Hate those long lists of Google results? Or if you use them, the tiny thumbnails beside a result?
Put your glasses down and try Spezify. It’s like my buddy over at Digital Curator said: if Google and CoolIris got together for a casual affair, the love child would look like this.

The online world is amazing, but just as in the offline world, it has its dangers which require commonsense cautions. One of which is “don’t hand your personal telephone number out to total strangers.”
Now, if you use Craig’slist or Ebay or any other site that requires telephone contact info, you can maintain your privacy with […]

That menubar clock a little small? Want an analog clock instead of digital?
Check out Vlad Studio’s Wallpaper Clock (Chameleon Clock for Windows.) It embeds a clock and the date in some of the coolest desktop wallpapers I’ve seen. This guy’s art is simply amazing, and ranges from whimsical to sophisticated, with holiday themes available as […]

Yeah, this one will have a lot of people cheering. It’s an ad blocker for Safari called, umm, Safari AdBlock. (Where do they come up with this stuff???
There have been ad blockers for FireFox and other browsers for months, and I posted about them. And actually, this one has been out for awhile, but I […]

Adobe launched Photoshop Express Online today, and I’m impressed.
It offers just about everything you need for quick image manipulation and has a host of connections and ways to share, post, embed and generally move photos around. You can upload from your drive (2gb storage free) or connect to other photo storage sites like Facebook and […]

Want to give all your computer communications that old-school hand-written touch? Fontifier can do it for you?
Just fill out their template with your handwriting, scan it and upload it to them. Pay your $9 by credit card and, if Webware’s experience holds, you’ll have your new personal font almost instantly.
Pretty cool…I’m going to try it […]

Ever want to send somebody a big file? Video, photos, whatever? If email kicks it out (too big) and FTP isn’t your thing (too complicated) then here’s what you need.
Senduit is as simple as it gets. Simply select the file with the browse button (yes, there is a 100mb limit,) select when you want it […]

Lifehacker has a nice list of their favorite free apps and online services. They have a list of 20 categories of common computing tasks, with links.
Check it out: Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps

There are almost countless default start pages out there. Most have the capability of being customized to the point of unreadability. And many of them try to present too much information on the page, when all I want is a directory.
Well, here’s one solution: Symbaloo. Like many earlier start pages, it’s really just a bunch […]

Back when we were all young pups, we thought we could change the world. And we did. But then, we got caught up in careers, families and all that “adult” stuff. Our altruistic selves went a bit dormant.
Now, there’s a re-awakening. More and more boomers are beginning to think about how they […]