5 short links for today #18

1. Wikirage is a site that tracks the pages in Wikipedia which are receiving the most edits over various periods of time. Popular people in the news, the latest fads, and the hottest video games, Internet memes, zeitgeist, and trends bubble to the surface. Gives you an idea of what’s hot on media right now. The site also lists the top editors.

2. Online Video Alarm Clock: Wake up to your favorite YouTube video by setting it up as an alarm in this online alarm clock.

3. Blurtt: A web service that lets you send real postcards to your friends. Just create a postcard online or upload a design, pay $0.99 if both you and your friend live in the US ($1.50 for International mail) and send it. Other similar services.

4. CSS Bake: An amazing site showcasing the web’s most beautiful websites and CSS templates. A great place for designers to get inspiration and tips.

5. The Linux Gamers' Game List is possibly one of the most complete (?) list of games available for the Linux platform. You can search the list by publishers, genre, developers etc. Links to the game’s website are also provided.

Comments

How to Record CPU and Memory Usage Over Time in Windows?

Whenever the computer is lagging or some application is taking too long to respond, we usually fire up task manager and look under the Performance tab or under Processes to check on processor utilization or the amount of free memory available. The task manager is ideal for real-time analysis of CPU and memory utilization. It even displays a short history of CPU utilization in the form of a graph. You get a small time-window, about 30 seconds or so, depending on how large the viewing area is.

Diagram 101: Different Types of Diagrams and When To Use Them

Diagrams are a great way to visualize information and convey meaning. The problem is that there’s too many different types of diagrams, so it can be hard to know which ones you should use in any given situation. To help you out, we’ve created this diagram that lays out the 7 most common types of diagrams and when they’re best used:

How to Schedule Changes to Your Facebook Page Cover Photo

Facebook’s current layout, the so called Timeline, features a prominent, large cover photo that some people are using in a lot of different creative ways. Timeline is also available for Facebook Pages that people can use to promote their website or business or event. Although you can change the cover photo as often as you like, it’s meant to be static – something which you design and leave it for at least a few weeks or months like a redesigned website. However, there are times when you may want to change the cover photo frequently and periodically to match event dates or some special promotion that you are running or plan to run. So, here is how you can do that.

Instant Fundas

Search This Blog