Tabinator
This Widget is a program/file/URL/shortcut/etc. launcher like the Windows Start button. Launch items are organized in tabs. The tabs dock on the right or left edge of the screen; links slide out when the tab is clicked. There is no limit on the number of tabs or launch items per tab. Tab graphics (icons) can be changed by dragging a graphic file (.png, .ico) onto the tab. Link items can be added through drag-drop or right-click actions. More info at http://swsdev.wikidot.com/tabinator.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
CaptureIt 1.1.0
CaptureIt 1.1.0
CaptureIt 1.1.0
Easily capture any area on your screen, then quickly edit the results Easily capture any area on your screen, then quickly edit the results (read more)
Easily capture any area on your screen, then quickly edit the results Easily capture any area on your screen, then quickly edit the results (read more)
The DNB Show - Blix It ! 0.1
The DNB Show - Blix It ! 0.1
The fine art of drum and bass.
The fine art of drum and bass.
 | About The DNB Show - Blix It ! The DNB Show present: Blix It ! The Fine Art of Drum and Bass - Big Up! |
Atom CSS Stylesheet
Feeds were never designed to be consumed by humans. They were meant to be processed by machines. That is why feeds are in XML. However, many Internet users find themselves one way or another looking at the XML of a... Read More
ZELDA dancing 1.0
An Animated dancing Princess Zelda, in regular non-game clothes.
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 | About ZELDA dancing An Animated dancing Princess Zelda. Based on one of my pencil drawings of Zelda in regular street clothes. She will bob up and down and is little more than just a decoration for your desk top. Zelda is property of Nintendo. |
Awesome Photo Gallery/Google Maps Mashup
Awesome Photo Gallery/Google Maps Mashup
I recently was contacted by James Sanders who created a really cool Photo Gallery and Google Maps Mashup. They installed and customized the Photo Gallery Plugin such that a little thumb tack is displayed on a map of the world...
I recently was contacted by James Sanders who created a really cool Photo Gallery and Google Maps Mashup. They installed and customized the Photo Gallery Plugin such that a little thumb tack is displayed on a map of the world...
iThought Receiver Widget 1.1.2
iThought Receiver Widget 1.1.2
Demonstrate the mind reading power of your Mac.
Demonstrate the mind reading power of your Mac.
 | About iThought Receiver Widget Fool your friends and family with this clever Widget! A spectator thinks of one of three colours. The iThought Receiver then tells them exactly what color they’re thinking of. Note: You Must read the instructions by clicking the small ‘i’ in the bottom right corner of the app. |
FreeTime 1.4
Lifehack?s Writing Tips
Every once in a while, Lifehack tackles writing tips and tricks. Recently, two great articles caught my eye. Just Keep Writing! motivates you to just keep writing, inspired with quotes from famous writers on what they believed kept them writing. If you feel the writing spirit waning with your blog, these are some great motivational tips. If [...]
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Every once in a while, Lifehack tackles writing tips and tricks. Recently, two great articles caught my eye.
Just Keep Writing! motivates you to just keep writing, inspired with quotes from famous writers on what they believed kept them writing. If you feel the writing spirit waning with your blog, these are some great motivational tips.
If you are already feeling blogger’s block, then it might be time for some of the tips in Break Through Writer’s Block. While I rarely suffer blogger’s block or writer’s block - I always find something to write about - I do get bored with my writing. If I’m bored, I’m sure you are. Boredom leads to procrastination, which eventually slows down my production as I can’t find the motivation to keep coming up with witty and intelligent things to say every day.
This article is a great resource with tips to keep you on the blogging path and kick your ass if you start blog-foot dragging.
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Install Feed Manager
There are two options when installing Feed Manager: Download and install the Feed Manager archive manually Install via the Plugin Manager plugin for Movable Type... Read More
Atom CSS Stylesheet
Atom CSS Stylesheet
Feeds were never designed to be consumed by humans. They were meant to be processed by machines. That is why feeds are in XML. However, many Internet users find themselves one way or another looking at the XML of a...
Feeds were never designed to be consumed by humans. They were meant to be processed by machines. That is why feeds are in XML. However, many Internet users find themselves one way or another looking at the XML of a...
Softstunt Video to iPhone Converter 4.0
Softstunt Video to iPhone Converter 4.0
A powerful yet easy to use software to convert your video and audio files to your iPhone. A powerful yet easy to use software to convert your video and audio files to your iPhone. (read more)
A powerful yet easy to use software to convert your video and audio files to your iPhone. A powerful yet easy to use software to convert your video and audio files to your iPhone. (read more)
jslibs 0.9 R1881
jslibs 0.9 R1881
A standalone JavaScript development runtime environment for using JavaScript as a general-purpose scripting language A standalone JavaScript development runtime environment for using JavaScript as a general-purpose scripting language (read more)
A standalone JavaScript development runtime environment for using JavaScript as a general-purpose scripting language A standalone JavaScript development runtime environment for using JavaScript as a general-purpose scripting language (read more)
ComponentSet 2.3.0
Tri-Trick 1.5
A brand new puzzle game with 3 levels of difficulty, based on a very simple rule yet quite challenging.
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 | About Tri-Trick A brand new puzzle game with 3 levels of difficulty. Though level 1 is funny enough for most people, there’re always some people asking for more challenge. At level 1, rearranging 9 digits back into sequential order is quite challenging enough. But even you can do that, the game is not over yet. If you’re over the average and want some really mind-twisted games, you can play Tri-Trick with less digits (8 or 7). The less digits you play with, the more funny game you have. Solving this puzzle requires a lot of brain work. Enjoy it! |
Twitter Tweets
21:21 Blogging & WordPress Twitter Tweets: 12:26 Getting ready for my keynote at #word.. tinyurl.com/3pv5y8 # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter Posted in Blogging Tips
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Posted in Blogging Tips������ Amazing Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse Videos Make Lilliputians of Us All [Photography]
Amazing Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse Videos Make Lilliputians of Us All [Photography]
Tilt-shift lenses sit off-center of the film (or sensor) plane of your camera to produce photos with extremely limited depth of field, giving the effect of a macro shot of a tiny scene. When the...
Tilt-shift lenses sit off-center of the film (or sensor) plane of your camera to produce photos with extremely limited depth of field, giving the effect of a macro shot of a tiny scene. When the...
SpringWidgets loves iGoogle
There is a lot of press today on Google Homepages... oops... I mean "iGoogle"
Since we at SpringWidgets are really big fans of Google and everything they do. I thought this would be a great time to officially say how much we love the iGoogle page by letting everyone know that we have recently added in support for automatic posting of all SpringWidgets into your personalized iGoogle page!
Just choose the widget you are interested in, configure it however you like it to look and function and then select the Google icon in the share it box.
The whole process takes only a few seconds and is one of the easiest ways to put one of our widgets on a page that we have available. Way to go Google!
With all the recent focus on widgets, it's not surprising that everyone is building a widget destination of some sort. We at SpringWidgets will continue to build support for each new destination as APIs become available and look forward to helping enable 2007 truly being the year of the widget.
Here is my iGoogle page. Complete with today's MLB games and a countdown to the next episode of NBC's Heroes!
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Since we at SpringWidgets are really big fans of Google and everything they do. I thought this would be a great time to officially say how much we love the iGoogle page by letting everyone know that we have recently added in support for automatic posting of all SpringWidgets into your personalized iGoogle page!
Just choose the widget you are interested in, configure it however you like it to look and function and then select the Google icon in the share it box. The whole process takes only a few seconds and is one of the easiest ways to put one of our widgets on a page that we have available. Way to go Google!
With all the recent focus on widgets, it's not surprising that everyone is building a widget destination of some sort. We at SpringWidgets will continue to build support for each new destination as APIs become available and look forward to helping enable 2007 truly being the year of the widget.
Here is my iGoogle page. Complete with today's MLB games and a countdown to the next episode of NBC's Heroes!
Read MoreThursday, October 2, 2008
John Chow vs Shoemoney RSS competition
RSS is now one of the most valuable metrics on the net. Increasing your RSS subscriber count is a measurable way to show the popularity of your site. As RSS is an opt in way for readers to view your site contents, they can easily stop being a subscriber at any time.
It shows how far RSS has come when John Chow and Shoemoney start a competition to see who can get the most new subscribers in a month. Notice how it wasn't a competition to get the most traffic or the most subscribers to an email list but who can get the most RSS subscribers.
Why RSS subscribers
John and Shoe are both canny marketers and know the value of RSS. RSS is a transparent metric that shows a loyal readership. If a site starts to slide in it's content then readers will no longer subscribe. They would rather gain an RSS subscriber than an extra visitor.
Whilst the challenge is a bit of fun there is also a serious reason John and Shoe have gotten together to run this little competition. At the end of the competition they will both have a larger loyal subscriber base. This competition has gained them a large number of new subscribers which generally means more revenue for them.
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Sony Fondles New DS with One Hand, Bitchslaps with the Other [Nintendo]
In the wake of Nintendo's announcement of the DSi, Sony reached out and asked if we'd like to discuss the event and get their side of the story. Sony talking about Nintendo? How could we resist?? So... Read More
Snap + AddThis = Shared Snap Shots
Snap + AddThis = Shared Snap Shots
Today, we are very pleased to announce a new partnership between Snap and AddThis. You’ve seen them everywhere…Snap Shots are a great tool that allows you to look at web sites/pages without clicking on the links. Now, you can not only look at these web sites/pages, but you can also bookmark them and share them with other [...]
Today, we are very pleased to announce a new partnership between Snap and AddThis. You’ve seen them everywhere…Snap Shots are a great tool that allows you to look at web sites/pages without clicking on the links. Now, you can not only look at these web sites/pages, but you can also bookmark them and share them with other [...]
Today, we are very pleased to announce a new partnership between Snap and AddThis.
You’ve seen them everywhere…Snap Shots are a great tool that allows you to look at web sites/pages without clicking on the links.
Now, you can not only look at these web sites/pages, but you can also bookmark them and share them with other people with just a few clicks. See the AddThis ‘Share’ button in the sample Snap Shot below.
When you click the button you can now bookmark and share the Snap Shot via Email, Digg, Delicious, Facebook, MySpace, etc:
Enjoy! See you around the Snaposphere!
-Dom
The value of an RSS subscriber at 30 dollars
Have you ever wondered how much each subscriber to your RSS feed is worth. Well according to Mark over at 45n5 that magic number is currently $30. Mark arrived at this figure by dividing the price blogs have recently sold for by the number of subscribers to the blog.
I have previously made predictions about RSS playing a more important role back in October 2006. It looks like RSS is now an important metric to measure the success of a site and it is also starting to play a larger role in deciding the monetary value of a blog.
RSS subscribers and their value
Although Mark's use of RSS as a measurement of value was just a bit of fun it does show that RSS is a valued metric. A year ago most webmasters and readers would not have placed much if any value in the number of subscribers you have.
As RSS becomes a more valued metric the value of the RSS feed itself will grow. There are going to be more advertisers willing to buy advertising in an RSS feed and the value of RSS will grow. This is because many RSS subscribers do not click through to the website itself but use the feed to consume the content.
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ArcConvert 0.52a
ArcConvert 0.52a
A free and easy to use tool which converts archives into different compression formats. A free and easy to use tool which converts archives into different compression formats. (read more)
A free and easy to use tool which converts archives into different compression formats. A free and easy to use tool which converts archives into different compression formats. (read more)
How to style an Atom Feed
How to style an Atom Feed
In order to have browsers render an XML Atom feed into HTML such that it is far easier for users to read, there are two things you must create. The first is an XSL stylesheet which instructs the browser on...
In order to have browsers render an XML Atom feed into HTML such that it is far easier for users to read, there are two things you must create. The first is an XSL stylesheet which instructs the browser on...
Matt Cutting Assistant 1.0
Matt Cutting Assistant 1.0
The Matt Cutting Assistant will calculate all of the matt dimensions with no effort.
The Matt Cutting Assistant will calculate all of the matt dimensions with no effort.
 | About Matt Cutting Assistant The Matt Cutting Assistant will calculate all of the matt dimensions with no effort. This widget is ideal for any artist, or framing store. To use: - type in the frame dimensions. - Type in the desired opening. - Add a bottom weighting if desired. - Click Evaluate. All the matting dimensions show up on the sample matt. No more tedious math. |
3 things you really want to know about RSS
3 things you really want to know about RSS
I have been doing some digging into the statistics for Newsniche to try and discover what you are really interested in when it comes to RSS. So I have come up with the imaginatively titled 3 things you really want to know about RSS. So here are the most wanted to know things about RSS in reverse order.
RSS publishing tools
The third most popular topic is on RSS publishing tools. Rather than an article this is a section of the site dedicated to letting you know how you can publish RSS on your site. Being able to publish RSS on your site means that you have a constant stream of updating content for your readers.
Which is the best RSS feed reader
The second most popular item on the site is an article on Which is the best RSS feed reader. You certainly want to know which is the best way to read your feeds. This is not surprising as RSS is all about being able to have information from your favourite sites available to you without having to visit every you like frequently. Why not subscribe to their feed and have the content come to you.
Using Javascript to display RSS
I guess deep down everyone wants to display RSS using Javascript as the number one most read article is Using Javascript to display RSS. This is an article I wrote ages ago showing you how you could easily place content from an RSS feed on your site using a snippet of Javascript. That is so 2006.
This post is from the Newsniche website and should not be reproduced elsewhere. Why not subscribe to the RSS feed and get this information delivered straight to your News reader.
Matt Cutting Assistant 1.0
Matt Cutting Assistant 1.0
The Matt Cutting Assistant will calculate all of the matt dimensions with no effort.
The Matt Cutting Assistant will calculate all of the matt dimensions with no effort.
| About Matt Cutting Assistant The Matt Cutting Assistant will calculate all of the matt dimensions with no effort. This widget is ideal for any artist, or framing store. To use: - type in the frame dimensions. - Type in the desired opening. - Add a bottom weighting if desired. - Click Evaluate. All the matting dimensions show up on the sample matt. No more tedious math. |
Kinara widget for Kwanzaa is here!
Kinara widget for Kwanzaa is here!
We're finished the Kinara widget for Kwanzaa!!!!
A new candle is lit for each day of Kwanzaa. Click on "Get this widget" to put it on your page!
We're finished the Kinara widget for Kwanzaa!!!!
A new candle is lit for each day of Kwanzaa. Click on "Get this widget" to put it on your page!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Critical Bug Fixed: "'mt_pluginmanager' doesn't exist"
Critical Bug Fixed: "'mt_pluginmanager' doesn't exist"
It took me far too long to track down a simple error a number of people were reporting with Plugin Manager, but I did track it down, and did finally manage to fix it. Long story short, the deployment mechanism...
It took me far too long to track down a simple error a number of people were reporting with Plugin Manager, but I did track it down, and did finally manage to fix it. Long story short, the deployment mechanism...
VelaClock Deluxe 2.1.9
A world clock widget that can be configured to display the time of sunrise/sunset, daylight duration, phase of moon, and more.
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 | About VelaClock Deluxe A world clock widget with a highly configurable user interface. VelaClock Deluxe has all the features of the standard version, plus: - Change the current date: a Change Date pane provides the ability to view information for any day in the past or future (from 1932 to 2020). This allows one to determine sunrise, sunset and twilight times for days in the past or future. In addition, one can determine moon rise and set times as well as phase for any day. This is great for photography and outdoor events. - Add user-defined places: to add a new place to VelaClock Deluxe, launch a small utility application from the back of the widget to specify city, country, time zone and a latitude/longitude point. Daylight Saving Time rules are historically accurate. Full Description: Besides displaying local times, users can quickly display the time of sunrise, sunset, or twilight, duration of daylight, current phase of moon, time zone information, and much more. The interface can easily be configured to use a minimum amount of screen space or, if the user wishes, multiple lower panes can be opened to display more information and take up more screen space. The top pane of VelaClock displays a list of cities and corresponding local times. For more detailed information about the currently-selected city, the user can choose whether to display up to four additional panes (each pane has a full and a minimized version). |
Shiver Me Timbers!
For the fans of Captain Jack!...
A SpringWidgets Pirates of the Caribbean countdown clock to put on your profile or blog!
Those of you who have seen my MySpace profile and noticed the skull and crossbones that I use as my profile picture, you have probably figured out that I'm a big fan of pirates.
So much so that I figured that we just had to create a countdown to what will probably be, in my opinion, the biggest movie of the year . . . Pirates of the Caribbean!
Being somewhat piratical ourselves, the team can really relate to the need for blue ocean waters, treasure and wearing silly three cornered pointy hats.
By the way . . . take a look at the bottom of the widget...
Fans of our widgets will notice that the "pop" button has moved from the upper right to the lower left of the widget and it now has a couple of friends, an "options" button and a SpringWidgets logo.
Don't worry, the Pop button will still give you one click downloading of the widget to your desktop if you have the SpringWidgets application installed . . . we just moved it so that it would look better on some of the odd shaped widgets that we are seeing in the gallery.
If you take a moment and click on the options button, you can see that we have added in a few, well... "Options" to the widget. You can now copy the code directly in the widget, download the widget from the menu, jump to the customize/share it page and learn more about the widget you are looking at.
I hope that you like the changes and find that the added functionality enhances your widget experience. If you like the widget and have a moment, stop by our community page and send a note to the team letting them know.
I'm going to go dress up like a pirate now and try and find some buried treasure.
-Don Read More
A SpringWidgets Pirates of the Caribbean countdown clock to put on your profile or blog!
Those of you who have seen my MySpace profile and noticed the skull and crossbones that I use as my profile picture, you have probably figured out that I'm a big fan of pirates.
So much so that I figured that we just had to create a countdown to what will probably be, in my opinion, the biggest movie of the year . . . Pirates of the Caribbean!
Being somewhat piratical ourselves, the team can really relate to the need for blue ocean waters, treasure and wearing silly three cornered pointy hats.
By the way . . . take a look at the bottom of the widget...
Fans of our widgets will notice that the "pop" button has moved from the upper right to the lower left of the widget and it now has a couple of friends, an "options" button and a SpringWidgets logo.
Don't worry, the Pop button will still give you one click downloading of the widget to your desktop if you have the SpringWidgets application installed . . . we just moved it so that it would look better on some of the odd shaped widgets that we are seeing in the gallery.
If you take a moment and click on the options button, you can see that we have added in a few, well... "Options" to the widget. You can now copy the code directly in the widget, download the widget from the menu, jump to the customize/share it page and learn more about the widget you are looking at.
I hope that you like the changes and find that the added functionality enhances your widget experience. If you like the widget and have a moment, stop by our community page and send a note to the team letting them know.
I'm going to go dress up like a pirate now and try and find some buried treasure.
-Don Read More
Optical Illusion Of The Day
This Widget pulls the latest illusion from Mighty Optical Illusions website (www.moillusions.com) and shows it on your desktop. If you click on the image, browser takes you to that particular illusion's description and comments. Read More
WiredDeals
WiredDeals
Keep track of tons of daily deals from FatWallet.com and SlickDeals.net!!! This simple Widget lists top deals as rated by the deal aggregator WiredDeals.com Current version lets you configure: • Number of deals to display • Forum (All, Hot Deals, Finance, Free Stuff, etc) • Deal age limit (deals posted in last 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, etc) • Deals update frequency • Widget appearance (colors) • Widget width Numbers before the deal title are current deal rating and 2-hour rating increase.
Keep track of tons of daily deals from FatWallet.com and SlickDeals.net!!! This simple Widget lists top deals as rated by the deal aggregator WiredDeals.com Current version lets you configure: • Number of deals to display • Forum (All, Hot Deals, Finance, Free Stuff, etc) • Deal age limit (deals posted in last 1 hour, 2 hours, 4 hours, etc) • Deals update frequency • Widget appearance (colors) • Widget width Numbers before the deal title are current deal rating and 2-hour rating increase.
Awesome Photo Gallery/Google Maps Mashup
Awesome Photo Gallery/Google Maps Mashup
I recently was contacted by James Sanders who created a really cool Photo Gallery and Google Maps Mashup. They installed and customized the Photo Gallery Plugin such that a little thumb tack is displayed on a map of the world...
I recently was contacted by James Sanders who created a really cool Photo Gallery and Google Maps Mashup. They installed and customized the Photo Gallery Plugin such that a little thumb tack is displayed on a map of the world...
Spiderman gets on the Express train.
Sony Pictures decided to put out an express widget for the upcoming Spiderman 3 movie.
Being a long time comic book collector, I can completely understand the excitement surrounding this film and am looking forward to seeing this one on the big screen at the local Imax probably more than any of you are.
While you are waiting through the last few days prior to the release, be sure to grab this widget and follow the news leading up to the opening weekend.
Remember, "With great power comes great responsibility!"
Of course, this Spiderman widget is so cool, I had to mash one up myself! as did EJRavin, another of our ExpressWidgets users. Good job EJ! Read More
RostovDonWebCam 1.2
RostovDonWebCam 1.2
Opera Widget that will let you view a live webcam feed on your desktop from Bolshaya Sadovay in Russia Opera Widget that will let you view a live webcam feed on your desktop from Bolshaya Sadovay in Russia (read more)
Opera Widget that will let you view a live webcam feed on your desktop from Bolshaya Sadovay in Russia Opera Widget that will let you view a live webcam feed on your desktop from Bolshaya Sadovay in Russia (read more)
The Paperclip iPhone/iPod Touch Stand [DIY]
The Paperclip iPhone/iPod Touch Stand [DIY]
If $100 is just too much for you to pay for a homemade iPhone stand, then this paperclip version might be a better option. And to anyone who has ever paid more than 50 cents to hold any pocket...
If $100 is just too much for you to pay for a homemade iPhone stand, then this paperclip version might be a better option. And to anyone who has ever paid more than 50 cents to hold any pocket...
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