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Oct
19
How to Find Free Printable Sheet Music (from MakeUseOf.com)
October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
For beginner and amateur musicians, there are many online websites offering free sheet music. But once you begin to visit these sites, you will find that many of them are thinly disguised search portals with broken links or front-ends to lure you into purchasing something related to music. We here at MakeUseOf are always happy [...]
Oct
19
Paint.net: A Free Quality Photo Editing App for Windows
October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Last year, some of you were looking for a Photoshop clone that isn’t expensive. Well, here’s one recommended by the HowToGeek. Paint.net is a photo editing app for Windows machines that is similar to Photoshop. For instance, as in Photoshop, paint.net allows use of layers and other bells and whistles to create/edit images. Best of [...]
Oct
13
Self-Control
October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Self Control
If you’re addicted to the internet, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks; there’s nothing to stop you from constantly launching the browser and surfing. “Just 5 minutes,” that’s what you keep telling yourself. Before you know it, over an hour has passed and you still haven’t gotten any work done. In these situations, only [...]
Oct
13
Convert Scanned Docs to Editable Formats
October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment
http://www.onlineocr.net
This online program allows you to recognize text and characters from PDF scanned documents (including multipage files), photographs and digital camera captured images.
You can convert OCR results directly to your favorite formats including Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Rtf, Html and Txt.
Converted documents look exactly like the original – tables, columns, [...]
Oct
12
Make Wallet-Sized Disposable Organizers . . . Easy!
October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
http://www.pocketmod.com/
Pocketmod is a handy application that can be used to convert plain A4-sized paper into all-purpose, wallet-sized, disposable booklets
(organizers). Just run the application, specify what you want on each booklet page, print it out, and fold it into a booklet.
Oct
12
Need to Beef Up Typing Skills?
October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Learn Touch Typing (both web and desktop apps)
• TypingWeb [http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/typingweb-learn-quick-typing-online]
• Keybr [http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/keybr-learn-typing]
• Bruce’s Touch Typing Wizard [http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/learn-touch-typing]
Practice Touch Typing
• 10 Fast Fingers [http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/10fastfingers-test-fast-type]
• TypeRacer [http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/typeracer-improve-typing-skills]
• Typing Games [http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/want-to-type-faster-no-touch-typing-
courses]
Oct
12
Lunch at Your Desk . . . AGAIN???
October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Take a break from work at lunch, even though you don’t go out. Try http://www.hulu.com and watch the episode of your fav tv show you missed this week right on your computer while you munch your lunch. Commercials are usually limited to 10 seconds, so the episode is much shorter here.
Oct
12
Listen While You Work
October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The 7 dwarfs would say, “Whistle while you work,” but you may bother your office neighbor. It’s great to be able to plug headphones in and listen to some tunes while you work to cut out the surrounding noises and voices that interrupt your train of thought.
Sky.fm, although not necessarily a “top-dog” of the [...]
Oct
12
For Your Safety
October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
MakeUseOf has a Cars Directory which covers gas price sites, trip cost sites, vehicle pricing sites, car wallpaper sites and GPS apps sites. Most of these sites do not directly help with safer driving tips, except one. This is Risky Roads, which was reviewed here.
This site is a Google Maps mashup that shows the [...]
Oct
11
Wiki Full of Copyright Friendly Images and Sound Resources
October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/
Copyright Friendly – Copyright Friendly Resources
Copyright Friendly is a wiki full of links to copyright friendly images and sounds resources. With proper attribution (in some cases no attribution) the images and sounds found in the links can be used for websites, blogs, podcasts, and other multimedia presentations. In addition to the images and sounds resources, [...]