[neatnettricks] Neat Net Tricks Standard Issue 214, May 1, 2009
- From: "Jack Teems" <jteems@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <neatnettricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 20:37:33 -0700
IN THIS ISSUE:
01. Online Crosswords
02. Online Red Eye Removal
03. Xtravo Explorer
04. Yauba
05. Perfect PDF Reader
06. Avira
07. Makeup Pho.To
08. Miro
09. Winmorph
10. Wet Floor Maker
11. Rattlebox
12. Autohotkey
13. NNT Blog
01. ONLINE CROSSWORDS at http://www.onlinecrosswords.net/ gives you a choice
of free crossword puzzles online each day or print them out if you wish.
02. ONLINE RED EYE REMOVAL at http://www.fixredeyes.com/ easily removes red
eye from your images.
03. XTRAVO EXPLORER is a browser that features live search, instant go to,
RSS feeds, page explorer, image grabbing, anti-phishing, fast loading, and
more. It requires .NET Framework 2 but if you don't have it on your system
you can download from the site along with the browser at
http://www.jawoco.com/xtravo_explorer.html .
04. YAUBA at http://www.yauba.com/ is an anonymous search engine that lets
you search the Internet safely and anonymously. While major search engines
(e.g. Google, Yahoo) collect information on browsing habits of their users,
Yauba ensures absolute privacy and doesn't collect any personally
identifiable information visited Web sites, search history, IP address,
physical location... etc.) on its users. All records are automatically
deleted from their servers.
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A hearty welcome to our newest readers who learned about NNT from Leo
Notenboom's newsletter, "Ask Leo!" For other readers, if you aren't
familiar with Leo's work, he takes on challenging questions such as "How do
I get a new IP address?", "What's a browser cache, how do I 'clear' it, and
why would I want to?", and "How should I share my home network with a
visitor?" The questions are interesting and Leo's responses are even more
so. It's a good read, and a free subscription is available at
http://newsletter.ask-leo.com.
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05. PERFECT PDF READER is an alternative for Adobe Reader and you can export
pages from PDF files with different resolutions for images, fill forms, and
save filled files. Download free at
http://soft-xpansion.com/index.php?p=pdftech/pdfqr .
06. AVIRA AntiVir is a worthy contender in the list of free antivirus
solutions. Download free at http://www.free-av.com/ .
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If you asked me what my top six favorite software programs are, I can assure
you one of those would be the jv16 Power Tools. I've used this suite of
tools since it was first developed in 2003 and
it's one of the first programs that go on a new computer when I make the
transition. If you're not familiar with it, it sets up 27 main tools to
clean your Windows Registry, uninstalls software without pesky orphan files
remaining, optimizes Windows, improves privacy, recovers deleted files,
automatically backs up its work, and lots more. It works with all supported
Windows systems (yes, even Vista, both 32-bit and 64-bit!) Now, here's a
dandy deal for you but only for a limited time: because you're savvy enough
to read Neat Net Tricks, take 20% off the price of the latest jv16 Power
Tools 2009 -- just $23.95 -- when you order through the NNT Store at
http://www.neatnettricks.com/store. Now, if this is old news to you and
you've been enjoying jv16 Power Tools and the slick way it makes your
computer perform better, I have a deal for you, too. Order the upgrade to
the 2009 version at 20% off as well -- just $5.50 -- if you have purchased
an earlier version (2005-2008). To qualify for the upgrade, your order
through the NNT store at http://www.neatnettricks.com/store will have to
show the name and email address under which the earlier program was
originally registered. I've discussed a little more about why I like this
software at
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs065/1101458487892/archive/1102565696622.html .
If you're still not convinced, see all the details including an informative
seven-minute video at http://www.macecraft.com. Then, if don't believe this
is one nifty program, there's a 30-day full-featured free trial available.
And, of course, there's a guaranteed refund and 24/7 support (live chat and
email). Now you're beginning to get the idea why this one is in my top six!
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07. MAKEUP PHO.TO at http://makeup.pho.to/ makes a person in your photo look
like a model in a glossy magazine. Apply eye and skin makeup, whiten teeth,
remove imperfections, and add a special touch to your photo with a dreamy
soft focus effect. All enhancements are made automatically.
08. MIRO at http://www.getmiro.com/ is an open-source application allowing
subscription, managing, and downloading of podcasts as well as searching
major online video sharing sites such as Google and Yahoo. Compatible with
Windows 98 and newer as well as Mac OSX 10.3 and newer, you can view over
6,000 free Internet TV shows through Miro.
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The Neat Net Tricks PREMIUM issue dishes up a heaping helping of tips twice
monthly that you won't find in this free issue. You can get an idea of what
it's all about in the sample issue at the NNT Web site,
http://www.neatnettricks.com . With more than a dozen tips, two-minute
tekkie advice that values your time, a full-length timely article on
computers and the Internet, and lots more with graphics and illustrations
but no ads, it's a real deal for just 50 cents an issue and easy to order at
http://www.neatnettricks.com/store . Give it a try, and if you don't think
it's worth every penny, I'll gladly refund the entire subscription price of
$12/year.
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09. WINMORPH is a high performance morphing and warping software that works
as a standard application and as a plug-in for various video editors.
Download free at http://www.debugmode.com/winmorph/ .
10. WET FLOOR MAKER. Add reflecting images to your photos at
http://www.wetfloormaker.com/ .
11. RATTLEBOX at http://rattlebox.com/ lets you send and receive all
occasion cards with a little different twist. The service is currently in
Beta, which means free for now, and provides an assortment of video messages
with acknowledgement by email that the card has been sent and when viewed by
the recipient.
12. AUTOHOTKEY at http://www.autohotkey.com/ is a free open-source utility
to automate almost anything with keystrokes and mouse clicks. Write a mouse
or keybaord macro; create hotkeys; expand abbreviations; create custom
data-entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars; remap keys and buttoms;
and, more.
13. NNT BLOG. Join me at http://neatnettricks-jteems.blogspot.com/ where we
discuss all manners of computer and Internet tips and other related and
not-so-related stuff.
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I often receive email from subscribers asking about an item featured in one
of the previous issues. Unfortunately, there's no index of everything
published (and that would be a humongous effort in over 400 issues and a
guess-timated million words). Equally unfortunate, my memory may have dimmed
a bit so my Research Department-Of-One is rather ineffective. But there's a
little trick that sometimes saves the day. Searching the archives on a
keyword or two will often reveal the desired item. Of course, it helps to
have the handy archives on CD, and it's available at
http://www.neatnettricks.com/store .
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