Uniquewg.com has a unique collection of widgets (who would’ve guessed?), including this very easy-to-use countdown timer. It’s a Windows gadget that does only one thing: count down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds until a particular date. How you use it is up to you, so what are you waiting for, grab yours today! Link: http://www.uniquewg.com/gadget_countdown.php
A long time ago, I covered MuseScore, an application that can typeset your music as well as play it back. And now, for something completely similar… Originally developed as a game to train people how to play piano, Synthesia is equally adept at playing back your music. Instead of a bunch of notes on five-line staves, Synthesia uses a Guitar-Hero-esque …
Flash Drive Reminder is another simple program that only does one thing — remind you to remove that flash drive before logging off! Over the past few years, I think I’ve broken the world record for most flash drives lost: six. That’s why I don’t carry a flash drive around anymore; I opt for cloud storage systems like Dropbox, or …
I’ve found myself stuck in many situations where my laptop screen is too bright for my eyes, and yet the brightness is as low as it can go. Up until recently I’ve tried to work around it, including wearing sunglasses at the computer (tip: that doesn’t really help.) Then, I discovered a utility called PangoBright. While it cannot call your …
This post was originally written by thebeebs on blogs.msdn.net, on 9 January 2012. You can read the original post here. How to name a web browser (by those who have) I don’t know about you, but my web browser is the second app I launch every day (just after email). In fact, overall, I probably spend more time using it …