Start your weekend with more confidence!
Introducing boilr’s weekly crossword puzzle. Keeping your brain in shape has never been easier (no seriously)!
Thanks to the free EclipseCrossword software (currently Win-only), creating and publishing crossword puzzles is a snap.
Check back for a new boilr-related puzzle each Friday (+/- a few days), or simply bookmark the page: crossword.boilr.net
Free multi-touch/wireless mouse! (BYOiPhone/Touch)
Another shining example of the amazing free software that is being developed for the iPhone/iPod Touch (and will hopefully be ported to Apple’s official SDK at no cost!).
(via Lifehacker | more info)
Mapping WiFi around the world
WeFi aims to generate a comprehensive map of WiFi hot spots around the world. The company site explains:
WeFi is software loaded onto your laptop or mobile device. It enhances your existing WiFi management software with a more powerful connection tool. The WeFi software automatically detects and qualifies all WiFi access points within range and connects you to the spot with the best Internet connection.
Along with the WiFi connection software, users get access to WeFi’s IM service which combines instant messaging with the ability to see where your friends are connected from across the globe.
With over 300, 000 logged WiFi access points, a dynamic world map of the latest additions, and searchable local hot spot maps, WeFi might be on to something here.
Setup your own Wiidia Center
Last week, Lifehacker posted instructions on how to turn a Wii into a wireless media center.
Not one to shy away from maximizing the utility of my gadgets (or a chance to geek-out), I couldn’t resist and tried it out over the weekend.
While definitely not perfect, the resulting Wiidia Center is quite impressive considering both the cost of the needed software (free - Windows-only; except if you count the required $5 Internet Channel for the Wii), and the simplicity of setup (about 10 minutes).
All for one(Connect), and one(Connect) for all!
Yahoo! announced an upcoming mobile app today at the Mobile World Congress in Spain - oneConnect. The major appeal of this application is its ability to consolidate just about every IM and social network into one place.
Users will be able to send messages to contacts across a wide variety of sites including Facebook and Myspace as well as IM clients, including AIM and gTalk. Most importantly, oneConnet will save text and IM messages as a single thread, regardless of which site or program each person is communicating through.
This is extremely useful in that it allows friends, colleagues, or whoever to keep track of conversations that would normally be spread across multiple sources in one, easy to keep track of application. Not only will communication be consolidated, but the mobile app will also converge updates from all of these individual services.
As a user of Facebook, LinkedIn, AIM, gTalk, and sometimes other social and communications tools, oneConnect sounds like a (mobile) dream come true.
(via TechCrunch)
Less printing = more trees, more $$
I just stumbled across GreenPrint. The company aims to reduce the amount of wasted paper and ink by allowing users (currently Windows only) to send each print job through its GreenPrint World software.
The standalone program was recently released as freeware for home (non-commercial) users. After a quick installation, GreenPrint will appear as one of the “printer” options when selecting print in any application. Once a user has selected GreenPrint, a preview of what would normally print out is displayed; this is where the software attempts to reduce paper and ink by allowing the user to eliminate unwanted pages as well as certain text and images.
The idea of GreenPrint is very respectable. In practice, the software is a tad slow (apparently because one of the perks of purchasing the ad-free version is faster performance) but operates as advertised. It might take some patience and small adjustment to reviewing each and every print job, but, in the end, saving paper and ink ultimately cuts down on costs and environmental impact.
(via Crave)
