The Great Geek Manual

Link Round-Up: August 3, 2009

4 Aug 2009 Links

Resources

10 More Cool Things You Can Do With YouTube Videos – Yeah, everyone knows that YouTube is the place to go watch videos online, but did you know how many things you can do with those videos? You can rip MP3s, create ringtones, and even set a video alarm.

Best of Wikipedia – A Tumblr that offers up random wikipedia articles of interest each day. Fun for trivia buffs.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Dark Web Design – Webdesigner Depot takes a look at some best practices for maintaining readability and usability while working with dark-colored webpages.

FreeAppAlert – A great website that lists paid iPhone apps that have just become free. Great way to keep up on the latest toys for your iPhone.

TweetBlocker – It’s no secret that Twitter has become a preferred playground for spammers. Hashrocket’s TweetBlocker sets out to change this by giving users a simple tool to easily identify spammers in the group of users they are following. TweetBlocker automatically identifies the spammers in your follow list and lets you easily unfollow and block them right from the TweetBlocker dashboard.

The Ultimate Guide To Speeding Up Firefox 3.5 – I like Firefox but it’s not as fast as it used to be. This is a comprehensive, safe guide to optimizing Firefox 3.5 for speedy browsing.