Archives for the ‘Web Sites’ Category

Online Syntax Highlighters Work Well With Evernote

One of the things I'd really like to see come to Evernote is built-in syntax highlighting, which is something I bet a lot of developers would probably like to see. Until that day comes I will have to stick to online syntax highlighters that take my code and turn it into something that looks a little prettier.

March 29th, 2012
Online Syntax Highlighters Work Well With Evernote

Copy Plaintext in Wolfram Alpha Without an Account

I love using Wolfram Alpha, but their recent push to get people to upgrade to their "Pro" version really started to turn me off of this awesome service. Sure the frequent popups asking you to "Go Pro" is pretty annoying, but what was even worse to me is that they disabled the ability to copy results without at least signing up for an account.

March 20th, 2012
Copy Plaintext in Wolfram Alpha Without an Account

Easily Share Text, Images, and Videos With Others

When you are looking for a way to share content with friends there is a seemingly infinite number of ways you can do it. Another option you should add to your list is JustPaste.It. This website doesn't require a login, and makes it really easy to share text, images, and even videos (but only videos uploaded to another site like YouTube).

March 9th, 2012
Easily Share Text, Images, and Videos With Others

The Google Alphabet

Google's auto-complete feature tries to predict what you want to search for by looking at popular search terms for your area. I decided to make a list of the most popular search terms in the United States, which I was able to accomplish by manually setting my location to the United States rather than my specific city.

February 17th, 2012
The Google Alphabet

Get Amazon Price Drop Alerts Via Twitter, Email, or RSS

There are several sites out there that can track price drops on Amazon, but Chintzee has some nice features that make it stand out from the others. For starters you can set up everything without needing to create an account.

February 15th, 2012
Get Amazon Price Drop Alerts Via Twitter, Email, or RSS

Quickly Snap Full Page Screenshots in Chrome

There are a lot of screenshot extensions for Google Chrome, and many include excellent annotation capabilities. For some users all of those features might be overkill, and that is where Blipshot comes into play. This is a one-click screenshot utility that works exactly how you'd expect it to.

February 14th, 2012
Quickly Snap Full Page Screenshots in Chrome

Multi-Purpose Online Utilities

I've seen some websites before that try to rollup multiple utilities under a single domain, but the tools they provide are normally the things like a tip calculator that you don't need to use very often. The 1DL.US site is different because they have a wide variety of very useful tools that all become just a click away.

February 8th, 2012
Multi-Purpose Online Utilities

Get a Free Wake-Up Call

You know how some hotels will give you a wakeup call if you're worried that you won't wake-up in time? Well, you can get the same kind of service using a site such as Wakerupper or WakeupDialer. Both services will call you at an exact time you specify, but each have their own benefits. And both don't even require an account for you to start using them.

February 1st, 2012
Get a Free Wake-Up Call

Create a Real-Time Photo Stream with LiveShare

There are all kinds of photo sharing websites out there, but the concept behind LiveShare is really interesting. It all starts with a photo stream that is created by you or a friend, and then gets shared out among anyone you want. These streams can be private so that only the people you invite can view/post to the stream, or they can be public so that anyone can view/post to the stream.

January 27th, 2012
Create a Real-Time Photo Stream with LiveShare

Forward a Temp Email Address to Your Real Email Address

Last month we wrote about a cool website that would let you generate a temporary email address that gets forwarded to your real email address. After a period of time that you specify that temporary address would expire so that you don't have to worry about getting spammed later on down the road.

January 20th, 2012
Forward a Temp Email Address to Your Real Email Address

Gmail via Exchange on iOS: You Can Now Delete Instead of Archive

Up until the other day on my iPhone/iPad I always used the IMAP protocol to access my Gmail accounts instead of Exchange because of the way Google handled deleting emails.

January 17th, 2012
Gmail via Exchange on iOS: You Can Now Delete Instead of Archive

Download Free Windows 7 Themes & Desktop Backgrounds

Windows only I know a bunch of people who customize the appearance of their desktop, but many don't know that Windows 7 supports themes that rotate between desktop backgrounds and automatically adjusts the color of the Aero interface.

January 3rd, 2012
Download Free Windows 7 Themes & Desktop Backgrounds

Draw Online Diagrams (Free Visio Alternatives)

We've covered some free alternatives to Visio before, such as the online Gliffy and this cross-platform app, but Diagramly is one of the better no-hassle options available. As soon as you visit Diagramly you can instantly start creating a diagram without having to mess around with registering for an account or downloading software. It's about as good as it gets in terms of a free diagram maker.

December 23rd, 2011
Draw Online Diagrams (Free Visio Alternatives)

Quickly Test HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Code with Tinkerbin

Sometimes as a web developer you may get an idea in your head that you want to try out, but by the time you get the necessary files in place you may have forgotten what you were going to do.

December 22nd, 2011
Quickly Test HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Code with Tinkerbin

Create a Custom Map Envelope

The idea of Map Envelope is simple, really. Locate a position on the map (preferably a location that might make the person on the receiving end green with envy), type a message, and wait for your custom Google Maps image to appear. Print, cut, fold on the dotted lines, glue/tape, and bam!, you’ve got your own custom made map envelope.

December 20th, 2011
Create a Custom Map Envelope

Apply Effects to Your Photos With BeFunky

For the every-day photos that you snap just for fun, there’s no reason to spend hefty sums of money and quality time learning Photoshop. Instead, head over to BeFunky.com where you can quickly, and easily, edit your photos for free. Not only can you edit your photos, you can also add effects and design elements with very little effort.

December 8th, 2011
Apply Effects to Your Photos With BeFunky

Look Up an IP’s Geolocation

Looking up the geolocation of an IP address is something that's simple to do because there are so many sites out there providing the service for free. One downside is that many services cap you at how many requests you can make each day to try and avoid having people abuse their systems.

December 7th, 2011
Look Up an IP’s Geolocation

Generate a Temp Email Address

UPDATE: The developer of the site has since taken the site down after I had already written the article. Thanks to everyone who sent emails and posted comments letting me know!

December 1st, 2011
Generate a Temp Email Address

Pokki Provides Desktop Apps for Gmail, Facebook, and Others

Windows only When it comes to popular services like Gmail and Facebook there are a wide range of extensions available to make their appearance look a little nicer, but the free Pokki app takes an even more interesting approach to this.

November 25th, 2011
Pokki Provides Desktop Apps for Gmail, Facebook, and Others

Test Website Load Time with Pingdom Full Page Test

There are some great tools out there for testing a website's performance including Web Page Test, Stella, and WatchMouse. Those are the three that I regularly find myself using, but the website monitoring service Pingdom recently updated their Full Page Test tool blowing many others out of the water.

November 23rd, 2011
Test Website Load Time with Pingdom Full Page Test