A couple of years ago I wrote about how you can use Notepad++ to find text in files simply by pointing it to a folder. While it's a handy feature it's not something a lot of people think of using Notepad++ for, and so a dedicated app for finding text in files might work out better. In that case the free and open source AstroGrep might be just what you need.
Last month we covered a great Chrome extension that makes all of your bookmarks available under a single icon in the Chrome toolbar. I primarily used it for fast access to the bookmarks I'd ordinarily place on the bookmarks toolbar, and by using the extension I was able to hide that toolbar thereby giving me a little extra website-viewing space.
I spend quite a bit of time living in the terminal on my Mac, and so I was rightfully excited when I came across the free app called iTerm 2 that squashes some of the things I wanted the built-in app to offer. One of the things I really needed was a search feature to quickly find things from past commands I've run, and iTerm 2 does that very well.
We covered a log file viewer awhile back that served as an excellent way to open extremely large files. There's another app called Glogg that I found recently though that also does a greg job of handling large files, and comes equipped with some really nice features.
We've posted about other music download utilities in the past, and thought that Songr would be a good one to cover as well. It's a free program that can be used to search for music around the Internet, and more often than not can find high quality versions of the songs you're looking for.
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.
If you've ever tried to find something in the Windows Registry you'll know how basic the built-in registry search tool is. A free app called RegSeeker is looking to solve that by providing a much more selective and customizable search utility.
Programs like Notepad++ are great because they provide powerful text file editing, but the searching can leave something to be desired. Text Filter is an app dedicated to searching through text files and it does a great job of it. It instantly highlights results as you type, and can optionally hide lines that don't contain any matches.
Wikipedia is definitely one of the sites I access the most, and most of the time it is just to quickly look up something I know they'll have on there. If I'm reading an article on another site I hate having to open a new tab just to search for something on Wikipedia, and that is where the Wikipedia Companion for Google Chrome comes in.
I'm a pretty big fan of both Google Chrome and Wolfram Alpha. When you merge the two some beautiful things start appearing, such as the Chromey Calculator extension that I mentioned last year. It's an excellent way to quickly perform both simple and complex calculations that most normal calculators would never be able to handle...
One of the things I like in Evernote's iPhone app is the ability to favorite notes to make those you frequently use easily accessible. Unfortunately their desktop apps don't have the same kind of functionality, but there are some different ways around this.
One of the things I've always enjoyed when using Google is the additional information they will provide you with at the top of your search results. The list includes things like weather info, calculation results, sports scores, and more. All of this means you don't have to turn to another site just to find the answers to these quick questions.
Whenever I create a piece of code that I might want to reuse or reference in the future I always copy it into Evernote so that I can quickly search for it later on. I know some people that are adamant about not using Evernote though because they hate the fact it serves as a "catch all" for just about anything text-related, and would rather use apps that serve a more focused purpose.
Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.
Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about.
Evernote is one of my most used applications on all my machines and mobile devices because it has all of the data I access on a regular basis. One of the reasons why I love Evernote so much is because I can take a photo of a receipt or document, and their servers will perform character recognition (OCR) on it so that I can search the text it is able to find.
I've never been much of a journal writer, but when I came across the free RedNotebook software I knew it was something I had to try out. It's a simple way to manage a daily journal on your computer without having to think about things such as actually saving your entries since it is taken care of automatically.
Over the last year I've become a heavy digital note taker. Evernote is definitely my go-to app when it comes to longterm note storage, but what about those quick little snippets that seem worth saving but aren't necessarily something I want cluttering up Evernote? That's where QuotePad comes in form me.
Have a movie quote in your head, but can't remember what it's from? Most people turn to Google to find that kind of information, and for the most part you can find the source without too much trouble. What if you wanted to find the exact second the quote appeared in the movie so that you could actually play it back though? For that you might be better off using a site like Subzin.
Notepad++ has been a long time favorite app of mine when it comes to text editors. It seems to have the right mix of features, and if you use it enough you'll start coming across some gems that can really save time.