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Free Log File Viewer for Windows/Linux

Ryan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:05:17 +0000

Windows; Linux
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.

Glogg has a really strong focus on searching, which is good because a lot of times that’s exactly what you want to do in a log file. It supports regular expression search queries, and the results are show in the bottom pane. Next to the scroll bar you’ll also see blue lines indicated where results were found, and the two black lines represent the area of the log file you are currently viewing.

In the screenshot above you can also see the little blue arrows along the left side of some of the lines. Those appear when you click on the white circles, and kind of serve as a way to bookmark/flag important lines. Once the line is flagged it will appear in the bottom pane just like with search results. That makes it a little easier to compare important lines from the log file.

There is another nice feature tucked away in the Tools menu as well, and that is Filters. With the Filters you can provide multiple search patterns that you want to find in the log file, and for each one you can specify a different background and text color. That way when you’re simply scrolling through the log file the specific lines you are looking for will really stand out.

Glogg Homepage (Windows/Linux; Freeware)

Free Office-Style WYSIWYG HTML Editor

Ryan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:06:21 +0000

Windows only
There aren’t a lot of free WYSIWYG editors out, and the ones that are available normally have terrible interfaces with limited functionality. I’m not a huge fan of WYSIWYG editors myself, but they can serve as a good starting point if you’re just learning how to code HTML.

The free Trellian WebPage app is nice because it makes use of the Microsoft Office-style Ribbon interface to provide an easy-to-use interface. As you’d expect from an app like this you can edit the content of a page through the WYSIWYG editor, the source code, or a split screen showing both. This program is also helpful if you are working with a free HTML template that you’ve downloaded, which are rather plentiful online.

The only thing I should mention is that when installing the program it tries to install an “SEO toolbar” on your computer, but uncheck the corresponding boxes or choose the “Compact Installation” option it will only install the app.

Trellian WebPage Homepage (Windows only; Freeweare)

Get a Free Wake-Up Call

Ryan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:50:28 +0000

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.

WakeupDialer is convenient because it is fast and completely free. Just enter in your phone number and the time you want a call to come in the next day (you can’t schedule a call for the same day). It even appears to automatically select your timezone, but you can confirm that it will be calling you at the correct time by looking at the “Click here to call …” button which tells you the amount of time it will be before your call will come in.

Wakerupper is nice because you can specify the message you want played back when the call comes through. You can also schedule calls for the same day which is convenient for using this as a reminder service rather than just for a wake-up call. The downside is that the service only appears to be free for the first 10 calls to your phone, which means frequent users will have to sign up for a plan to continue using it.

So you can use the service that sounds right for you, but remember that both of these only work in the US and Canada.

Wakerupper Homepage
WakeupDialer Homepage

View Video File Info (Container, Codec, Aspect Ratio, FPS, Bitrate)

Ryan — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:27:20 +0000

Windows; Mac; Linux
If you’re trying to figure out why a video won’t play on your machine it might help if you knew exactly what format you were dealing with. For example, if you’re watching a video but can’t hear any audio it may have to do with the format the audio was encoded in (OGG, MP3, AC3, DTS, AAC, etc…). With MediaInfo you can extract a lot of this pertinent information from your media files.

Here is a list of information you’re able to extract using MediaInfo:

General: title, author, director, album, track number, date, duration
Video: codec, aspect, FPS, bitrate
Audio: codec, sample rate, channels, language, nitrate
Text: language of subtitle
Chapters: number of chapters, list of chapters

There are a lot of different video formats out there, and I can say first-hand that tools like MeidaInfo are a great help with troubleshooting problems playing back videos. It makes it easy to compare multiple files so that you can see what is working, and what’s not working.

MediaInfo Homepage (Windows/Mac/Linux; Freeware)

WrapUp: Gmail Logo Uses Two Different Fonts, Download Your Songs From Google Music, and More

Ryan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:28:50 +0000

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. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

You Can Download All Your Songs From Google Music
A new option is being rolled out to Google Music users that will let you download all of your uploaded/purchased songs, which means this is a great way to backup your music library.

Gmail Logo Uses Two Different Fonts
Some interesting info about the Gmail logo emerged last week, including the fact that it was created the night before Gmail launched and that they use two different fonts in the logo. Once you realize it uses two different fonts you’ll never be able to shake it from your head.

MegaUpload Alternatives See Surge in Traffic After Shutdown
After MegaUpload was shutdown last week several other services, such as Fileserve and Filesonic, removed their reward programs and public sharing options. All of this has caused a surge of traffic to get directed to the remaining alternatives.

Xbox 720 Will Be Six Times More Powerful as Current Console
Rumors are twirling that the next Xbox will ship in November 2013, and will be six times more powerful than the existing console.

YouTube Streams 4 Billion Videos Each Day
It’s pretty incredible that YouTube is streaming 4 billion videos each day, but users are also uploading 60-hours worth of content every minute.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Google Docs Can Be Exported Through Google Takeout
Google recently added an option to their “Takeout” service so that you can export your Google Docs data as well. That means it is even easier to pull all of your data away from Google.

Installing a BitTorrent Client on Your DD-WRT Router
This guide walks you through how to get Transmission up and running on a DD-WRT router.

Shortcut to Reopen Recently Closed Folders and Apps
UndoClose is a free Windows app that lets you assign a keyboard shortcut to quickly reopen folders and apps you recently closed.

–Downloads–

BurnAware Free 4.5 [Homepage] [Mirror]
CCleaner 3.15.1643 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Defraggler 2.09.391 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Evernote 4.5.3.6131 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Firefox 10.0 ^{Beta 6} [Homepage] [Mirror]
Foobar2000 1.1.11 ^{Beta 4} [Homepage] [Mirror]
Google Chrome 18.0.1017.2 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
Google Earth 6.2.0.5905 ^Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
Greenshot 0.8.1.1486 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Miranda 0.9.42 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Miro 4.0.5 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Opera 11.61 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Picasa 3.9.1.135.83 [Homepage] [Mirror]
SeaMonkey 2.7 ^{Beta 4} [Homepage] [Mirror]
Songbird 1.10.2 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Thunderbird 10.0 ^{Beta 5} [Homepage] [Mirror]
uTorrent 3.1.26671 [Homepage] [Mirror]
VLC 2.0.0 ^RC1 [Homepage] [Mirror]

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WrapUp: Gmail Logo Uses Two Different Fonts, Download Your Songs From Google Music, and More

Create a Real-Time Photo Stream with LiveShare

Ryan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:21:11 +0000

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. In order to post photos, however, you’ll still need a LiveShare account.

Any photos that get added are instantly pushed out to everyone viewing the stream on the web or with one of the mobile apps. The thing that some people may not realize is that no one is able to delete a photo stream from the site, but you can remove individual images that you’ve uploaded. The creators of the service consider a photo stream a “living document” which is why they don’t let you delete it.

The service is really easy to use, and with the iPhone/Android apps almost everyone in your photo stream should be able to upload photos they take on their phones. If you like the idea of a real-time photo stream then LiveShare is definitely something you should checkout.

LiveShare Homepage

Distraction Free Writing with FocusWriter

Ryan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:37:01 +0000

Windows; Mac; Linux
Being able to focus on writing can be a tough task, but there are apps that try to help draw your attention to the task at hand. One such free program is FocusWriter that, despite it’s simplistic interface, has a wealth of features and settings available to help you hit your writing goals.

Out-of-the-box FocusWriter will appear as though it’s no more advance than Notepad, but that’s because they tuck away the toolbars into the upper and lower portions of the screen. Just hover your mouse towards the top or bottom of FocusWriter to reveal formatting options, settings, tabs, stats, and much more. Here’s a rundown on some of the features available:

TXT, basic RTF, and basic ODT file support
Timers and alarms
Daily goals
Fully customizable themes
Typewriter sound effects (optional)
Auto-save (optional)
Live statistics (optional)
Spell-checking (optional)
Multi-document support
Sessions
Portable mode (optional)

It should be noted that this runs in fullscreen mode by default, but you can always use it like any other app in a window if that’s what you want.

FocusWriter Homepage (Windows/Mac/Linux; Freeware)

Quickly Manipulate Text in Any Windows App

Ryan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:48:17 +0000

Windows only
Programs like Notepad++ have features that let you quickly manipulate bodies of text, which is something that can be really useful. Unfortunately these features are always restricted to the app you’re using making them only marginally useful compared to what they could be.

Dolphin Text Editor Menu is a great app that bridges the gap by providing a lot of text manipulation features in any program or website where you can type text. After you launch the app you’ll probably want to jump over to the System Tray icon where you can pull up the settings to configure the keyboard shortcut that displays the menu. By default the shortcut is set to Control+Numpad0.

After you’ve got it ready just highlight some text and press the keyboard shortcut. From the menu that appears you’ll be able to sort the text, remove blank lines, change text case, align text, remove HTML, and more. I’ve found this to be a great utility to have, but the challenge is remembering that it’s always there for you to use.

Dolphin Text Editor Menu Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)

Create HDR Photos with Picturenaut

Ryan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:24:11 +0000

Windows only
HDR is the process of combining multiple photos with the hope that the resulting image is clear in both the light and dark areas. Getting good free HDR software that is capable of merging the photos together can be a little tricky since there are a lot of things it has to take into account, such as perfectly aligning each image.

Picturenaut is a free HDR app for Windows that has done a wonderful job with my photos. The program has been in the works for over 4 years, and you can tell that a lot of sweat has been put into making it. Merging your images will generally take just a few seconds, and with the settings available you are able to tweak the resulting photo to look exactly how you want it to.

Here are some of the high-level features offered by Picturenaut:

Automatic image alignment
Exposure correction
Color balancing
Ghost removal
RAW support
Noise level compensation
Full control over camera curve

Picturenaut Homepage (Windows only; Freeware)
[Images used for HDR example are from Wikipedia]

WrapUp: Screenshot an Entire Webpage with Skitch, iPhone 4S Jailbreak, and More

Ryan — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:58:02 +0000

–News–

Megaupload Shutdown, Anonymous Retaliates
Megaupload was shutdown last week by the FBI, and as a result the group Anonymous initiated a DOS attack that brought down sites for both the Department of Justice and Universal Music.

Apple’s New iBooks for iPad Adds Textbook Support
Apple released an array of iPad-centric apps last week that focus on creating and reading textbooks, as well as course management for teachers.

Wolfram Education Portal is Live
Wolfram unveiled an education portal that currently contains learning materials for algebra and calculus.

Zappos Gets Hacked
Last week Zappos was hacked, and personal information including each customer’s name, email, address, last four digits of their credit card, and a hash of their password may have all been among the data compromised.

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Screenshot an Entire Webpage with Skitch
Skitch for Mac has a feature tucked away that you may not know about, and it’s that dragging a URL into the app will trigger it to take a screenshot of the full website.

iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Untethered Jailbreak Available
If you’ve been waiting to jailbreak your new iOS device this jailbreak release will give you the full untethered experience many users were waiting for.

Transfer Your Spotify Playlists to Grooveshark
ToGrooveshark is a web service that helps you quickly migrate all of your Spotify playlists over to Grooveshark.

Cross-Platform App Renames TV Shows
This free cross-platform app hooks up to EPGuide or TheTVDB.com, and will use that information to rename files for television shows you download.

–Downloads–

Adobe Air 3.2.0.1720 Beta 4 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Dexpot 1.5.15 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Dropbox 1.3.7 Experimental [Homepage] [Mirror]
Firefox 10.0 Beta 5 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Flash Player 11.2.202.183 Beta 4 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Foobar2000 1.1.11 Beta 1 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Google Chrome 18.0.1010.1 Beta [Homepage] [Mirror]
iTunes 10.5.3 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Screenshot Captor 2.105.01 [Homepage] [Mirror]
Thunderbird 10.0 Beta 4 [Homepage] [Mirror]