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Ridiculously Useful Websites

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:07:59 GMT

clipped by: TwilaMarie

15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

Web MD

Provides a reference for anyone looking to diagnose his or her symptoms or research medical issues. It is a good place to visit before making that, oh so expensive, trip to the doctor.

E-How

A reference site for just about everything else. Want to k now how to wax snow skis? Make pizza dough? Install a bathtub? This is the place.

Bartleby

One of the better academic research websites I've come across.

How Stuff Works

A very cool website that contains explanations of those mysteries in life that you just can't figure out. A few examples are Murphy's Law, Pickpockets, and Light Sabers (Yes, light sabers).

Seriously, the coolest music-related site I've seen. You choose the mood, intensity, and genres of the music you would like to hear and the site will provide you with a virtual web of music to explore. The web evolves with each choice you make. You can click on any song in the web at anytime.

Tags: useful, websites

FREE software

Tue, 15 May 2007 02:07:48 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: heliologue.com

Web Browsers

Instant Messaging Clients

Miscellaneous P2P Clients

Antivirus Clients

Software Firewalls

Spyware Prevention/Removal

Security and Encryption Software

Office/Publishing/Productivity Software

Editors and IDEs

HTML editing and web design

Personal Finance

PDF Reading and Writing

Video

Audio

Image Utilities

CD Burning

Virtual Disc utilities

Archivers and Compressors

Diagnostics/OS tools

Emulators

Tags: free, software, downloads

Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever

Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:20:54 GMT

clipped by: zlaw777

Clip Source: gadgets.fosfor.se

10. Roll-up keyboard

This keyboard has the same measurements as a standard 102-key keyboard, but there’s a big difference. You can roll this one up and put it in your pocket. Nice.

9. The wrist keyboard

This one might be useful if you’re in the need to type stuff while doing practical work in tough climates - but if you would wear this keyboard at the office, you might be considered a bit geeky.

8. Maltron 3D Ergonomic Keyboard

Things are starting to get a bit more weird, ey? Getting used to this keyboard isn’t something you’ll do in 10 minutes or so - it will take a while for sure. But if you have medical problems with your hands, this might be a good choice since it’s a very ergonomic keyboard. It looks very weird though!

7. The SafeType keyboard

Just take a look at this one. Do you understand how to use it? The idea is that your hands and arms shall be in a more relaxed position while working with the SafeType compared to a traditional keyboard. While doing research for this article I ran across this review of the safetype:

6. Virtual Laser Keyboard

Wow, it’s heating up, don’t you agree? This is more cool than weird though. This laser gadget projects a virtual keyboard on a table or other suitable material, and then interpret your finger movement and pass them on to your PDA or whatever you have it connected to. Cool.

5. The frogpad

The frogpad is a tiny, tiny keyboard - or it would be more suitable to call it a keypad actually. The manufacturer say that you can get up to 40 words per minute if you practice between 6 to 10 hours with it. Any idea why they are calling it a frogpad?

4. The Twiddler 2

What do you say about the Twiddler 2? It looks to be quite painful to use, or what do you think? According to the testimonials at their site, it will take you ‘a weekend’ to learn typing 30 words per minute, so the frogpad wins that round. The Twiddler actually reminds me of those guitar classes I took when I was a young boy…

3. The Orbitouch

2. The Datahand

1. The Tidy Tippist

Tags: keyboards, top 10, bizarre, weird, strange, images

Newest best freeware files

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:07:35 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.techsupportalert.com

47 Best Free Digital Image Stitcher
48 Best Free PDF Writer
49 Best Free File Comparison Utility
50 Best Tabbed Internet Explorer Variant
51 Best Free Time Correction Utility
52 Best Free Startup Manager
53 Best Free File Backup Program
54 Best Free NFO Viewer
55 Best Free Data Recovery Utility
56 Best Free Remote Access Software
57 Best Free PIM
58 Best Free Windows Driver Backup
59 Best Free Program Un-installer
60 Best Free Internet Accelerator
61 Best Windows Toolbar Backup
62 Best Encryption Utility for Personal Use at Work
63 Best Free CD Catalogue Organizer
64 Best Free File Encryption Utility
65 Best Free Drive Encryption Utility
66 Best Free Non-Adobe PDF Reader
67 Best Free Disk De-fragmenter
68 Best Free Dictionary/Thesaurus Utility
69 Best Free Spell-Checker
70 Best Free Audio Editing Software
71 Best Free Web Form Filler/Password Manager
72 Best Free File Un-delete Utility
73 Best Free Outlook Express Backup
74 Best Free Outlook Add-ins
75 Best Free Timesheet Program
76 Best Free CD Recovery Utility
77 Best Free Application Minimizer
78 Best Free Parental Filter
79 Best Free Route Tracer
80 Best Free Browser Scrubber
81 Best Free Instant Messaging Client
82 Best Free Video Editor
83 Best Free CD Ripper
84 Best Free Video Conversion Program
85 Best Free Reminder/To-Do Program
86 Best Free CD Burning Software
87 Best Free Notes Organizer
88 Best Free Virtual Desktop Manager
89 Best Free Duplicate File Detector
90 Best Free Program Launcher
91 Best Free Streaming Media Recorder New!
92 Best Free Backup Program New!
93 Best Homebrew Beer Software New!
94 Best Free Boilerplate Text Manager New!
95 Best Free Drive Imaging Program New!
97 Best Free Project Manager New!
98 Best Free Memory Testing Utility New!
99 Best Free Software Cataloging Utility New!
100 Best Free Web Site Link Checker New!
101 Best Free Internet Business Guide New!
102 Best Free Program Scheduler New!
103 Best Free Tray Clock Replacement New!

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Tags: newest, best, freeware, files

Best system tools - Tweak,repair,delete recover,view, manage your Windows

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:07:11 GMT

clipped by: ctrinity

Clip Source: freeware.carolsvault.com

Advanced Windows Care (tweak, repair and fix windows errors)
RegToy - tweak and manage xp
TuneXP - system tuneup*****(all in one speedup)
PCTuner 6.2.8 - pc tunning
Optimizer XP - tweaks and speeds up slow computers
TweakUI - computer tweaking
X-Setup -last free version -tweaking
Safe Xp - tweaks various security and privacy settings in XP
Freecommander 2004 -file manager
Cacheman- memory management
PC Inspector File Recovery
WinDirStat 1.1.2 disk usage statistics
Virtual Magnifying Glass v2.36 screen magnification
TaskSwitchXP 2.09
Startup Control Panel -startup
Advanced Disk Cleaner disk cleaner
Process Explorer -system monitoring
Eraser -secure deletion
Driver Cleaner drive cleaning
Starter-startup management
Autoruns-startup management
CPU-Z system information
Undelete recover lost files
XP Syspad Windows system utility

Tags: tweak, repair, delete recover, view, manage your windows, freeware, open source

Clues to Why We Dream at All

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:13:26 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes
clipper's remarks:

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In a recent paper in Psychological Bulletin, Dr. Nielsen and Dr. Levin proposed that dreaming served to create what they call “fear extinction memories,” the brain’s way of scrambling, detoxifying and finally discarding old fearful memories, the better to move on and make synaptic space for any novel threats that may show up at the door. “The brain learns quickly what to be afraid of,” Dr. Nielsen said. “But if there isn’t a check on the process, we’d fear things in adulthood we feared in childhood.”

Ordinary bad dreams rarely recapitulate unpleasant events from real life but instead cannibalize them for props and spare parts, and through that reinvention, Dr. Nielsen explained, the fears are defanged. “A bad dream that doesn’t lead to awakening is successful in dealing with intense emotion,” he said. “It’s disturbing, but there is some kind of resolution to the extent we don’t wake up.”
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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

In the Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All

nightmares and dreadful dreams offer potentially telling clues into the larger mystery of why we dream in the first place, how our dreaming and waking lives may intersect and cross-infect each other, and, most baffling of all, how we manage to construct a virtual reality in our skull, a seemingly life-size, multidimensional, sensorily rich nocturnal roundhouse staffed with characters so persuasive you want to ... strangle them, before they can strangle you.

A big reason bad dreams offer insight into the architecture of dreams generally is that, as a host of studies have shown, most of our dreams are bad.

about three-quarters of the emotions described are negative.

When slipping into REM sleep

“The limbic system becomes incredibly active, much more so than when you’re awake, which is why you’re emotionally on edge in dreams.”

At the same time, the prefrontal cortex, seat of rational thought and critical reasoning, is on lunch break

Tags: dreams, dream, sleep, brain, emotion, science, research, neuroscience, nightmare

The most bizarre musical instrument on earth

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:47:35 GMT

clipped by: mickfinn

Clip Source: deputy-dog.com

a few years ago in japan, members of the hokkaido industrial research institute started carving thousands of very precise grooves into nearby roads. the slightly loopy brainwave belonged to a mr. shinoda, a guy who accidentally cut a road in several places with a digger and then later drove over the damage in his car.

he realised that with some planning and time to kill he could create rows of grooves which, when driven over at a certain speed, would ‘play a tune’.

the results, the ‘melody road’, can be seen above and the grooves are between 6 and 12mm apart: the narrower the interval, the higher the pitch. these stretches of road, each playing a different tune, can currently be found in 3 places in japan - hokkaido, wakayama and gunma - with the optimum musical speed being a depressingly slow 28mph.

don’t expect a virtual orchestra - from what i’ve heard, it’s not exactly beautiful music, but it’s unique and it’s mental. a winning combination.

Tags: hokkaido, japan, music

You' named Time's person of 2006

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:12:05 GMT

clipped by: wildcat
clipper's remarks: yes! "seizing the reins of the global media" let them check clipmarks!

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

'You' named Time's person of 2006

YouTube viewers watch more than 100 million videos a day on the site

"You" have been named as Time magazine's Person of the Year for the growth and influence of user-generated content on the internet.

The US magazine praised the public for "seizing the reins of the global media" and filling the web's virtual world.

Time has been giving its controversial awards since 1927, aiming to identify those who most affect the news.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Chinese leader Hu Jintao and North Korea's Kim Jong-il were 2006 runners.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, his wife Melinda and rock star Bono won the accolade last year and recent winners also include President George W Bush in 2004, and "The American Soldier" in 2003.

'Wresting power'

The magazine said naming a collectivity rather than an individual reflected the way the internet was shifting the balance of power within the media through blogs, videos and social networks.

Time cited websites such as YouTube, Facebook, MySpace and Wikipedia, which allow users to interact with the web by uploading and publishing their own comments, videos, pictures and links.

"It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes," Time magazine's Lev Grossman writes.

Time praised the tool that made such broad collaboration possible - the web.

"It's a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter," Mr Grossman said.

Time aims to pick "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or for ill".

Previous winners have often sparked controversy - including Adolf Hitler in 1938 and, in 1979, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini.

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Tags: news, internet, person of the year, user generated content

2D images into 3D.. Its AMAZING

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:37:35 GMT

clipped by: thefoxalmighty
clipper's remarks: this is really intresting..

Clip Source: www.techcrunch.com

Fotowoosh, a new service from Maryland-based startup Freewebs, will turn any image (preferably an outdoor image) into a 3D model. They went live on Friday. Examples of what the service can do are above (along with the original 2D images. A video is here which shows more examples.

The 3D image is constructed in Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) format, meaning you currently need a VRML reader to see it (future browsers will likely build this functionality in). In a week or so, the company say, users will be able to upload a picture and have a 3D animated image returned to them in a Flash widget that can be embedded on any website.

Tags: technology, images

Future 'Top 10' Hot Careers in 2012

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:14:56 GMT

clipped by: Mohir
clipper's remarks: 5) Simulation Engineering
By 2012, an increase in processing power and rich data will make simulations more realistic, and user-friendly. Simulation engineers will be working on bringing us closer to “Star Trek’s” Holodecks—the ultimate total immersion simulation. Simulations will be in every industry and every engineering field,

6) Boomer Caregiving
7) Genetic Counseling
8) Brain Analysts
9) Space Tourism
10) Roboticists

Clip Source: www.dailygalaxy.com

In our information-rich society there is an ever increasing demand for workers in the fields of computers, health care, science and space technology—much of it driven by the demands of the retiring baby boomers. If you like to plan ahead, here is sampling of some of the jobs that will be hot in the next several years and beyond.

1) Organic food Industry

By 2010, organic food and beverage will represent about 10 percent of the total market — a tenfold increase from 1998

2) Computational Biology

There is a growing need to combine computer science, biology and math to make sense of research data in massive quantities,

3) Parallel Programming

By 2012, computers will jump from core duo processors to multi-core processors — as many as 80 processors per machin

4) Data Technology

Data technologists build structures—real and virtual—that turn the pile of data into something meaningful and beautiful,

Tags: future, work, jobs

Neat Sites 4

Mon, 28 May 2007 15:20:43 GMT

clipped by: Robatron
clipper's remarks: A list of neat sites. #4

Clip Source: neatsites.magictree.com

Amusing Sites
Lycos Top 50
Anagrams
Addicting Games
Miniclip Games
Annals of Improbable Research
Darwin Awards
Dialectizer
The Straight Dope
The Onion
Top Secret Recipes
CopyKat Recipes

Computers
Tom's Hardware
CNET Hardware Reviews
W3Schools
Major Geeks
CERT Computer Security
Tech Support Forum
Web Developer's Virtual Library
WebMonkey
About.com Clip Art index
Silent PC Review
Quiet PC
Silicon Acoustics
End PC Noise
Videoguys (DVD)
A1Javascripts
Dynamic Drive Javascripts
Linux.org

Internet
CNet/Hotspots
DSLReports Speedtest
Shields Up/Leak Test
TheList - ISPs
DSL Reports
JiWire Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi Hotspots
Whois.net
Find My Hosting
SelfPromotion.com
Search Engine Watch
MySpace
GeoCities
AngelFire
1dollarhosting
Tripod

Tags: list, site, websites, free, cool

Virtual Hallucinations drive police crazy

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:57:34 GMT

clipped by: kkcapricorn
clipper's remarks: I would love to see that!!

Clip Source: www.wired.com

Being crazy is hard, but it's worth the effort. Especially if you're a cop, paramedic, or social worker who may someday need to deal with a person having a psychotic episode. At those times, empathy can be crucial.

That's where Virtual Hallucinations comes in. The training device, created by Janssen L.P., is a rig with earphones and goggles that plunges the wearer into the mind of a serious schizophrenic. The system offers two interactive scenarios. In one, you're riding a bus in which other riders appear and disappear, birds of prey claw at the windows, and voices hiss, "He's taking you back to the FBI!" The other features a trip to the drugstore, where the pharmacist seems to be handing you poison instead of pills, and hostile customers stare at you in disgust.

that can make all the difference when it comes to understanding what a mentally ill person is going through. And there's nothing crazy about that.

Tags: police, mental illness, psychology, knowledge

Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones)

Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:54:01 GMT

clipped by: laceym
clipper's remarks: You've gotta love your brain and the way it can translate phase and timing differences in sound into a spatial map, without you really having to think about it. You'll need headphones for this to work.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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Tags: science, cetera, audio, sound, brain

Waiting for the Rapture

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:42:42 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.spectrum.ieee.org

Technological convergence will change our lives but won't make them indenfinitely long

Across cultures, classes, and aeons, people have yearned to transcend death.

Bear that history in mind as you consider the creed of the singularitarians. Many of them fervently believe that in the next several decades we’ll have computers into which you’ll be able to upload your consciousness—the mysterious thing that makes you you. Then, with your consciousness able to go from mechanical body to mechanical body, or virtual paradise to virtual paradise, you’ll never need to face death, illness, bad food, or poor cellphone reception.

Now you know why the singularity has also been called the rapture of the geeks.

The singularity is supposed to begin shortly after engineers build the first computer with greater-than-human intelligence.

Tags: singularity, rapture

Virtual Mouse Cleaner

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:05:23 GMT

clipped by: xbeckyax

Clip Source: www.allowe.com

Virtual Mouse Cleaner

This couldn't be easier. Just follow these simple instructions:

Click your mouse just to the left the letter "S" below.
Hold down the mouse button and move your mouse down and right until you are to the right of the letter "K".
Voila!

stop screwing around and
get back to work

Tags: fun, humour, joke

Clipmarks | kidora's 'virtual' clips

Ridiculously Useful Websites

15 Ridiculously Useful Websites

Web MD

E-How

Bartleby

How Stuff Works

Musicovery

FREE software

Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever

Newest best freeware files

Best system tools - Tweak,repair,delete recover,view, manage your Windows

Clues to Why We Dream at All

In the Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All

The most bizarre musical instrument on earth

You' named Time's person of 2006

2D images into 3D.. Its AMAZING

Future 'Top 10' Hot Careers in 2012

Neat Sites 4

Virtual Hallucinations drive police crazy

Virtual Barber Shop (Audio...use headphones)

Waiting for the Rapture

Technological convergence will change our lives but won't make them indenfinitely long

Virtual Mouse Cleaner

Virtual Mouse Cleaner

stop screwing around and get back to work

stop screwing around and
get back to work