yPen - An Online Text Notebook, Simple but Useful

Do not confuse yPen with sophisticated notebook applications like Google Notebook or the more feature-rich Zoho Notebook. yPen, like other online clipboards, is just a quick tool for creating text notes online inside a neat and minimalistic interface. No registration or browser add-ons required - just type (or copy-paste) the text in the available space and it stays there forever. You can access your text notes via a unique URL. And there's no save button, everything you type is automatically saved. yPen is different from other note-taking applications in the sense that it sports a tabbed interface and therefore several text clippings can be entered on the same webpage organized as tabs (equivalent to sections or pages in Microsoft OneNote 2007) For developers, yPen also has an API to create or read yPen notes inside your application or widget. Goto yPen [Make and Share Notes] Developer Blog yPen API

Create Photo Greeting Cards with Flickr Pictures and Your Text

PictureSandbox Cards is a new online tool from FlickrCash to help you create and send personalized photo greeting cards with your own text and Images from Flickr.The interface is intuitive - search the images from Flickr database (you can also limit search results based on Creative Commons license), add some text and the photo card turns into a webpage. Very neat implementation and the card is free of any advertising banners (for now) Wish the future releases have an option to change color schemes and photo frame borders.

Adobe Acrobat 8.1 for Office 2007 and Windows Vista

Finally, after a long long wait, Adobe today released an Acrobat 8 patch that makes this popular PDF writer compatible with Microsoft Office 2007 programs and Windows Vista. [Sorry, but no Office 2007 update for Acrobat 7 users] Other than the new PDFmaker add-on for Office 2007, the second most exciting feature is the PDF Preview Handler - you can now view PDF files in Office Outlook 2007 as well as in Windows Explorer on Windows Vista without starting Acrobat or Adobe Reader. And like Mindjet MindManager 7, Acrobat 8.1 too sports the new Office 2007 style Ribbon UI - we are likely to see more and more vendors adapting to the new Office Ribbon especially when their application is tied to Office applications. Organizations who have shifted to Office 2007 may be desperately waiting for Acrobat 8.1 since the Save as PDF plugin, available for free from Microsoft, doesn't work with Outlook emails which is like a lifeline for most Office users. User who do not have Acrobat 8.0 Professional or Standard version may download the new version of Adobe Reader 8.1 to view PDF documents. New Features in 8.1 Adobe Reader Adobe Acrobat

Turn your Computer into a Mosquito Repeller

Stop using chemical based Insecticides to kill mosquitoes, because you might kill yourself.Download these Anti Mosquito software to repel those annoying insects and be safer & greenerHow does it work?Dragonflies are the mortal enemy for mosquitoes and in flight they generate sound frequencies (approximately) between 67 Hz and 45 Hz, depending on their sizes.56 Hz is a good average number in between those frequencies. Your PC sound card and speakers will work well for this purpose. There are many sound and tone generator programs available on the internet for both the Mac and Windows PC. Setup your computer with the sound/tone generator program running and then play the sound through your computer speakers. The speakers can be aimed directionally for complete room coverage.The sound level on the speakers should be adjusted so it is barely audible. This arrangement can be setup in a bedroom where you would like to have the window open but are worried about mosquitoes. One speaker should be fairly close to where you are sleeping.Here are some links to more advanced tone generator software which can actually sweep between the 45 Hz and 67 Hz frequencies: http://www.nch.com.au/tonegen/index.htmlhttp://www.esseraudiosolutions.com/ttg.htm

Transform Photos into Freehand Sketch using PhotoS

PhotoS is a simplistic tool which transforms photographs into Freehand Sketch. You don’t need to have any technical knowledge, just load your photo and hit the “Draw Sketch” button. Ofcource, you can fine tune elements such as line width and detail level, but that’s simple as well. PhotoS is a shareware, you can download and try it upto 30 conversions, after which you’ll have to buy a license key. Photoshop experts can create better looking sketch, but it needs some time and patience.