The Great Geek Manual

Everyone needs a little help staying on time now and again. When you spend all day in front of a computer with internet access, it can be especially important, given the abundance of distractions at hand. Here is a collection of apps, scripts, and utilities to help remind you what it is you’re actually supposed to be doing.

2Do – This iPhone app was designed to work around your fingers. 2Do surrounds you with your projects and actions, grouped the way you like them, sorted the way you need them and reminding you at the time you want them done.

30 Boxes – A web based calendar solution with a good list feature.

Bla Bla List – A fast, simple to-do list product built on the RIFE open-source Java web application framework. It offers the basic to-do list features with an easy-to-use interface, but new lists begin as an annoyingly small pop-up window.

Google Calendar To Do List – Firefox users can setup this neat Greasemonkey script that adds a to do list to your Google Calendar account. Firefox and Greasemonkey extension required. Read the rest of this entry » » »

Utilities

• Clavier+ – this handy utility allows users to create keyboard shortcuts using any key combination, including the Windows key. The shortcuts can be used to launch programs or paste in frequently used text.
• Google Code University – a collection of tutorials on languages like Python, Java and Go for relative beginners.
• Mappiness – a free iPhone app that allows you to keep track of your happiness. It’s also a research tool for London School of Economics scholars Susana Mourato and George MacKerron, who are using it to learn “how people’s feelings are affected by features of their current environment—things like air pollution, noise, and green spaces.”
• Photovisi – a free and easy to use online tool to create photo collages. Select one of the many collage templates, add your photos and then customize by dragging items around.

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Art & Photos

Download and assemble your own Scott Pilgrim Sex Bob-omb at Cubcraft.
The Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas is selling an alternate Scott Pilgrim Poster.
Scott Pilgrim Evil Exes Poster
Scott Pilgrim vs Ladies by 021
Scott Pilgrim Wars by CaptainSloth

Discussion

Indie Comic to Media Phenomenon.
L.A. Times asks Is Scott Pilgrim vs. the World the year’s most honest romance?
Scott Pilgrim Versus The Unfortunate Tendency To Review The Audience
Scott Pilgrim vs. Ageism?
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Utilities

• JonDo – a free JonDonym client for anonyimizing your connection through a proxy.
• MediaRover – this free and easy app syncs your iTunes libraries and lists across all your computers and media devices.
• MozBackup – a free program that let’s you backup settings, passwords, cookies, bookmarks, history, certificates, details, and extensions from a copy of Mozilla Firefox running on one computer and transfer it to another.
• Online Convert – An online tool for converting file formats.

Tutorials

• Design for Hackers: Why You Don’t Use Garamond on The Web

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Utilities

• 50 Must Have Open Source Application for Mac
• Dizzy Dragon – this is one of the best random dungeon generators out there.
• Flowdock – for those of you upset over the loss of Google Wave, Flowdock combines the best features of Yammer And Google Wave in one project management service.
• Jailbreakme.com – a service that lets users jailbreak an iPhone 4 even without a computer. Hand for those working behind a firewall.

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Utilities

• Roomle – this online tool allows users to draw up floor plans in order to plan how to lay out a room prior to moving in to a new apartment.
• PilotHandwriting – this site allows you to turn your handwriting into a font using your computer’s webcam. Download the letter template from the web site. Fill it in. Hold the template up in front of your webcam. Watch a demo.
• Yet Another YouTube Script – unlike nearly every other predecessing YouTube userscripts that erratically worked or broke with site revisions, this userscript interfaces with the YouTube Player API to globally control autoplay and playback quality to stop the repeated web annoyance of YouTube autoplay. (It also lets you pick a lower or higher quality video as your default.)

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Utilities

• Prey – a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen. It works in all operating systems and not only is it Open Source but also completely free.
• LastPass – the last password manager you’ll ever need. Available on almost all common platforms, its easy to use, and free.
• Hid.im – a new web-based service that allows users to hide .torrent files inside PNG images. This means that users can easily upload hidden torrent files to their favorite image hosting service and forums, or use it as an avatar on social networking sites without being censored.
• Audiobox – a full-featured desktop-like HTML 5 application right into your browser, the AudioBox.fm Cloud Web Player. Accessing, streaming, organizing and storing your media files is easier than ever.

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Utilities

• 15 Podcasts for Security Pros – It may be cliché but security is an ever-changing world. So here’s a directory of all of the security news and trends you need with none of the eye strain.
• Bounce – A fun and easy way to share ideas on a website. The tool allows you to make notes, write feedback in an overlay of every site and then share your notes with friends.
• Sketchpad – This application is a powerful online image editor. Its tools are organized in handy, draggable boxes that can be positioned very much as you would see in traditional image-editing applications.

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