Category: Software
Pidgin chat client
Do you use several chat clients? I’ve been signed up for AIM for nearly forever, and for ICQ for almost just as long. I can also use Google Talk. I’ve been asked to chat using MSN and declined because I didn’t want to have yet another chat client open. Pidgin alleviates that problem. Pidgin is [...]
Sumo Paint
SUMO Paint is free software that allows users to create and edit images online. The application opens in your browser. The software does offer support for layers and filters. I was surprised to see that it offers many of the same tools as expensive image editing software, such as shape tools, a brush tool, an [...]
HP offering free online classes
I get a newsletter by email from HP every once in a while. In the edition that I got this week some free online classes were mentioned. Expecting to find only one or two, I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot more. The HP Learning Center offers courses on Microsoft Office, Adobe and Macromedia [...]
Create free online invoices
I got an email from my host a while back to check out BambooInvoice and I’ve finally gotten around to it. BambooInvoice is a site where you can create client invoices online. The site is based on open source code and was made with the small business owner in mind and is free to use. [...]
How to insert random text in Office documents
Have you ever been writing something or working on a website and wondered what the finished results would look like complete with text? If you use Microsoft Office you don’t have to wonder. There’s a way you can enter “dummy text” effortlessly. It’s great if you’re working on a newsletter. Depending on which version of [...]
So many menus
I received an email asking me for a little help understanding the menus within applications. Let me see what I can do to help. Sometimes people get a little confused within an application because there are so many things going on. If you’re not familiar it could be a little intimidating. I remember when I [...]
Shortcuts
I received an email asking me what was meant by shortcuts. There are two kinds of shortcuts. The shortcut menu is a menu of commands that appears if you right click on something. I almost always right click to copy something. A keyboard shortcut is a combination of two or more keys used together to [...]
Pixel Pick, a free color coding tool
Did you ever want to use a certain color that you saw on your monitor but couldn’t figure out the color code? It’s happened to me more than a few times. What can you do about it? Get Pixel Pick. Pixel Pick is a simple free program that will tell you the color code of [...]
Looking for a free alternative to Office?
More and more people use computers for every day things all of the time. Computer usage is growing in both the workplace and in the home. Many people work on things both at home and at work, thereby bring their files with them. People use flash drives and cds, among other methods, to transport their [...]
How do you unzip?
How do you unzip zipped files? Like many people you might use Winzip. Wizip is shareware, meaning if you’re going to use it you’re supposed to send in some money. Mind you winzip still works if you don’t pay, it just takes a long time to open (basically it counts to 150). I used to [...]
