Tools for scientific productivity
Eclectic collection of tools for working in science, ranging from software utilities, computer hardware, gadgets and internet sites - hopefully there are a few useful items among these, and some odds and ends - quirky things which cropped up in the search for useful stuff - and which seemed too good to throw away without sharing.
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Every brand, from the smallest website or startup, to corporate giants such as Nike or McDonald’s, need a set of branding guidelines and rules to maintain their identity. This document, which can range from a couple of pages, to several hundred, is the thread that holds together what the public sees from a company.
A brand bible establishes the voice and personality of a company, as well as...
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So, you have got your spanking new smartphone, and there is nothing quite like making sure everyone else who drops by your home knows that you have the latest addition to your collection of gadgets, and here we are with the £19.99 Smartphone Time Lapse Turntable. Just what the heck does it do? For starters, it is capable of delivering the perfect platform for shooting panoramas or sweeping...
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If youve used InDesign, you may be familiar with styles, those handy-dandy formatting tools that can help you change the look of your documents pretty much instantly. In this tip, Melissa Holt will cover how to use paragraph styles in Apples Pages program, and if youve never used them before, you may find them to be the official Best Thing Ever™ for formatting text.
Pages: Using Paragraph...
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You may be shocked to learn that there are still breakthroughs to be made in backpack design; that people are still working on ways to arrange pockets, and not just make them look like whatever cartoon their company has licensed. But I have to say that the Boa Squeeze by Booq has a slick, sci-fi design with lots of pockets to keep your digital life organized and mobile.
Though it will not...
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Linux Users Have a Choice: 8 Linux Desktop Environments: "
There’s no one true desktop environment for Linux. Unlike competing operating systems like Windows, Linux users have a choice of many different desktop environments, all with their own styles and strengths.
You can install one of these desktop environments after installing your Linux distribution and switch between desktop...
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Announced last Friday in Japan, JVC’s new powerful camcorder the GC-P100 is the sport oriented or action amateur filmmaker dream comes true! Indeed thanks to JVC’s Falcon Bird technology the GC-P100 is capable to shoot by default Full HD 60p videos in 36Mbps as well as stunning 600fps ones in 320×176! Announced at around 130,000 Yen and set to arrive in Japan at the end of May, the GC-P100...
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MXL specializes in microphone and sound equipment, and the AC-406 is one part of their line of products. Sound is their business, and it is reflected in this product.
MXL AC-406
The black AC-406 has a small footprint 4.5 x 1.75-in (11.4 x 4.4 cm). It is made from plastic and the bottom is lined with suede. It is powered by a USB cable. The speaker is 4 ohms, 5W, the frequency response...
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A couple of weeks ago, we shared a sneak peek of Adobe’s upcoming Shake Reduction Tool for Photoshop that has been dropping jaws ever since an advanced preview was debuted all the way back in October of 2011. The tool selects a section of the image, uses some complicated calculations to determine how the camera was moving when the photo was taken, and then remove the blur — pretty...
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The Notes app. It's been around since day-one in the life of iOS. The Mac version is now available for Mountain Lion, and it's fully iCloud-compliant. This isn't the word processor you're looking for. It's a skeuomorphic yellow legal pad for taking notes.
To me, prior to Mountain Lion, iOS 6 and iCloud integration, the Notes app was useless. Yes, I could keep "local" notations on my iPhone...
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Usually the developers design different kinds of applications to make our life convenient. In reality even they need a lot of apps for organizing their work and increasing their productivity. With the use of these applications performing various tasks like resizing images without diminishing its quality, uploading the photographs, sharing photos, links and other contents become much easier....
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