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How to Generate GIF Animation /Avatars out of Still Images Online

vbb — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:57:21 +0000

People use gif images for their online Avatars in forums.Moreover they are good for illustrating steps in a task.Rather than making step by step screenshots for each step,you can make it a GIF animation.Apart from these you may encounter many situation where you will need to create a GIF image/animation out of some still images you have.

Here is an online service which can generate animated GIF online out of images you upload to it.

Create Animated GIF online for Free

Picasion lets you create animated gif online for free and that too without any registration process.

The process is very simple.You choose pictures to upload and it shows an animated version online which you can save to your computer.It also generates an HTML code which you can copy and paste to your forum/blog to be added as an avatar.

You can also import pictures from your Picasa or Flickr account.You have option to adjust size and speed of the animation.

Now just head over to Picasion and create you brilliant online GIF avatar now!

The Ultimate Lifetime Productivity Tip

vbb — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:10:45 +0000

This was just another day searching something at Google.I was searching for Productivity blogs.I found many blogs which included highly popular blogs like Lifehacker.org, and Zenhabits.com .As always , I was also subscribing to the blogs through RSS.In the meantime I got a blog which I subscribed to.Just when my Google Reader updated the feed I got the The Ultimate Lifetime Productivity Tip.Want to know what it was-Read on..

Get The Best Productive Tip Ever

As you can see in the picture there are over 1500 subscribers.I increased the count by one and got an RSS feed which read-“Stop reading your RSS feeds and DO IT F**KING NOW!”

Don’t you think it is the best productivity tip.The site also claims that Steve Nojobs (!) has made this site as his homepage and got a productivity boost of 34%.Well who is Steve Nojobs.NO points in guessing .He is the CEO of iPoor.

Here is the screenshot of the RSS feed which I got.

So if you want to increase your productivity significantly.Just check out http://www.doitfuckingnow.com/ .You can make it your homepage or subscribe to RSS/Email newsletter.For me it has definitely increased –I am writing this post right now!!

Forget To-do List:Here is TaDaList

vbb — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:40:16 +0000

There are many To-do list managers to track your daily tasks.Sometime back I have written about a very simple To-do list maker.It was for your desktop only but if you want a web based to do manager -Here is one.Very simple and fast.Instead of naming it To-do -they have named it Tadalist.

It’s easy to do-Get TaDa list

Registration is very simple.They don’t even ask for a mail verification.After your registration you get your personalized list at http://user.tadalist.com so you can access it anywhere.

As they say..it’s very simple.You create a to-do list which your can subscribe via RSS.You can share it with anybody making it a public list.you can also see many public list on the site so you get an idea how people are using it.

It’s fast and works with almost all new web browsers.Not fully loaded like RememberTheMilk but worth a try.The beauty of this TaDalist is simplicity.

Visit TaDaList now.Get your own online task tracker.

FTP Client Without Installation-Use ‘Anyclient’

vbb — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:36:15 +0000

sometimes you need to access an FTP site (for any downloading or uploading files) in situations where no FTP client is installed,for example in a cyber cafe or in your friend’s computer.The situation is more prevalent in offices where no FTP client is installed and you are at the mercy of a system administrator.

Anyclient comes to your rescue at such times.It’s a browser based FTP client and thus no installation is required.

No installation FTP Client

The site has a java applet used as an FTP client.IT also has a site manager which looks remarkably similar to popular clients such as FileZilla.At first I was skeptical about the executable java applet as but once I opened the site I was greeted with a warning that the application’s digital signature has been verified and presumably safe to proceed.

You can connect to the desired FTP location using the site manager which manages the user name password and host.

Now if you really like this application a lot then here is even a downloadable version of the application.

Just head over to http://www.anyclient.com/ and know more about it.The applet is at http://www.anyclient.com/applet.html

Unknown File Extension -Open with what?

vbb — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:58:34 +0000

How do you open a CUE file or a taz file.New computer users are often baffled with certain file extension they don’t recognize.Earlier the solution was to Google to know what the extension means and then search again for a free program to open it.

But not anymore, as now you have openwith.org .This is a central place for information about most file extensions and free programs available to open them.

Features of OpenWith.org

As already explained,this site has a great listing of file extensions and associated free programs.Moreover its features include-

It includes a desktop tool too,means you don’t have to visit the site often.
Major file categories listing like,Image files,data file,assembly files etc.
Includes simple description about extension.
Includes alphabetical search.
Gives you only free programs to open files.

If you are a computer user who often faces this problem then the desktop tool is a must have.Visit OpenWith.org now.

Biggest Free Online Storage-Get 50GB Free at Adrive

vbb — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:18:42 +0000

Everybody is fond of online storage for the features they offer.Most of the online storage services offer a large storage space,ability to share ,and some security features.Many services are offering up to 25GB of free storage but here Adrive goes an step further and provides you with a whopping 50GB of free storage.With the free basic plan you will have the ability to store, backup, share, and edit your documents online.

Adrive- Online Storage & Backup

Adrive offers online storage backup in three plans-Basic,Signature and Premium.Basic plans which is ad supported,gives 50GB of free storage.It also plans to release image gallery,folder share and media player in future.

Salient Features of Adrive Free Basic Plan

One of the biggest free storage
Complete folder and directory upload and file download
file sharing
Easy search tool and file history.
Zoho Editor for quick online editing.

Opting for paid plans entitles you to use important features like SSL encryption,desktop client,and distributed backup.

I remember my first hard disk was a 40 GB one.Now I can have more than that online.Usually media files (videos,songs and photos) eat up most of the hard disk space.Now given the ability to share files,it seems like uploading media files to Adrive will be a good option.Visit Adrive here.

Photo Credit-Brianarn and racum.

Web Based Torrent Client

vbb — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:56:17 +0000

Are you among those who are browsing in a controlled(firewalled) network i.e. through proxies which block not only keywords like ‘cricket’,'movies’ or ‘torrents’ but also smart enough to stop all P2P access.In some of the workplaces Torrenting is blocked by using some port blocking rules.There you can use “tunnelling” services like http-tunnel which divert all P2P network through port 80 which is used for HTTP.But in case your network admin is smart enough to block “tunnelling” then you will not be able to get P2P downloads in any way.

Googling for the solutions,I came across an excellent web service .What it does is offer online downloading of torrent through any browser i.e. it will download any file through torrent and save it in it’s online store from you can download it normally.

As the site describes,

TorrentRelay is a website that offers a unique Bittorrent client, one that is entirely web based. You can load torrents from a variety of methods, Local Files, Online URL’s or even short MiniNova ID’s. TorrentRelay is a powerful and extremely fast client that works though any firewall, complex routing or firewalls by offering your downloads as an HTTP ‘Save As’.

Unlike other clients, Torrent Relay requires absolutely no client side software.

I was thrilled to use it and found very useful. It also offers paid service which gives you better options like pause and resume etc.And if that is not all it also support mobile browsers that means you can use it through your iPhone or anything which supports viewing web pages .

Click here to visit Torrent Relay.