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Discover File Extensions and Freeware to Open them on Openwith.org

T.J. Mininday — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:23:39 +0000

Discovering files that you cannot open can be a real annoyance. Whether you have downloaded it, received it via e-mail or found it on your company’s network, discovering an unknown extension typically leads you straight to Google. There are a lot of file extension sites out there, but none quite like this.

OpenWith.org is a simple online and offline application that can quickly find whatever extension that you are searching for and not only tell you what program it’s typically used for, but also free apps that will open them as well. Trying to find a conversion tool or combing for a free alternative has never been any easier.

In the below screenshot, you’ll see that I looked up the popular Powerpoint Presentation Extension, PPT. It has given me not just one, but two free options to opening this file type.

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Screenshot a Website and Archive It with BackUpURL

T.J. Mininday — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:06:55 +0000

Have you ever wanted to simply archive a particular website instantly? How often do you use the internet archive to look back at the internet in the past? Want to share a website that you know will be removed due to legal reasons? Well, then BackupURL is for you.

BackupURL is self proclaimed as ” The First Instant URL Caching Website!”. It takes any URL and caches it’s current page instantly. Once it’s created, a random permanent URL is created and can be shared for everyone’s use.

It works different then services such as Google or other automated cache, in that it’s instantaneous. Once you enter the URL, it automatically stores the page and generates the URL for you.

Check out BackupURL

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Sunday Finds 11.30.08 – The Best Websites, Software and Blog Links of The Week

T.J. Mininday — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:25:26 +0000

Another week, another great list of some of the best websites, blogs and software I’ve discovered.

Permanently Remove ‘My Pictures’ in Windows Vista – The title says it all. It’s helpful when using Vista’s insta-search, when you want to look by P, not M.

Wubi – Install Ubuntu just as you would any other Windows application.

Colibri – A free and incredibly competitive option to the popular ‘Launchy’ app. It’s a quick to launch any application or file through a small GUI.

FreshApps.com – A new, up and coming website, to discover great iPhone apps.

TechCityInc – A great tech blog that covers blogging, software and web 2.0.

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Sunday Links 11.02.08 – The Windows Fix Weekly Link Finds

T.J. Mininday — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:59:03 +0000

Another week gone by, another week of stellar stories and link finds. Here’s my top five this past week:

What Movie should I watch next? – MakeUseOf – I can’t deny it, I am a huge fan of movies. I own way to many DVDs and probably have spent way more then I should have in the past few years at the theater, but I guess the costs of loving them. One of the MakeUseOf writers came up with a few online movie recommendation engines to check out. They are all great.

HTTP File Server – GHacks – GHacks does it again, and finds a small, excellent HTTP utility for hosting local computer files via the internet…quickly and easily. Looks slick..I haven’t tried it yet.

Watermark Images – Techie Buzz – Retaining copyright of images you produce on your blog, can be very important. You don’t want people taking advantage of quality screenshots or images that you’ve taken the time to produce. Techie Buzz has provided a quick and easy application to put a watermark on each and every image.

Windows 7 Information – Paul Thurott’s Supersite for Windows and Windows 7 News – A couple of great places to find information on Microsoft’s next release of Windows. Lots of screenshots, lots of feature news and lots of updates. Bookmark both of them.
Undelete Plus – TechnoBuzz – A great, free application for recovering those permanently deleted files off of your computer.

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Convert YouTube Video to MP3 Audio

T.J. Mininday — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:45:39 +0000

Find an incredible cover songs on YouTube that you’d like to add to your playlist, or just want to download a quick news report that has been posted to the massive video site? Well, something like Vidtomp3.com has been something I’ve been looking a while. I’ve even gone as far as to download the YouTube video one of the handy Firefox extensions, then convert with another 3rd party app.

Vidtomp3 simply takes a YouTube video link and converts it the most popular of all video format…MP3.

Update: I’ve discovered MediaConverter.org is much better option.

VidToMp3 – via Alfred’s Tech Blog

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