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Category: Cool Links

  • DNA Art?

    Here’s the ultimate in personal gifts – give someone some [art made out of DNA](http://www.dna11.com/). The question is, whose DNA would you use? Your own? Isn’t that a little arrogant? And how creepy would it be trying to get a sample of the gift recipient’s DNA without them knowing?! There’s probably a market here for…

  • Copilot 2.0 – Control Other PCs or Macs Over The Web

    Fog Creek Software has just released [Copilot version 2.0](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/01/26.html). Copilot lets you remote-control another PC, much like VNC or RDC, with the advantage that it requires zero configuration, works through firewalls, and leaves nothing installed when you’re finished. Great for family tech support! And get this – it now supports OS X. So you can…

  • Discount on iView MediaPro 3

    I use [iView MediaPro 3](http://www.iview-multimedia.com/mediapro/) for managing my digital images, and absolutely love it. These kinds of digital asset management (DAM) tools are great for adding keywords to your photos, searching based upon keywords, editing down to a set of selects after a shoot, creating slide shows, keeping track of offline images (i.e. those stored…

  • Lightbox JS v2.0 Image Galleries

    I’ve just installed a neat image display tool called [Lightbox JS v2.0](http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/). Lightbox is really easy to install – you just upload the scripts to your server and add a little bit of CSS to your site template’s header. Full instructions are included in the link above. I really like the way Lightbox can group…

  • How Do You Carry All Your Gadgets?

    This seems to be a recurring problem among my friends and workmates. You’ve got a phone, PDA, iPod, GPS, USB stick, keys, wallet, and more. Even cargo pants have a limited number of pockets, and they don’t go very well with a jacket and tie. You don’t want to look like a *complete* nerd and…

  • Mac 2GHz Shootout

    Bare Feats have done a [performance comparison](http://www.barefeats.com/pbcd.html) between 5 different 2GHz Macs: – Dual Core G5 Power Mac – iMac Core Duo – MacBook Pro – MacBook Solo (i.e. a Pro with one CPU disabled) – PowerBook G4 (upgraded to 2GHz by a third party) The MacBook Pro really holds itself up well, even compared…

  • Two Great Christmas Presents

    Here are two great presents I’d love to find under the tree this Christmas: – [The Cubes](http://www.cubefigures.com/) – [Roboraptor](http://www.roboraptoronline.com/) Wouldn’t that combination be wonderful? Hours of fun!

  • Mobile Phone Location

    Here’s an interesting site tracking the growth of location-based mobile phone services – mobloc8. It tracks news articles, web sites, etc with a breakdown of posts by category. Very handy if you’re trying to research a specific topic or company. It’s quite new, but looks like one to watch.

  • New Designs For My Sites

    I’ve redesigned some of my sites using CSS. This new design is cleaner and simpler than the old one, and I think it looks more professional. Please let me know what you think! Content HQ Personal Finance HQ Home Improvement HQ Oh yeah, and check out my mate Peter’s new program, InternetOwl. It’s a free…

  • Excel As A Database

    Ever wondered what process of logic leads to marketing people choosing Excel as their database app? Wonder no more.