Music by Moods…

 

Moodagent, a cross-platform and mobile application, creates music playlists based on your mood. Tell it how you’re feeling and it picks songs that mirror your emotional state.

Feel like you need a computer to pick your music based on the mood you tell it you’re in, sure why not.

Happy? Sad? blah blah blah, adjust how sensual, tender or angry you want your music and pick the tempo too. It all seems very complicated for picking a song but it’s not. And hey you can seed in your own songs and it can use them to create a playlist to match your mood; quick grab you’re favourite Smiths record.

All in all its fairly smart, I just can’t imagine myself using it often if at all, but hey give it a go, maybe you might find the DJ of your dreams in this lil system.

Available on just about well anything, Android, iOS, Mac, Windows, Symbian… Moodagent

Sign Me Out (iOS)…

 

Sign me out is simply a lovely little iPhone app that lets you check if your Gmail and Facebook are signed in anywhere you don’t want them to be.

Don’t pretend you’ve never walked away from a computer leaving yourself vulnerable to the odd “frape” here and there, well it could be worse that if someone more malicious comes across your open account. Or in my case, hacks it.

If you find yourself logged in from other locations, one click of the big red button and that potentially unauthorized user is disconnected.

Any account you add to Sign Me Out will give you a count of the accounts activity and on clicking into that account you can gain even more details, remotely logging that account out even.

yes you can do this from your browser with Gmail anyway, but the point of this app is that you can do it anywhere.

If you buy the $1 full version of the app, you can add as many accounts as you want. If you just want to give it a try or only need to use one account, the free lite version will work just fine for you.

Check it Here : Sign Me Out / Lite ($1 / Free)

Split The Rent Evenly…

 

I was thinking about this a lot in the past few days, what's the best way to  split the rent evenly and fairly that won’t lead to the destruction of friendships. In particular this became a point of importance as I plan on spending my summer in San Francisco with some friends. Fourteen to be exact. Now the easiest thing would be just split the rent 14 ways were we all to live together, but clearly this isn’t going to be fair or even. Also there is NO CHANCE I’m sharing one place with fourteen people.

So what is the fairest way to split the rooms and split the rent. Well I came across this blog.

http://splittherent.blogspot.com/

This whole thing was created by Jonathan Bittner (No, I’ve  never seen is spelt that way either), and astrophysics graduate student from Harvard.

The basics of how it works are this. Split the rent gives you the “market” value of how the rent should/could be fairly split between all parties involved.

What is handles best? Well according to the site, unequally sized rooms, couples sharing, up to 8 bedrooms and the extras of the rooms such as windows, closets, toilets, etc... (It takes note of every factorial it can think of)

Now this calculator clearly isn’t for everyone, if you find yourself in the worst of rooms, but are willing to pay more rent, something needs to be negotiated there. It all comes down to, negotiation over rooms with your friends once you use the calculator. But give it a go now, see if it satisfies your needs.

Go to Jon’s site here: Split the Rent Calculator

Dropbox, More Than Just Storage…

 

If you’re like me then you probably have multiple computers that are constantly in rotation. Or you might be using a work computer and so you don’t have access to your usual collection of tabs and bookmarks that you’d like. The familiarity of your home browser is nice right?

Well Dropbox, my favourite find ever comes in to save the day, again. With the use of a the lovely little portable versions of Google Chrome and Firefox and a few other extensions you can have the familiarity of your home browser anywhere without having to carry around a memory stick as seen above.

Now lets get started, get yourself Dropbox by clicking ME.

Ok, now that that's installed. get these, one or the other, or both if you’re partial to switching browsers:

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

When you download them make you pick their install path as the Dropbox folder. (As portable apps they take up minimal space)

Now for those of you who are completely lost as to where we’re going now it’s all quite simple. Get yourself Google Sync for Firefox and this will sort you out.

For those using Chrome, in options you’ll find sync computer settings in the basic browser settings.

Now it’s just that simple function of syncing you’re browsers.

Ta-Da you’re done. Now you have some fully portable apps wherever you go, and its all there in your Dropbox and no one else can gain access to anything you’ve browsed, including history, mistakenly left open Facebook's etc.

If you require any other portable apps, for anything from video editing, to openoffice, check out this site; Portable Apps

Enjoi Tiny Browsing.

CloudMagic…

 

Windows/Mac/Linux (Chrome & Firefox): This is CloudMagic, the video explain it all really but in short, what used to be a speedy Gmail only app is now covering Google Docs and Contacts too. Helping you find your entire life in the cloud easily.

CloudMagic also doesn’t retain your Google password, for that little extra security too and although its not as in-depth as some search modifiers it is a lot faster.

Working with Chrome and Firefox on all kinds of Operating Systems get CloudMagic here: Integrated Instant Search for online data – Gmail, Google Docs & Contacts

PDF’s, convert them so they’re editable… (did I mention, its free!)

 

For Windows: If you work with PDFs regularly, particularly if you use Openoffice, you’ll want this little program. PDFZilla is a batch PDF converter that converts single PDFs to editable formats like Word documents.

For PDFs being so popular these days, they come with the annoying caveat that you can’t edit them with an expensive program like Adobe Acrobat… until now.

PDFZilla can batch convert any number of PDF files into Word documents, RTF, TXT, Images, HTML and more in just a few simple clicks.

This program is free until February 5th and is definitely worth having at that price.

If you are having issues downloading using this code. 8061822TWDV6YUK. And any issues you may face running the installer will require you to right click the program and click “run as administrator”.

PDFZilla Time-Limited Giveaway

Grooveshark–Stream Music Freely…

 

There's not much to say about Grooveshark other than, IT’S AWESOME!

Its everything that i want and that i need in a music streaming site, and better yet, its totally free, if you’re willing to put up with a few ads, and yes I am.

Grooveshark can be your very own little music library packed with every album, artist or genre that you like and will even let you organise it how you wish.

Setting up your own profile couldn't be simpler, and searching for songs is just a quick search away, and then all you have to do, is listen.

You have your own favourites, your own playlists, you can even check out what's popular and what's playing now and to make this little site even better, its got Mobile apps so you can stream music literally anywhere.

Click –> Go to Grooveshark and enjoi :)

RockMelt Web Browser…

Ok, so simply put RockMelt is another Web Browser, but it’s not just any Web Browser, in its own little ways, its unique. Based upon the Google Chromium Source (it looks like Google Chrome), RockMelt is what Social Networking addicts have been looking for.
It seamlessly integrates with Twitter and Facebook, allowing you to shout to the world your every status, update and tweet simply. It even hosts your Facebook chat list on the left hand side at all times allowing you to keep in constant contact with your friends no matter what site you’re on.
Here’s a quick intro to the Browser by its founder:

You definitely get the Google Chrome feel off of its interface, but this isn’t in anyway a bad thing, especially considering Chromes growing popularity. Good news: RockMelt is also available on Mac’s, [sorry Linux user, not your chance yet.] RockMelt has all the Google chrome features allowing you use extensions plus its own Facebook and twitter components.
The sad part, RockMelt is only available under invitation as its still in Beta testing, but you can get an invite off someone that already uses RockMelt, I have 3 to give away at the moment, or you can connect via Facebook and wait for your invite there.

That being said, I consider this a negative, RockMelt should think about growing its social networking experience and growing beyond just Facebook and Twitter.
But apart from that, RockMelt is pretty fantastic if not ridiculously distracting, building itself upon one of my favourite browsers and then adding extensions that just make things that little bit easier, particularly if you find yourself signing up to a lot of RSS feeds too.
I don’t know if RockMelt will become one of my more prominent browsers but I’m willing to give it a try, it is still in Beta testing after all. Given the chance to grow this could become huge, so give it a go, see how it suits your Social Networking Addiction.

RockMelt does so much more than I mentioned, the full tutorial can be found on the browser after you’ve installed it, Enjoy testing it out and it can be found here:
If you want me to Hook you up with a invitation, comment below or else connect and sign up to receive and invite view Facebook from their Website: I’d like to thank Brian W. for pointing towards this browser and for his invite into the world of RockMelt.

Get Ge.tt for Real Time File Sharing…

 

Ge.tt is a clever, instant file-sharing web-app that makes sharing files simple and fast. You can share a link to your file(s) immediately, without waiting for the upload to complete, and it doesn't use Flash, Java applets, or any other plug-ins.

Ge.tt is simple to use and doesn’t even require you to have an account (but theres extra benefits if you do sign up). Go to Ge.tt, select the files button, choose the files you want to share (or drag and drop in supported browsers) and there you go. Ge.tt will begin uploading your files instantly and then generate a unique URL for you to share so others might download your file.

You can share the link before the upload is finished—files will update on the download page in real-time, as they're uploaded, and the user on the other end can start downloading a file while you're still uploading it.

You can also add files after you’ve shared the link and any files you upload will show up automatically without without anyone having to reload the page.

For quick file sharing Ge.tt is fantastic and although the terms page doesn’t give you a lot of information regarding file size limits, they look to be pretty light on the limitations for the moment.

Get over to Ge.tt

Frequently Remove “Friends” for Clutter-Free Social Networking…

 

For most of us, Facebook and Twitter are an unmanageable mess of status updates, random questionnaires, and all round pointless posts, but what if you actually wanted to use social networking without getting information overload, here are a few tips.

Jimmy Kimmel suggested a National Unfriend Day that was to take place on November 17th, but just because that's come and gone, doesn’t mean your social media doesn’t need some winter cleaning.

Less is a hell of a lot more when it comes to social networking, particularly when you’re trying to find the right mixture of personal and open communication between friends, family, followers and just plain old strangers. By cutting down the number of people you’re following through Facebook and Twitter along with many other sites you can help distil the information you’re getting, making everything easier to read.

To make it easier on you, Facebook has simplified the process of quickly removing friends. Under for the Friends tab, clicking "Edit" will show you a small list of recently updated friends. Using the drop down you can filter out friends by "All Friends", "Recent", etc. Having a broad look across your social graph, you can quickly setup filters to defriend people you've lost contact with.

Here are a few simple mental filters to help you figure out who you should be unfriending.

• Do you wish this person a Happy Birthday?
• Have you seen this person in the last year?
• Does this person update constantly?
• Does this person post an original thought or is everything recycled form somewhere or something else, e.g. links, quotes, lyrics?

Facebook may limit its third party apps for getting stats on the people you follow but Twitter is open to everyone from ManageFlitter, Nest Unclutterer to SocialToo.

Just a few methods for filtering out a lot of the unwarranted, unwanted information from your social networking sites. But if you want something to help you organise them all, check out Digsby as mentioned in a previous post.

Digsby (for Social Networking)…

 

“Full Description

A multiprotocol Im Client that lets you manage all your IM, email, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. For IM, it brings all your buddies into one merged contact list with support for AIM, MSN, Facebook Chat, Yahoo, ICQ, GTalk, and Jabber. For email, it offers notifications of new emails with message previews, as well as, the ability to perform actions such as "Mark as Read" and "Delete" right from the notification with support for Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, POP, and IMAP. For social networks, it provides a newsfeed of events on the network and the ability to set status with support for Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.”

That's Digsby, technically speaking.

 

The Pro’s

You can access your msn, your Facebook, your twitter, all your email accounts and you can even use it for Facebook chat and all you have to do is sign in once for access to everything.

You can set up notifications for anything, if Facebook is updated you’ll know, same goes for twitter and any other site you’ve got it connected to, including your email.

You can post right to your Facebook or twitter without having to open up your browser.

It updates often, usually feeding off suggestions from its users via twitter.

 

The Con’s

Few and far between, the only negative thing’s I can say about Digsby is that when you’re installing it, it tries to push a lot of add-ons your way. This may be how they keep it free but be sure you cancel installing these when installing Digsby.

Apart from that it can sometimes get a little sluggish, but that is more when you’re running too many other programs.

Apart from this, Digsby is one the greatest pieces of free software if you like everything you use bundled into one neat little package, we’re just waiting for a Mac and Linux release.

Get Digsby Here

Download Your Favourite TV Shows Automatically…

 

Want to find your favourite TV shows, download them and have them available to watch all without without the hassle of hunting down each individual torrent? A particularly daunting task if its high season and you have a lot of viewing to do. Here you can learn how to automate BitTorrent downloads so this search for torrents can end.

The method I’m suggesting is free, open source torrent episode downloader, Ted. Ted is the most user-friendly, simplest solution I've seen for downloading television on a schedule, and since it finds the torrents and downloads it for you followed by opening it in your favourite BitTorrent client, there could not be less hassle.

Note: FullofContent does NOT condone piracy. Downloading and distributing copyrighted material is illegal, so proceed at your own risk. Of course, if you decide to go on, you could check out a few top Vuze plug-ins, my favourite being SafePeer, or you could try setting up anonymous Azeueus/Vuze. No guarantees either of these methods will keep the RIAA or Eircom from knocking in  your doors and taking your routers away.

Subscribing to pre-loaded shows

• Download and install Ted (torrent episode downloader).

 

• Before you start adding shows to track, you need to configure Ted, which it will prompt you to do when you first run it. Configure to your liking, but be sure to keep "Try to open it in your default BitTorrent client" checked.

 

• Once Ted is running, it's time to add your shows, which you can do by clicking the "Add Show" button. Setting up popular shows is simple, just choose one of the many shows already listed and TED will do the rest.

 

• If you're current with the show, you don't want to download every episode that pops up - you just want Ted to download the latest and greatest. You can easily do this by clicking the "Get Latest" button, which automatically loads the show's current season and episode. If you want everything you see in that feed, click the "Download all from feed" checkbox.

 

• Finally, click save and you're good to go. Whenever Ted detects a new episode, it will automatically fire up your default BitTorrent client and download away.

Again I can’t condone Piracy as it is illegal and any actions you do in the privacy of your own home are your responsibility so remember, Downloading Copyrighted material is illegal and can lead to serious trouble.

Don’t be Left Wondering Why a Website Won’t Load…

 

 

Ever wonder why that page just won’t load? Is it  your computer, or the has the internet just lost it all together, maybe its a 404 of maybe you just took a wrong turn at 4chan.

By default the Firefox error page just tells you the page you are attempting to view is not available, but TryAgain displays actual useful information like is the site down for just you or for the world.

This extension simply swaps out the default error message  and instead displays useful information that it garners from Down For Everyone or Just Me? and Uptime Auditor.

It provides some other tools too; you can jump to the Google Cache of the site or even the WayBack archive if you really need to get a peek at the site. TryAgain also automatically reloads the page at intervals to establish contact without your intervention, making technology make you even lazier than before. Imagine.

TryAgain is a free app and works wherever Firefox does, so install it, test it out, it might come in handy, you don’t know. I certainly don’t know if the page you’re searching for is genuinely just lost to the internetz.

ch ch ch ch ch check it out: TryAgain