GTMOO…

AbbyMe.com is a utility for sending calls to people through the internet.

You type a message or announcement and then you can send it to a regular phone number.

If you sign up for a free account you can schedule a call and then use it for a wakeup call.

Ever wanted to master the keyboard shortcuts and get more productive on the web? Here is everything you need – 7 quick cheat sheets for some of the most widely used tools on the web. Download, print and stick them somewhere near your desk.

See all the cheat sheets at http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/7-essential-cheat-sheets/

I have two favorite media players VLC media player and media player classic. Both are free and both play many different file types with ease.

VLC Media plalyer http://www.videolan.org/vlc

A cross-platform media player and streaming server. This player is highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs VCDs , and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in ipv4 or ipv6 on a high bandwidth network. The site tracks how many are being downloaded and at the time I am writing this it is being download 2.2 times per second. Below is an example of an avi file I tested

The other one is media player classic.

I love this one because of it’s small memory footprint. On my old computer I could actually play a video and do something else at the same time. Also you don’t need to install it. The program is just one exe file good which is also good for a USB drive. I did have one problem though. I have a new computer so I had to install the xvid codec. After that everything worked perfectly. Below is the same avi file in media player classic

I like media player classic because I think the picture is sharper but vlc is brighter. Both have many options to customize the video settings but I prefer to just click and go so classic works for me.

I moved recently and I’m sorry I’ve gotten so far behind on this site.
I got a new/used laptop with vista on it so I am trying to set it up with all the free software I like.
I’m going to be posting about these.

One of the things I cannot do without is evernote.
Evernote is a program to store and categorize your ideas and information. It is currently in beta and I have a few invites. If anyone wants them request one by commenting.
There are many different ways to use evernote. You could download the client to your computer from www.evernote.com. This works on mac and pc. If you have it on multiple computers just hit sync and it will update everything.

You could also use the online version which is what I am using now. There is a third version for mobile devices. You cannot add things from your iphone but you can email them to a special evernote address and they will be added to your account.

I would recomend that everyone try evernote.