant messaging dictionary) …

5. ByPass - “Are your favorite websites blocked at work or school? Do you want to browse the web secretly?” (bypass security) …

6. Don't Click It!, from Institute for Interactive Research (don't click) …

7. Find Sounds – Search the Web for Sounds (free sounds) …

8. javablackbelt.com (java) …

9. Password Chart (password shortcut) …

10. Website Grader is a free SEO tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporates things like website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective. (seo tool) …

Great Websites - 10x - Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, February 17, 2009

10 x Weekly Finds

1. Adium (for mac) is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more. (instant messaging for Mac) …

2. J.Y. Design > Resources - “Downloads, Extensions, Tips & Tricks” (design resources) …

3. Kadoo lets you share your media files online. Now, you can decide who sees what with greater sharing & privacy. You get 10 free gigabytes of storage to share your photos, videos, files and more with only your friends. An “easy way to Share your Digital Content”. (share media files online) …

4. MPEG Streamclip is a powerful video converter, player, editor for Mac and Windows. It can play many movie files, not only MPEGs; it can convert MPEG files between muxed/demuxed formats for authoring; it can encode movies to many formats, including iPod; it can cut, trim and join movies. MPEG Streamclip can also download videos from YouTube and Google by entering the page URL. (video converter and editor) …

5. Paint (for windows). Free paint program falling somewhere between paint and photoshop. Please note: You will need to have the Microsoft .NET Framework installed in order to run this program. www.microsoft.com/ … (paint - for windows) …

6. RCDefaultApp is a Mac OS X 10.2 or higher preference pane that allows a user to set the default application used for various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, MIME types, and Uniform Type Identifiers (or UTIs; MacOS 10.4 only). MacOS X uses the extension and file type settings to choose the application when opening a file in Finder, while Safari and other applications use the URL and MIME type settings at other times for content not related to a file (such as an unknown URL protocol, or a media stream). (default app) …

7. Spheric Lounge – streaming live ambient music - session 95 … (live streaming music) …

8. StumbleUpon hits 7 million users, quietly 50% bigger than Twitter (as at February 9, 2009 – from ReadWriteWeb.com) … (stumble upon) …

9. Wings 3D (for windows and mac) is a FREE, yet powerful 3d modelling program. It's a great introduction for those who want to start learning/experimenting in 3D modelling, considering the alternative of dipping your toes in programs such as Maya or 3D Studio will set you back up to thousands of dollars … (3D modeling) …

10. WordWeb (for windows) WordWeb is a free English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows, and can be used to look up words from within almost any program in just one click. It works off-line, but can also look up words in web references such as the Wikipedia encyclopedia. Features of the free version include: Definitions and synonyms, proper nouns, related words, pronunciations, with 150 000 root words, and 120 000 synonym sets. Finally, it allows you to look up words in almost any program. (thesaurus and dictionary for windows) …

Great Websites - 10x Newest Finds of the Week – Tuesday, February 10, 2009

1. Ansiform, is a net label. It is the home of an ever growing collection of ambient music for your hearing pleasure -- subtle soundtracks for your most sedate activities, entirely free of cost. (free music) …

2. DriverZone.com is home to thousands of drivers. Whether you are looking for a printer driver for your 10 year old laptop, or the cutting edge NVidia or ATI drivers hot off the press, we may have what you need. (computer drivers) …

3. Every (Almost ) file format in the world! (internet file format) …

4. ginipic is a desktop application that enables you to search multiple image search engines and photo sharing sites, and use the pictures in a drag&drop or simpler fashion right to your workspace. - “Taking Image Search to a whole New Level” (image search) …

5. Free and open-source software for Windows. This is the best Windows software that we know of. No adware, no spyware, just good software. … (free software for Windows) … or in your browser, http://www.opensourcewindows.org/

6. HTML Playground – html, css references by example (HTML) …

7. Plinky makes it easy for you to create inspired content. Every day it'll provide a prompt (i.e. a question or challenge) and you answer. Plinky makes it simple to add rich media and share your answers on Facebook, Twitter and blogs. (content) …

8. YouCalc lets you mash data from any data source, crunch it, and publish it as an interactive chart widget – zero coding required. Private users have free access to build and run analytics apps and widgets on most public data sources (Google Finance, eBay, Amazon, etc.), allowing users to create and share interactive chart widgets that analyze sports data, politics data, financial data, etc. (Analytics Platform for Businesses and Private Users) (analytics) …

9. Vocaroo is a simple service for sending voice messages across the interwebs via email. (Record and send Voice Emails) (voice messages) …

10. Website Grader is a free SEO tool that measures the marketing effectiveness of a website. It provides a score that incorporates things like website traffic, SEO, social popularity and other technical factors. It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective. (SEO tool) …

10x Newest Finds of the Week – December 3, 2008

1. “CPAN Search is a search engine for the distributions, modules, docs, and ID's on CPAN.” (click here) ...
2. Firefox Facts – Tips, Themes, News and more (click here) ...
3. iStylr is an online application that enables you to easily create, edit and share tableless CSS designs online. It lets you im - and export almost any website and allows you to create themes on the basis of other people's designs (click here) ...
4. Mockups - Upload your mockups to central location, give your clients on URL to view and review all of the mockups - Hosted, Interactive and Feedback-driven (click here) ...
5. OS Files “a one-stop portal for all operating sysems that run on the x86 platform.” (click here) ...
6. Planzone offers online collaboration and project management solution for project teams: project timeline and calendar, to-do lists, milestones, collaborative workspace, wiki, document and file sharing. (click here) ...
7. Splitweet Multi-Account Twitter Management for Corporate Users - allows the Twitter users to compose a list of accounts and distribute their tweets, choosing their release in one or more of their accounts. You can also follow your tweets from all of your managed accounts. (click here) ...
8. Twitter backlog feed to allow your favorite calendar application and browser through your personal Twitter diary, “making your Twitter history both fun and useful”. (click here) ...
9. Wikinvest is an investment website that explains the deeper story behind a company, both in considering an employment opportunity, and in giving potential employees/investors the context they need to understand what they are betting on when they are seeking employment or are considering purchasing a particular stock or investing in a specific sector. (click here) ...
10. Winston's Lego Computer (click here) ...

10x Newest Finds of the Week – November 26, 2008

10x Weekly Finds
Code Snippets.net - “enter search text and choose a language ... for snippets” (click here) ...
Computer Humor - Stupidities – Operating Systems “Most computer users understand that you need an operating system to use a computer practically, even if it is not clear why. But many users don't.” (Click here) ...
ConnectionStrings.com “Where do you want to connect today?“ (click here)
Computer Humor - Furbeowulf Cluster Computing - (click here)
Fonts, “Free – High Quality” (Click here) ...
Hard Drive on the Web - Sendeo is a single dashboard for your digital life. Sendeo looks and feels like a look up window for all of your people, places, and things. It is your hard drive on the web and everything is securely stored and managed. clicking publish enables you to share your files via email or onto Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Delicious and Reddit. (click here) ...
MEMS - “You are now entering the microdomain, a world occupied by an explosive technology” (click here) ...
Open Source and Free Programs, etc for a Mac (click here) ...
Shinybinary – Art and designs of Nik Ainley (click here) ...
Twitter History “Add your Twitter backlog feed to your favorite calendar application and browser through your personal Twitter diary, making your Twitter history both fun and useful.” (click here) ...

10x Newest Finds of the Week – November 19, 2008

10x Weekly Finds

1. Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. (click here)

2. Computer Network Defence - Operational Picture (Caution – little is known about this site) (click here)

3. With Gliffy online diagramming software, you can easily create professional-looking flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more! “It's easy to use and Free!” (click here)

4. The Hello World Collection - "Hello World" is the first program one usually writes when learning a new programming language. Hello World has been implemented in just about every programming language on the planet. This collection includes 410 Hello World programs in many more-or-less well known programming languages, plus 63 human languages. (click here)

5. Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code. (click here)

6. Linux Shortcuts and Commands: a practical selection of the commands we use most often. (click here)

7. MashLogic is a Firefox extension that works quietly under the hood to enrich web pages with the kind of information and media you care about (click here)

8. Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats. (click here)

9. TringMe provides a unified platform offering that integrates all the existing voice and telephony communication devices and opens up new avenues to innovate on such a platform. TringMe's uniqueness is in it's ability to make and receive calls directly from the web- no software to download or install, it's ability to unify voice across traditional telephony options (landlines, cellular phones) and the internet. “Next Generation Communication Platform” (click here)

10. WFF Web Form Factory - an open source web form generator which automatically generates the necessary backend code to tie your form to a database. By generating the backend code (PHP 4, etc.) for you, WFF saves you time... (click here)