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June 2011 - Posts
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Greetings, TEXTMIRROR is a free online tool for removing HTML code from a web page, leaving just plain text. Today’s tool, TEXTMIRROR does just one thing but does it very easily and well. That one “thing” is removing HTML tags and code from a web page, Read More...
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Greetings, EMAIL ME! is a free, online contact form that can be added to a web site or blog. Sometimes the simplest problems are the hardest to solve. Email is a good example. How does someone add an email contact address to a web or blog site without Read More...
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Greetings, ACCOUNT KILLER is a free online service that will assist users in deleting/removing their accounts or public profiles from popular websites such as Facebook, Linkedin, My Space, etc. Most web services such as Facebook, Gmail, Skype or Twitter Read More...
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Greetings, TEXT2SPEECH is an easy to use, text to speech converter. There was a time when text-to-speech conversion tools were looked upon with the same awe as 3D video and, were about as rare. No longer. Several free tools have emerged recently which Read More...
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Greetings, SPORKTRIS is a free, downloadable, Tetris-like game for Mac, Linux and Windows.It’s Sunday again — the day of rest. Some folks like to relax by playing computer games and what better game to play on a relaxing Sunday then the perennial favourite Read More...
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Greetings, DOJ is a free service for checking whether a website is up or not. One of the many problems which comes with using the Internet is knowing what is happening, “out there”. So much of what you and I depend on such as routers, switches, backbones, Read More...
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Greetings, MINIGROUP is a free, online and private group collaboration service. Finding a private spot on the web to collaborate with a bunch of people such as a study group, master’s cohort or golf buddies is not as easy as it sounds. Ning used to be Read More...
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Greetings, ARTICLE CHECKER is a free, web based plagiarism detection tool. Today’s site — ARTICLE CHECKER — offers a service that’s near and dear to the hearts of many educators — plagiarism checking. One of the downsides to the digital world is the ease Read More...
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Greetings, Last week, the BlueBlots website released a set of 30+ UNIQUE CHINESE FONTS which are free and downloadable. It’s been a while since I’ve featured any fonts or clipart here. Time to rectify that with today’s offering, 30+ UNIQUE CHINESE FONTS. Read More...
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Greetings, KYPLEXAV is a free web service for checking website for viruses or any other malicious threats. I call it, “The Devil’s Bargain”. You and I want something — software, services, files, pictures, resources, etc., — for free however, obtaining Read More...
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Greetings, PIKIPIMP is a free, online photo-editing tool. It’s been a while since a new photo-editing tool has appeared on the Web but here’s a new one I just discovered called, PIKIPIMP. As photo-editing tools go, PIKIPIMP is not “awash” with features Read More...
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Greetings, PICASPOT is a free web site where photographers can find the best sites to take pictures. It’s Sunday again and Father’s Day, here in North American. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads who are reading this. I hope you have a great day and your Read More...
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Greetings, DEFENSIO is a free, real-time protection service that provides malicious content detection, profanity filtering, Facebook protection, URL category blocking, plus enhanced statistics. There are lots of free programs available to protect computers Read More...
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Greetings, WOORANK is a free online tool for analysing web site performance and ranking Do you have a web or blog site? Are you curious as to how well it stacks up to similar sites? Today’s tool, called WOORANK can help with that. WOORANK calls itself Read More...
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Greetings, KIDIPEDE is a free, online dictionary/encyclopedia focusing on middle school students. I was tempted to pass up today’s site — KIDIPEDE. It advertised itself as a history site. Closer inspection revealed that much of it’s content is history Read More...
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Greetings, SAFE-NET is a web site with free cyber-safety resources for parents, students and teachers. Technically, SAFE-NET is a Cyber Safety Awareness program developed by the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. The focus of the program is to raise the Read More...
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Greetings, RANDOM NAME SELECTOR is a free web service which will randomly choose one name from a list of names. How often have teachers/parents/coaches/?‘s had to make a choice about who goes first or last from a group of people. It’s one of those situations Read More...
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Greetings, AUDIO TWEET is a free online service for sending audio messages using Twitter. Do you “Tweet”? I do. Not a lot but I’m usually responsible for a couple of tweets a day, mainly about interesting sites or stories that I’ve found. Twitter, like Read More...
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Greetings, The MUSEUM OF ME is an online service created by Intel to visualize all the text, pictures and video clips found on a person’s Facebook account. It’s Sunday again, the day of rest. Some folks enjoy spending their leisure time working on their Read More...
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Greetings, SCRUBLY is a free online service for spotting duplicate entries in an address book or contact list. It’s not often that I’m “stumped” by an app but that’s the case with today’s offering — SCRUBLY. Try as I might, I could not figure out how Read More...
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Greetings, QUIXEY is a new specialized search engine that looks for just applications or programs. Since starting this blog many years ago, I’ve looked at a lot of specialized search tools. These tools focused their search power on finding very specific Read More...
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Greetings, GOOGAWHO is a web site set up for side by side search engine comparisons. First of all, thank you to all the people who attended my workshop on Internet Searching and Search Engines at the BC Home School Convention, last Friday. I love presenting Read More...
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Greetings, STENCYLWORKS is a free, downloadable, game creation application for Mac & Windows. I confess that I’ve not actually tried today’s offering, STENCYLWORKS but I am definitely intrigued by it’s potential. STENCYLWORKS is a free downloadable program Read More...
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Greetings, RETRO CANDY is a set of free, downloadable icons with a hand drawn, retro look. I haven’t mentioned any icons in awhile so, time to make up for that deficiency with today’s offering called, RETRO CANDY. RETRO CANDY is a set of downloadable Read More...
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Greetings, BUBBLE COMMENT is a free online tool for recording and posting brief video messages Teaching online has many challenges but perhaps one of the most vexing is how to build a personal connection with students when there is no face to face interaction. Read More...
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Greetings, RAINY MOOD is a web site offer soothing and relaxing sounds. It’s Sunday again, the day of rest although trying to relax and unwind can be difficult for some folks, especially after a rough week. To aid in the task, I have just the site — RAINY Read More...
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Greetings, GO PILEUS is a free file storage and sharing site in the cloud. I thought one of my favourite apps, Dropbox had the file store and sharing niche sewn up. While Dropbox does dominate, GO PILEUS does a few unique features to offer. To begin with, Read More...
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Greetings, PASTEHTML is a free online html editor and web page host. I have to say up front, that I just don’t “get” today’s app — PASTEHTML. I understand the concept behind it and how it works. I just don’t understand the need for PASTEHTML or why it Read More...
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Greetings, YATEDO is a specialized search engine with a focus for finding people. I come across many specialized search engines such as those which look for books, music, pictures, software but YATEDO is the first one I’ve encountered that focuses specifically Read More...
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Greeting, PIXLR-O-MATIC is a free, online image editing and enhancing program. I think today’s app — PIXLR-O-MATIC — was created for people like me — folks who want to do something interesting and different with their pictures but have never mastered Read More...
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