Often, users of the MagicJack experience a problem where the MagicJack is recognized by your pc, but for some reason it is not working. For example, the ‘dial’ screen is not popping up. If your MagicJack is not working properly, one solution is to uninstall the drivers, and then reinstalling them. This video goes over the process involved in doing so.

iMovie Mono to Stereo Sound from Joe on Vimeo.

Mono audio tracks are perfectly fine for podcasts, but leave much to be desired for other media. iMovie 2009 does not provide a method for converting mono audio tracks (likely recorded with a computer microphone) to stereo.

This video covers how to solve this problem, using features built in to iMovie as well as the free, open-sourced audio editor ‘Audacity’ (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/).

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This is especially useful when reading through a long web page (for example, Google News), e-mail, or SMS text message log, where you need to he at the tip of the window to enter a new website, reply to the email, or call the person who you’ve been messaging.

There are very little preferences available for this program, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The authour seemed to have a simple goal, to beautify Craigslist, and in this he succeeded. However, given that the normal Craiglist interface, while cluttered and cumbersome at times, isn’t very bad to begin with, it is hard to argue a reason to purchase this program. Enjoy the 25 day demo, and then go back to the normal Craigslist!

• Search multiple regions at a time
• Add items to ‘Favourites’ with a click
• Integration with ‘Mail’ and ‘Safari’ (or your browser)
• Narrow your results with unlimited and customizable filters

The Good Simple and clean looking interface No learning curve, preferences are few and easily set Growl integration Easily filter results, easily check if you’ve visited certain results, and easily bookmark results

The Bad Craigslist isn’t that ugly to begin with! It’s easy to use, so it’s hard to justify paying extra money to browse a free service, despite the usefulness of the filters and multi-region searcing Some small bugs which haven’t been worked out yet (But the authour seems committed to fixing bugs which are brought to his attention in a timely manner)

It is very easy to use, with keyboard shortcuts clearly laid out for all of the functions. Adding a new item to the list is as simple as hitting the return key, adding tags is as simple as hitting the ‘/’ key followed by the tag, and toggling the status of the task is as simple as hitting the ’space key’. After entering the new item, a few really nice drop-down menus appear allowingg you to enter the start date, due date, and estimated duration to complete the task.

Beyond usability, the app looks fantastic (which is important!). It looks as if it was designed by Apple, with it’s clever use of fonts, colours, and setup. Small menus fade intgo he screen to allow you to enter start datges and due dates. The commentingg system for each task allows you to drag and drop files. This helps it function as an organizer, not just a To-Do list application. More on the organization end, THL allows you to organize seperate ‘lists’, setup folders, and create smart folders.

• Easily add items to the ‘To-Do’ list by hitting enter
• Easily modify items, add tags, etc. using keyboard shortcuts
• Quick-Entry shortcut to add items on the go
• Add unlimited amount of ’sub-tasks’ to each task
• Start date, Due date, and Estimated time can be entered for each task
• Comments which can include attachments such as PDF files
• Always-on-top timer which can be started to time the task at hand
• Tabbed browsing
• iCal synchronization

The Good Easy to use To-Do list with a beatiful UI Advanced features allowing for some powerful organization alongg with your regular To-Do work Well thought out navigation ‘Card Mode’, which seems really pointless, but looks cool. iCal syncing Quick-add, cute sounds, nice graphics, tabbed browsing, easy keyboard shortcuts, searchable tags

The Bad $70 dollars! The developer has put a lot into this, but it’s still hard to pay that much for a To-Do app when many free versions are available Syncing between computers would be a fantastic feature that would justify the cost and add tons of usability for multiple mac owners No iPhone syncing, but a clear menu item insisting that they are working on this! I expect it to be done shortly, as the developer appears to be meticulous. Not many bad thigns to say. To-Do list apps have been around for a while, and hundreds are available. These days, developers get them right. Poition Factory did as well!

Many websites (not this one!) require you to create an account prior to posting comments, download files, or access a members area. Unfortunately some of these websites sell their database of emails to spammers, meaning the reason you’re getting that viagara spam ten times a day is that someone sold your information to make a few bucks.

Spammers have additional tricks to get your e-mail as well. Bots routinely crawl websites to grab e-mails. Anytime you post a comment on a website that logs your e-mail, or if you write your e-mail in a form, or if you have your e-mail listed on a contact page, you are at risk having your e-mail being added to a spammers list.

Gmail has some great tricks though which can be used to identify WHERE the spam is coming from. Furthermore, you can easily create rules to trash the spam, and keep your inbox clean.

Method 1

Gmail allows you to add a “+” sign to your e-mail, followed by any string of text you’d like. This allows you to create unique e-mails each time you need to give out your e-mail. So if you are at website called ‘WeSellYourEmail.com’, and they force you to enter your e-mail before downloading a product they make, you would put ‘youremail+wesellyouremail@gmail.com’. Any future spam to this address can be easily recognized, and rules can easily be created to send all incoming emails to this address directly to the trash.

Some websites won’t allows you to add the “+” combo, recognizing it as an illegal e-mail address, in which case you can use the following method.

Method 2

Gmail doesn’t ‘recognize’ dots in usernames. This means that ‘youremail@gmail.com’ is the same as ‘your.email@gmail.com’ and is the same as ‘y.o.u.r.e.m.a.i.l@gmail.com’. Again, this allows you to create unique email addresses whenever you need to distribute your email.

For example if your ‘true’ email (i.e. the one you use to login on gmail.com) is ‘your.email@gmail.com’, you might dedicate the use of ‘yo.uremail@gmail.com’ to websites you sign up for, and ‘yourem.ail@gmail.com’ for contact forms. This will allow you to setup quick rules to mark and delete any spam which will be directed at those email addresses.

Gmail has a very good spam filter to begin with, but along with this method you should be able to eliminate spam entirely. Furthermore, you will be able to identify precisely where the spam came from.

This list remains dynamic, and will be updated frequently to maintain it’s usefulness. Disagree with something? Perfect, that’s how we can make this list better. Please share your opinions on what should and shouldn’t be included by commenting.

Last updated : Sunday, December 21, 2008
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