Here are some cool sites I bookmarked on Delicious for November 9th from 08:04 to 08:30
These are my links to webpages I found interesting while surfing the internet for November 9th from 08:04 to 08:30:
- Sysinternals-Suite Download – Freeware Files.com – Utilities Category – Sysinternals Troubleshooting Utilities have been rolled up into a single Suite of tools. This file contains more than 60 of the individual troubleshooting tools and help files. It does not contain non-troubleshooting tools like the BSOD Screen Saver or NotMyFault.
- WSCC Windows System Control Center – When it comes to getting deep into a Windows system and tweaking the stuff you can't get to from the Control Panel, the free tools provided by Nirsoft and Sysinternals are hard to beat. Windows System Control Center is a free, no-install app that provides a convenient front-end for running every app released by those groups. The app requires that you keep each group of utilities in the same directory, but the majority of them are portable and USB-friendly. System Control Center requires that you download the apps in question, but it also links to a few standard high-level Windows tools for all-in-one fix-it work
- John’s Background Switcher « John’s Adventures – John's Background Switcher—a free utility that rotates your desktop wallpaper using photos from sources like Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, or just your desktop—has updated to support for RSS feeds. That means the popular wallpaper tool now supports sites like deviantArt, LOLCats, and pretty much any other photo site with an RSS feed. If you're keen on keeping your desktop fresh, John's Background Switcher is a godsend.
- Analog Clock – a free, analog and skinnable Windows tray clock replacement. – Free system tray utility Analog Clock replaces your default Windows date and time display with a classy new clock complete with a pop-up calendar. The app comes packaged with several customizable skins you can tweak to your liking, and though the analog version seems like the biggest draw, Analog Clock also comes with digital skins that still improve on the Windows default. The new looks are great, but the best feature may be the pop-up calendar that appears when you hover your mouse over the clock (a real godsend in XP).
- FuturixImager – If you're looking for an alternative to the image viewer and editor built-in with Windows, try FuturixImager. Open images from your machine to create a slideshow or import images from a camera or scanner. View file information including EXIF image meta-data, print images, and even edit them with the simple image editor that allows you to crop, rotate, and add filters. A set of lossless JPEG transformations will also allow you to make some edits (like rotation) while preserving file data. Additional plug-ins can be downloaded as well. FuturixImager is a free download for Windows
- GreatNews: The Intelligent RSS Reader – If you can't always get online to read your feeds, and would prefer to browse more than just post headlines, check out GreatNews. The default browsing view opens up feeds in a two-column, full-post view that's more reminiscent of newspaper site layouts than long lists of post headlines. I had no trouble importing my collection of subscriptions from Mac's NetNewsWire using an OPML file, though it took a long time — even though the product's site declares "GreatNews is extremely fast. Even with hundreds of rss feed subscriptions." For Bloglines users, GreatNews will actually synchronize with your the online feed reader — so that you don't end up reading the same posts twice, and can keep reading even if you aren't connected to the web. Other helpful features include labels for articles, great search functionality and the ability to watch particular sites and keywords to make relevant articles stand out and harder to miss.
- ICONlook.com – the icon search. – ICONlook offers a pretty handy interface for searching and downloading icon files, whether for replacing out-of-place icons on your system or adding some graphical polish to a site. The engine's reach is somewhat limited at this point, but it helpfully provides a link to the license type for each result, when known, and seems to lean toward free and Creative Commons sources to begin with. Until Google adds icon files to their filetype:x capabilities, ICONlook is a good bet for designing your desktop.
- IcoFX – The Free Icon Editor – f you're looking to create or edit custom icons, try IcoFX. With support for multiple resolutions and transparency, you can create slick, resizable icons for applications you develop or just to help you quickly find oft-used folders. And you can export icons into Windows or Mac format. The software offers some basic image editing tools, but you can also import images from other programs like Photoshop or Illustrator. IcoFX will preserve transparency and even do the resizing and color mapping. The Tools menu offers both batch processing for handling multiple icons, and a resource editor to change the icons for binary files.
- MagicISO – Convert BIN to ISO, Create, Edit, Burn, Extract ISO file, ISO/BIN converter/extractor/editor – MagicISO is a powerful CD/DVD image file creating/editing/extracting tool. It can open / create / edit /extract CD/DVD image files, and it can convert bin to iso and back. as well as make ISO file from DVD/CD-ROM or hard disk, and handle bootable information at meanwhile.
- The Official ImgBurn Website – ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!
It has several 'Modes', each one for performing a different task:
* Read – Read a disc to an image file
* Build – Create an image file from files on your computer or network – or you can write the files directly to a disc
* Write – Write an image file to a disc
* Verify – Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
* Discovery – Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing - DateInTray – Free application DateInTray adds a small, unobtrusive calendar icon to your system tray displaying the current date. Clicking the icon displays a small pop-up calendar. If you liked the calendar integration of previously mentioned Analog Clock but don't want to expand your taskbar to enjoy it, DateInTray (which we've mentioned once before) is a perfect utility. And if you're the type to avoid extra system tray utilities to avoid bloat, DateInTray's minuscule 500-700KB of RAM usage should please even the most miserly of systems.
