Archive for October, 2007

What Is Crowd Sourcing?

Friday, October 19th, 2007

There are many tasks in life which are still nearly impossible to perform with computer.

Often these tasks are extremely simple tasks for humans to perform. Let’s take the task of summarizing. A computer is completely unprepared for dealing with matters of language, whereas you or I may be able to read a paragraph and very […]

I Love My MySQL 5.0

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

MySQL is advertised as the world’s most popular open source database, and is used by big names like Yahoo!, NASA and Reuters. Available on all major platforms, easy to install and administer, MySQL is ideal for small to medium companies looking for a high quality database system without the high price tag!

The latest stable version […]

Free Mac Downloads

Saturday, October 13th, 2007

A quick list of my favorite free Mac downloads.

Last.fm - The best social music network, expand your music sense by receiving recommendations based on your music taste.

Screenshot Plus Widget - I use this daily, several different functions of the standard screen grab built into osx.

Amazon Album Art - Fast and easy and accurate way to […]

Panda Nanoscan

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

I just came across a new anti-malware tool, called “Panda Nanoscan”, and accessible at http://www.nanoscan.com.

“Well, that’s what I call YAST” (Yet Another Scanning Tool), I thought at first. I decided to test it, anyway. The neat web 2.0 interface is composed of three main elements: a statistical tool called “infex” at the top left, where […]

Recolor Black And White Photos

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Recolored Have you ever came across a black and white photo that you would like to add new life to?

This $29 software that I stumbled upon called Recolored does just that. The 30-day free trial is suitable for small personal projects if you’ll only be colorizing a single photograph or two. At $29 for a […]

StrokeIt Mouse Gestures

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

StrokeIt - A Mouse gesture software I recently stumbled upon. It is called the Mouse Gestures. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, let me explain.

Mouse gesture is an ingenious way of tracking the way you move your mouse and convert it to a specific command for your computer. Now, some of […]