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Weight loss the Web 2.0 way
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Are you counting calories as spring approaches? How do you know how many calories you should be able to eat to maintain or loose weight? Well the thinnerself has created a little calculator that allows you to see how many calories you should be eating. There have been some great formulas on the web but if you are mathematically challenged it can be hard to see where you should be at. Enter your information, such as weight, height, and age and it will calculate how many calories are required to maintain your current weight. Just remember that 3500 calories equals one pound so if you cut 3500 calories a week you should be loosing one pound each week. Not sure how many calories you are taking in? Read our review of DailyPlate that will show you what you plan on or already ate today so you can get a grasp on your calorie intake. This simple web 2.0 search engine will get your calorie information from everything from a Big Mac to Special K bars. First off though you need to see how many calories you should be consuming to determine when your body’s fuel gauge says full so head over to thinner self and get started with your new health goals.
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Print your Window’s file directories easily
Create a Firefox Search Plugin with only a right click
I don’t know about you but I am a huge Craigslist fan, and when I realized that I could search for eBay items in the Firefox search box but there was no easy way to create a search plugin for Craigslist I went searching. What I found was this really cool plugin that allows you to take any search box on a site and make a specialized search plugin out of it with only right click. On the image above you see me making my own Detroit Craigslist plugin. Add to search bar lets you add Firefox search functionality to just about any site.
Keep those iPhone urges at bay with “Home” for Windows Mobile
Are you stuck with a Windows Mobile phone whether it be a newly purchased phone or a new contract? Or maybe you just like the network that you are on but are having some urges to have something a little iPhoneish. I use Verizon Wireless and have been trying to resist the urge to go buy a iPhone. For two reasons really, number one I just got a Treo 700wx a while back and cannot justify spending the extra cash for a iPhone. Also believe it or not Verizon Wireless’s network is really good here with EVDO speeds that are decent. Oh and of course I can install software without “jailbreaking” something. So I’ve tried some of the themes that make my phone act like a iPhone to keep the iPhone urges at bay only to be disappointed in the end.
Well fortunetaly this little company called Pointui has created some software called Home that effectively runs over top Windows Mobile and creates a easy to use touch screen interface. No need to pull out that stylus all the main functions of the phone are articulated with Mr. Thumb. Using their Applet ribbon you can easily access the time, tasks, appointments, calendar and up to date weather forecasts and current temperatures. There’s just a whole lot to like here so I recommend trying it out if you are Windows Mobile user. The software is beta, but I was hard pressed to find a bug other than having to manually create it as a startup item. Come on guys have some faith in your software.
Beat up your Alexa foe with Alexa Fight
So what good is Alexa? Their stats are only a guideline of traffic and unless you crave charts their stats can be rather boring. Well I’ll tell you what good they are. They are good for starting site fights, thats what. Just enter your site’s name in and your nearest foe, and watch your site get its proverbial rear get handed to it. A couple of stick figures fight it out in the name of your favorite site, taking blow after blow and dropping a little site blood. If you are lucky maybe you might just wipe the floor with your your web foe. The site records the last and top fights so you can have a rematch any time.
Your LOGO the Web 2.0 way
Need a logo? Generate a logo. Just enter the name of your site and click “Generar” (yeah it foreign) and Logo Generador creates your logo. Theres only a few selections available but that’s sure to grow.
Copy and Paste, only better, without the internet
Copy and Paste are functions each and everyone of use everyday but seldom do we ask can we do better? While other sites are bubbling about copying to the web we here think thats just plain dumb. To take your sensitive data and truck it to the internet for others to possibly see is stupid. Let alone the fact that those services end up costing you money. ClipDiary is a solidly built free tool that very simply allows you to capture your copy and pastes for later use. Whether you need something copied a few minutes ago or last week its all there. Clipdiary can log clipboard history and record datain several formats: plain text, RTF (Rich Text Format) and bitmap images (BMP). So, besides saving parts of text, you can easily make series of screenshots, and Clipdiary will save them for you.
Update up 10 social networks from HelloTxt
Updating social sites can be a chore depending on how many you take part in, thats why Hellotxt was created. Hellotxt makes it easy to update your social networks in one text blast. No need to register to another service (unless you would like hellotxt to remember your login and passwords) just type your login and password for each social network and hellotxt will post to 10 services that it can interface with. From Twitter, jaiku, Pownce, facebook, plaxo, and tumblr to some lesser know services like frazr, meemy, beemood, and gozub Hellotxt has got you covered. One strange omission is that MySpace is missing from the menu of choices. However if you want to play the social network update game HelloTxt is the name. I added HelloTxt to a new Social network tab using Stick so that I could easily update my Twitter and Facebook account.
Check it out via Makeuseof.com
Add a LinkedIn signature to your Gmail
So you can finally add a HTML signature to your web Gmail account. The “Gmail HTML Signatures” greasemonkey script allows you to automatically insert an HTML signature into your Gmail messages based on the email address that you are sending it from. While adding HTML signatures is cool all by itself, it also means that you can now add LinkedIn signatures to your outgoing email. Just go to your linkedIn Signatures section and copy and paste your html code. Then go back to your Gmail and click “Edit Signature” and paste.
Download torrents without additional software
Ever need to download a torrent on another computer but don’t want to install software? Bitlet.org is a java based program for doing just that, just add your torrent to the text box and click “Download torrent”.
So okay you are wondering why in the world would I want to do this? After all utorrent is a few seconds download and if you are downloading torrent content whats the difference if the software is on your hard drive too? Well you see theres more to this torrent client than you can see. First off, there is no configuration which is great for new users (noobs). Second and this the best part, if you have a bandwidth limited site you could use a bitlet download link to distribute your software or music saving you money without inconviencing your sites viewers. Wait did I just somehow legitimize downloading with a torrent client? Here’s an example download link, Steal This Film!
