How many times have we seen a font used in a magazine, on a box, or in an advertisement, and wanted to find out what font it is? Up until I discovered WhatTheFont!, I had to go through every font in Word and compare it with the original. WhatTheFont! is a tool to help you discover, well, what font is …
Remember when you were young and the teacher would say, on the first day of school, “All right kids, write a letter to yourself one year from now, and at the end of the year, I’ll give the letters back to you?” Now, there’s a website for that (and maybe an app too, who knows?) FutureMe.org is a handy service …
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 …
Does that window look familiar? Ever wish you could customize it with options such as: opening a file, opening a website, or running a program? Guess what? You can. And here’s how!
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 …