In my search for a nice and simple software clock with chime I found ClockSmith Lite. It’s available for Windows and Mac. The chime is really nice and can be set to play quarterly, every half hour, hourly, or it can be turned off.
I have set the chime for every half hour in order [...]
Nuts and bolts as well as bits and pieces
Category Archives: Tips and Tools
ClockSmith Lite, a nice clock with chime
Microsoft Security Essentials
I have been using ZoneAlarm Internet Security for a while but found it too complicated and it takes too much resources. In beginning of November Lifehacker wrote about Five Best Antivirus Applications, one of them is Microsoft Security Essentials.
A few days later Lifehacker wrote Stop Paying For Windows Security; Microsoft’s Security Tools Are Good [...]
EditPad Pro Text Editor
I have been using EditPad Lite for a longer time because of its ability to handle multiple files with a tabbed interface. EditPad Lite is quite powerful yet lacked some features that I wanted.
I write my blog posts in HTML-format and wanted a better text editor for that. Since I am pleased with the Lite-version [...]
WriteMonkey text editor
Through Another Fantastic Full Screen Text Editor I found WriteMonkey. It says:
Zenware for full screen distraction free creative writing. No whistles and bells, just empty screen, you and your words. WriteMonkey is light, fast, and perfectly handy for those who enjoy the simplicity of a typewriter but live in modern times.
I downloaded WriteMonkey and test [...]
Wordle, create word clouds
I found Wordle through Lifehacker.
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you [...]
New versions of Tweetdeck, Seesmic square off
At cnet is a post about New versions of Tweetdeck, Seesmic square off.
I use Tweetdeck and there are two new features that I look forward to, synchronization and multiple account support. Synchronization means you do not have to recreate groups and search queries on other computers if you use Tweetdeck on several ones. I have [...]
10 Twitter Tools to Organize Your Tweeps
Mashable has a great post about 10 Twitter Tools to Organize Your Tweeps.
Among the tools mentioned I use TwitterGrader and FriendOrFollow, I found some new ones that I shall take a look at.
5 Ways to Share Images on Twitter
Mashable has a post about 5 Ways to Share Images on Twitter. Under some of those ways there are several services listed, in all there are about a dozen.
In the comments someone mentions SnapTweet that works in combination with Flickr.
Personally I am not keen on giving my Twitter password to other services. That means I [...]
Useful Twitter Tools That Don’t Require Your Password
Twitip has a post about 11 Useful Twitter Tools That Don’t Require Your Password. Personally I avoid services that require my password, this is an excellent list. I already use some of them and will look at some of the others.
GMail and gadgets
I use Gmail, I like the labels instead of folders plus their strong spam filter. Google has introduced some useful extra features in the Labs section under settings.
ReadWriteWeb has a post about Five Fabulous Gmail Gadgets You Won’t Find in Labs. One of them is the Twitter Gadget:
The Twitter Gadget is a recent favorite of [...]
