Internet Tools for Nothing or Next to Nothing

Posted on August 5th, 2008 in Let's Get Technical, Resources by Barbara  Tagged , ,

Sometimes we just need simple tools to check or fix things. I ran across this web site that has links to tools that are either free, or almost free.  I don’t know about you, but I am definitely downloading them when I get home tonight!

http://tech.msn.com/downloads/articlepcw.aspx?cp-documentid=8772825&GT1=40000

Prepared to be pinged!!!!!!

Do As I Show You… CamStudio

Posted on July 7th, 2008 in Let's Get Technical, Resources by Barbara

You’ve all heard of the nifty little software for creating tutorials, right?  Camtasia?  The thing is, you need to buy it.  Well, this little program was just too good to be true.  Sooooo…… someone created an open source version.  Meaning, it’s free!  Oh, NOW I have your attention.  Okay, here’s the details:

CamStudio
http://camstudio.org/

It records both video and audio on your computer and compresses the files to .swf files (meaning you can upload them to YouTube!!!).  Hurray open source!

Okay, while you are looking at the web site, I’m going to play with my CamStudio.  See you in YouTube!!

Editing Images for the Web – Online

Posted on January 4th, 2008 in Artistically Inclined, Resources by Barbara

Hmmmm. You mean I need graphics software, too? Nope. Not now. You can do simple edits to prepare your images for the web. There are many online websites to do this, but here’s one that is very easy to use:

http://www.pixer.us

Simply upload your image via their online tools, edit, and download the result. That simple.  The Toto in all of us is thankful we’re not in Kansas anymore.