A little while after I arrived home from work the other day, my wife asked me if I had ever heard of 'Animoto'. I gave her an odd look in response because on my commute home I repeatedly found myself behind a black car with the license plate 'ANIMATO' Fortunately, Animoto is a website that allows you to easily create dynamic slideshows from your pictures and video files and … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
Google Search Gets a New Look
Just performing a routine Google search tonight and something seemed off as I looked through the results. The whole page seemed... brighter. It was different in other ways as well. A while ago (September 09) I read that Google was changing their site to make things a little bit bigger. I never really paid much attention to that and now a bigger, more noticeable change comes … [Read more...]
404 Page Not Found, but Kids Found
I randomly landed onto a page that presented a novel idea, making 404 Page Not Found errors more useful by showing information about missing children. Since I got distracted between opening the page and actually reading it, I had to sit for a while and think of how I got there or if it was a message from above. Once I divined that it was indeed a page that I had opened earlier, … [Read more...]
Hidden Easter Eggs in Software and The Security Implications
With Easter yesterday, it got me thinking about Easter Eggs. Are you aware that there could be hidden little gems in the software you use every day? Some applications, video games, DVDs, and others include little intentional tidbits of code that people might randomly stumble into that shows off some cool feature, display the credits, or are part of some inside joke by the … [Read more...]
Software GiveAways
Freeware is a great alternative to commercial software, sometimes it's even the better choice. Unfortunately there isn't always a freeware alternative. The only thing better than finding the freeware that you need is getting the commercial software that you want for free, legally. Check out these websites for free fully-licensed commercial software. Giveaway of the Day Giveaway … [Read more...]