MetaPing is a easy, visual tool that continously pings specific IP addresses and graphs the result. You can add numerious IPs or domain names, and set the interval and scale for each graph. I used this to help diagnose some internet connection problems I was having the other day.

MetaPing - Free Visual Ping Monitor

Google Voice (formerly Grand Central) will revolutionize "the phone".

Prediction: You will soon reprint your business cards with your new Google Voice phone number.

https://www.google.com/voice/about#

Currently available to former GrandCentral users. The service will go live to the public soon.

DisplayFusion is a really great tool for managing wallpaper if you have a multi-monitor system.

• Use a different desktop wallpaper image on each monitor
• Use a desktop wallpaper image that spans all monitors
• Auto-snap windows to the edge of your monitor
• Integrated Flickr.com image search & download

And more...

The free version is great. Pro version costs $20 includes more fine tuning options.

DisplayFusion website

 

Facebook says my wife is already in a relationship. That's a rough way to find out.

I found an old .NRG file, which is a proprietary CD image file format from Nero.  I wasn't having any luck with tools to convert this file to an .ISO (or even extract the files).

I ended up finding a ImgBurn, a free software tool that was able to read the .NRG file and burn it to CD.  Then, for safe keeping, I used ImgBurn to read the new CD and save the contents in the more future-proof .ISO format.

 

MIT grad student David Merrill demos Siftables -- cookie-sized, computerized tiles you can stack and shuffle in your hands. These future-toys can do math, play music, and talk to their friends, too. Is this the next thing in hands-on learning?

 

 

usernamecheck.com a quick way to check if your user name (or screen name) is taken or available on dozens of top web sites.

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After having numerous problems with Google Chrome and Safari, (which are both based off WebKit), I found this very nice work-around in the LavaBlast Software Blog