Clean Up Your Itunes Library With Meta-iPod
Looking to clean up your iTunes Library? Try Meta-iPod. It’s a free application for Windows Vista, Windows 7 which comes in with some nifty features and lets you clean up your iTunes library with it’s iTunes Cleaner. You can also intergrate it with your iPod and allow it to transfer tracks and playlists from your iPod to iTunes library. It locates and fixes issues such as iPod to iTunes tracks and playlists copy, missing play counts, album art, ratings and labels, duplicate files, no location tracks and more. From recovering ratings and play counts from your iPod to tracking down files or folders gone missing, meta-iPod analyzes all data sources containing your music to put the pieces of the puzzle back together.
Distance Measuring Gadget - Smart-Rule 7-in-1
This new Smart-Rule 7-in-1 is an distance measuring which tells u an accurate measurments it is designed as which fits in palm of your hand. It has the handy laser pointer to locate the target, then measure the distance in feet and or meters with pushbutton convenience and audible confirmation. Also includes bright LED flashlight, emergency flasher, panic alarm, pullout ballpoint pen, handy key ring attachment, long-lasting battery and easy-to-follow instructions. For key ring, purse, backpack or for styling you can hang it with your jeans loop.
Features Include:
- Distance Measuring Device
: Accurate to 50 feet (15 meters)
: Laser Targeting
: Measure Button with Audible Confirmation
: LCD Display
: Feet and Meter Modes - Laser Pointer
- Bright LED Flashlight
- Emergency Flasher
- Panic Alarm
- Pullout Ballpoint Pen
- Quick Release Attachment & Key Ring Holder
- Automatic Shutoff
- Beautiful Chrome-Plated Finish
- Battery Included
- Product Size: 3-1/4” x 2-1/4” x 7/8”
- Product Weight: 3.5 0z.
- Patent Pending
- Comes with a One-Year Limited Warranty
A Wikipedia Book By A 22 Year Old
Okay, this is interesting, According to Telegraph, the in-famous Wikipedia has been turned into a book which is 5000 pages long and 1ft, 7 inches thick. Made by Rob Matthews, the book contains 437 featured articles from the popular internet resource and comes up to his knee when stood on the floor.
Rob, a 22 year old graphic design student from Brighton, Sussex, made this book in only 2 weeks. I’m sure it’s not a version where you’ll find each and everything Wikipedia has to offer, though, he filled up his book with the featured articles, something which Wiki claims to be best at. Here’s what he had to say,
He said: “I’m comparing the internet Wikipedia to a traditional encyclopedia by putting it in the same format.
“I wanted to make a comment on how everyone goes to the internet these days for information, yet it is very unreliable compared to what it has replaced.”
“These articles are deemed the best articles in Wikipedia, and are determined so based on their quality of referencing, accuracy, neutrality, completeness and style.”
Well, it isn’t for sale right now but they are hoping to put it on the market later because of a good reaction.
Gmail Down - Here’s what to do.
I turned on my laptop a while back and likewise tried to log in my gmail account to see if I have any new emails. But it wasn’t letting me log in which kind of took me in “WTF” mode. I logged in twitter & instantly went to #gmail to see if others were having any problems and they were. Anyway, something struck in my mind and I tried to log in through the classic version and it worked perfectly.
So if anyone’s having trouble logging into their gmail account, visit the following url & enter your credentials for access.
http://mail.google.com/mail/x/
I hope this works for you for the time being since I’m sure it’ll come back sooner or later.
Dota 6.60 Download - Official Release - Alternative Links
If you don’t know, Dota 6.60 Official version has been released. Since it’s huge, getdota.com is down and some of the other servers as well. Here are alternative download links and the official changelog.
Dota 6.60 Official Changelog:
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* Added a new hero Batrider to the Scourge [details below]
* Added a new hero Tauren Chieftain to the Sentinel [details below]
* Lightning Revenant: Reworked [details below]
* Medusa: Replaced Chain Lightning with a new ability Mystic Snake [details below]
* Medusa: Replaced Purge with a new ability Stone Gaze [details below]
* Netherdrake: Replaced Frenzy with a new ability Nethertoxin [details below]
* Rogue Knight: Replaced Toughness Aura with a new ability Warcry [details below]
* Slayer: Replaced Ultimate with a new ability Fiery Soul [details below]
* Twin Head Dragon: Replaced Autofire with a new ability Liquid Fire [details below]
* Troll Warlord: Replaced Rampage with a new ability Battle Trance [details below]
* Rogue Knight: Reworked how Stormbolt works [details below]
* Morphling: Reworked how Morphiling’s Adaptive Strike works [details below]
* Crystal Maiden: Replaced Frost Nova with a similar new ability Crystal Nova [details below]
* Phantom Assassin: Changed Blink Strike to a new ability Phantom Strike [details below]
* Ogre Magi: Reworked Multicast chance mechanism [details below]
* Sniper: Replaced Scattershot with a new ability Shrapnel [details below]
* Troll Warlord: Replaced Fervor Aura with a new ability Fervor (works like Beastmaster’s passive used to)
* Beastmaster: Replaced Beast Rage with a new ability Inner Beast (works like Troll’s old attack speed aura)
* Anti-Mage: Reworked Mana Void damage mechanism (now deals equal splash damage to units near the target)
* Silencer: Recoded Last Word to properly detect animation canceling and silence after a spell is casted
* Treant Protector: Reworked Eyes in the Forest [details below]
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Best Temporary Email Services
Ever heard of a disposable or Temporary email services? Here’s a nifty defination from Wikipedia:
“Disposable Email Addressing (DEA) refers to an alternative way of sharing and managing e-mail addressing. DEA aims to set up a new, unique e-mail address for every contact or entity, making a point-to-point connection between the sender and the recipient. Subsequently, if anyone compromises the address or utilises it in connection with any e-mail abuse, the address-owner can easily cancel (or “dispose” of) it without affecting any other contact. Following the cancellation or replacement of a disposable e-mail address, the (ex-)owner need notify no more than one person/contact of the change.”
In other words, these disposable and temporary email services can become and are popular to fight spam (In a different manner), since they expire after a certain period of time. So you can prevent any sort of spam emails and after you’re done, let them expire + there isn’t any registration etc required (Usually).
Mailinator is one of the most popular Temporary / Disposable email service out there. It’s interface is very simple, temporary accounts are created when email arrives for them. Let me tell you how it works. For example, you want someone to send you an email which you don’t want in your inbox, goto Mailinator & on the left side you’ll see some pre-given domain names like mailinator2.com, sogetthis.com, mailin8r.com, mailinator.net, spamherelots.com etc. Ask the sender to send you an email at lets say ANewMorning@sogetthis.com. When they do, type in ANewMorning@sogetthis.com in “Check your inbox” box and click Go. You’ll see the received email there.
WWDC 2009 Live Keynote and Audio Streaming Links
It’s day, and you’ll be able to confront almost every Apple rumours there are at the Worldwide Developers Conference which runs WWDC 2009 from June 8th to 12th in San Francisco. It’ll be live at 10AM (Pacific Time), here are some links for WWDC 2009 Live Keynote and Audio Streaming.
There are many websites that are offering live keynote updates. Some of them are given below.
- ArsTechnica
- MacRumours
- The Apple Blog
- Gizmodo
- Engadget
- Mac Observer
- Textviff
- iPhone Alley
- Technologizer
And if you’re on Twitter, you might wanna follow or bookmark @MacRumours and @ArsWWDC.
All credit goes to Haris @ SizzledCore.
8 Brilliant Flash Games That Will Help You Kill Boredom
It’s Friday Night & If you don’t have any plans, you’re most probably a computer geek who doesn’t like to go out and have fun. Well, outdoors are fun but you can still kill time playing games and much more indoors. Playing Flash based games is always fun, they are usually short enough to fit into your working day 
- Presenting a fantastic set of flash based games that will definitely help you kill some boring time.
1- Hit The Road (Play here)
Hit The Road, concentrate on the name! you have to hit the road, NOT the pedestrians in cars! - The aim of the game is simple, help the pedestrians move across the road. Yes, it gives an small impression of frogger but it offers a bit more. You can choose from 3 levels, easy, medium and hard. In the given time frame, you need to get the people across the road, you can slow down the cars but it will only work if you’re good at your micro. Looks interesting? It is.
