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Category: Web/Tech
Deep Font
Deep Font Challenge, a simple flash-based target shooting game, is surprisingly addictive, and may teach you to recognize type-faces.
(via How About Orange)
ListenToYouTube
ListenToYouTube.com converts a YouTube video to an audio MP3 file.
Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts…
…and shortcuts for more applications in the sidebar. (Am I still the only person in the world who thinks of them as hotkeys?)
Unsolicited Commercial Email
If you’ve noticed a recent resurgence in the amount of spam you receive, this Network World article explains why: Security networks send spammers underground. GMail does a good job of filtering spam to it’s own folder, and I delete it every day. This gives me the ability to estimate of how much I am receiving daily. It has approximately doubled in the past three months.
Stocking Stuffer
This Princeton Tec Tool was in my stocking Thursday, probably so I could wear it out to the barn to feed the horses at night. I was surprised that such a small device could produce such brilliant light: in fact, I ended up using the dimmest of the non-strobe settings. It is very handy to be able to carry buckets in one hand, and open latches with the other, without having to worry about a flash-light. I’ll be interested to see how long it goes on three AAA batteries, and will have to get some more rechargeables in that size. Updated: To point to correct item.
Mindless
This little Flash program called Grid2 provides some mindless diversion when you start realizing how close we are to Christmas. (Move your mouse cursor over the grid to see how it works.)
Koobface
One of my coworkers was just hit with the trojan horse mentioned in this article: Facebook Virus Turns Your Computer into a Zombie. As always, the best advice is don’t open attachments that you aren’t expecting.
Copy and Go
To solve the frustration of hyperlinks that aren’t clickable, Copy and Go is a small Firefox extension that allows you to mark a text hyperlink, right click it, select Copy and Go, and the link will open in the new tab.
Back at the Teahouse
Fans of the little fox of the Teahouse Igoogle Theme can now see its backyard. One of the new themes for Gmail has a whole new set of scenes with the little critter.