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CrazyLittleFingers Rewards Your Toddler's Curiosity [Featured Windows Download] (29)
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CrazyLittleFingers is a keyboard locking application. Unlike some of the previous keyboard lockers we've covered, CrazyLittleFingers corresponds the keystroke to a picture and sound related to the key. Press L and you see a picture of a lion. Press R and you see a movie of a rooster. Keys that have no symbolic link for children like the page up and page down keys produce rising and falling guitar sounds. Numbers show the number on ...Shared by Aaron (48) Andrew M (17) Bookfly (10) Chadwick (11) Chris Tomkins (21) Dan Bencsik (33) Dan Russell (52) Dave Royer (13) Francisco Solis (45) Happy Steve (5) jason (12) jasontromm (46) Jeffrey (24) Jon (45) JonTheGeek (41) Justin (35) kbrown5676 (53) Mark Roberts (53) mookie kong (31) nick (37) Rebekah (39) Richmarcia (22) Russ Johnson (13) Sarven Capadisli (24) ScottElsdon (34) tarman (33) Tori Blaine (20) Venkat (36) zeljko marcec (37)Explore read four notes- Mark Roberts said: Neat program allowing young kids to mess with the computer without messing things up.
- Jon said: Great idea.
- Chadwick said: If anyone needs to protect their keyboard from little'uns this sounds like the way to do it.
- Aaron said: This is a start. Too bad there's no mac version. What I actually need to to rig something so he's can't pound on the keyboard.
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USB Stick Watcher is a free and useful utility for people who use USB drive to transfer their data across different computers. This utility will display a recurring reminder if your USB drive is still plugged in PC. It also has the ability to show warning message every time when you try to turn PC off, or log off without unplugging your pen drive. USB Stick Watcher will ensure that you never leave your USB ...Shared by Matt (3) zeljko marcec (37)Contribute comment -
xkcd - A Webcomic - Converting to Metric (519)
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- chrishathaway said: Please ignore the cursing... the rest is just too funny to pass up.
- Chris said: the Mass one is the best i think. Also the -40 one is a lie :P
- Wilch said: Funniest one yet. Seriously, why hasn't the US converted to meteric yet?
- trip said: 4.1kg - Cat (with caption) :D
- Lee said: Finally a metric conversion chart with useful references.
- Tiago Rodrigues said: Loved this one: 1.70m Summer Glau
- Jason said: This is right on the money!
- Beck said: I like!
- zemlanin said: Split goes "Clink"
- Alex Hansford said: I love XKCD - we're printing a selection of them, framing them and putting them up around our flat. This one might be a contender for the kitchen! :o)
- burndive said: 40C -- nice.140kph -- I now know fear.170cm -- well, naturally3L --HWAAAA?
- Joseph Z. said: A handy reference chart that everyone should have.
- forcey said: 呼唤一个反向的版本...
- Waldemar Schott said: 200kg YOUR MOM220kg YOUR MOM (INCL. CHEAP JEWELRY)223kg YOUR MOM (ALSO INCL. MAKEUP)
- Nancy Martira said: Print it out, put it in your wallet.
- The Olive Ridley Crawl said: Genius, as usual
- achal said: killer!
- shrutes said: So necessary in the land of Microsoft where we have people from all over the world - which means all metric people!
- Steve said: Who/what is Summer Glau?
- vinoaj said: so if I were to Google "200 kg in xkcd" would it return "Your mom" as the first result?
- ydant said: fuckfuckfuckcold *laugh*This is actually worth printing for reference.
- Jake Davis said: An extremly good xkcd. I highly recommend it.
- Josh said: Twas -32°C in Alaska yesterday. Ouch ouch ouch ouch. Jumping jacks became a necessity.
- David Hall said: Cool for swimming?!
- Kaye said: ...except that the russian shot glass is 50 ml. it adds up.
- Brettsky said: The 100 kph comparison is funny as I pray for a 100 kph speed limit when I am in Canada as it's such a rarity.
- armish said: hehe, bir zamanlar aynisi ben de diger olcu birimi icin yapmistim. anca alisiyor insan.
- thiago said: 600ml = beer. 1L = good argentinian beer. 35ºC = fuckfuckfuckfuckhot.
- Thomas Stromberg said: Printed this one out to hang up in our apartment
- Robert Denton said: This is super.
- keldwud said: I love the Summer Glau references and the "Your Mom" joke. Your mom jokes never get old.
- John said: A useful public service from XKCD, even for those of us who live under the metric system...
- Benjamin Kabak said: I still don't get "raptor on hoverboard."
- Dizziness said: That's exactly how I do it.
- Candice said: Wrong.
- Chris Furniss said: This is the one. This is the strip that makes me unsubscribe from XKCD. Finally.
- Goosey said: While I know these exact charts are corrupted (improved?) by humor I love the idea. 'Approximate frame of reference' is a fantastic way to start _thinking_ in metric. Honestly I think this is the biggest hurdle to the US adopting metric: the cost and actual relabeling pale in comparison to Joe-Imperial-Measurement not knowing if 27.5 C is a warm day or not.
- emaynard said: Here's one for Tyler, if only I knew his email
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Update Vulnerable Programs from Your Computer (35)
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Secunia is a respected security service provider that tracks vulnerabilities in more than 20,000 applications and operating systems. To find information about the latest vulnerabilities, you could subscribe to Secunia's mailing lists, but if you want to know whether there are known security issues for the software installed in your computer, install Secunia Personal Security Inspector.The Windows application scans your computer and it lists the insecure programs, information about vulnerabilities and links to the patches. ...Shared by Ameer (24) Andrew Mason (44) Antonio (44) axel668 (32) Compuwizard123 (40) CS Sharada Prasad (36) CurtisB (32) Dan (1) Daniel Dočekal (19) Darin R. McClure (106) Dave E. (20) David Feng (101) gisc (22) Joe (62) Jorg (26) Kevin (35) KidsDoc (26) Mike Fruchter (875) Moustafa ZA (11) naovouporai (17) norti (51) oleg40a (27) Promethean (90) rfrancis (50) rOckY (118) Scott Kuperus (33) Sean (26) SilverStag (3) sryo (43) StalkerNOVA (19) Stephen Moon (103) Toomore (24) UTCB (51) Yann (29) zeljko marcec (37)Contribute comment -
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Two common barriers for people who want to exercise and get in shape are a lack of time and money needed for fitness. Who has the time to go to the gym, or buy expensive equipment, or take long bike rides? Well, if those are the things stopping you, you’re in luck. It takes no equipment to get a great workout and get in shape, and with one or two pieces of simple equipment, you ...Shared by Craig (40) david (8) dreikanter (1) Hilary Baumann (35) John Lewis (1) Nicola (19) Sean (5) teamtylermom (29) zeljko marcec (37)Contribute comment -
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Craig writes "Journalspace.com has fallen and can't get up. The post on their site describes how their entire database was overwritten through either some inconceivable OS or application bug, or more likely a malicious act. Regardless of how the data was lost, their undoing appears to have been that they treated drive mirroring as a backup and have now paid the ultimate price for not having point-in-time backups of the data that was their business." ...Shared by Aaron (19) Allen (29) Ben Guild (83) Ben Shoemate (55) Brent Ozar (30) Brome (54) cburleson (38) Chris (48) Chris Escalante (30) Compuwizard123 (40) dasmart (15) Derek (20) Dinh Luong (83) GerardM (11) JA Castillo (35) Jamin (47) Jason (52) JD Wade (17) John (30) John Albright (23) Jose M Vidal (52) Larry Osterman (54) Lucindo (20) Mats (36) Patrick (28) Promethean (90) Randal Burgess (39) Rex (33) splashme (26) zeljko marcec (37) ZZamboni (36)Explore read four notes- splashme said: Holy crap. That gives me shivers. Sean... are we backing up someplace reliable? ;)
- Derek said: Wow, that's frightening. This is why having backups in different places is a good idea.
- Jose M Vidal said: Not if, it's when. What happens when rm -rf / runs on your hard drive?
- ZZamboni said: Unbelievable.
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Free Video Converter Edits and Converts Your Video Files [Featured Windows Download] (87)
onWindows only: We've already highlighted the best free video conversion tools, but if you want to both edit and convert a video, those apps aren't up to it. That's where Free Video Converter comes in. Free Video Converter lets you choose sections of any video and join or split clips so that once you're ready to export or convert the video, you get final say on what you see. Free Video Converter supports most popular ...Shared by AdamB (22) Ahmed Zainal (189) Albert (140) Alexandre Gamela (54) Amirreza (13) Antonio (44) Art (57) Brent Evans (39) browny (41) Ching (13) Crysti the Great (47) Damien Benoit (26) Darnell Clayton (32) dave (16) David (35) deusdiabolus (103) Dominik Lukeš (73) Evert (29) Evgeni Leshtanski (16) Fred Schechter (52) gruvsyco (46) Hasan (74) Ido (18) J@n (39) János B (31) Jaime (17) Jakob (57) Jason (41) jason (12) Jeff Singfiel (4) joco (20) Joe (25) Joe (62) Joe Haynes (30) Jon (24) Jon (41) Jonas Follesø (31) Jonas Karlsson (5) Jordan (28) Joseph (48) Joshua (32) juliano (63) kbrown5676 (53) Keef (60) Kevin Benson (The Hawk) (19) konservo (31) Kwasi (138) Lerch (42) Lesser De Marchena (29) Lonnie B (37) ManiacD (101) Miguel Ángel (40) Mike (22) Mitchell McKenna (34) Nicke (21) Nkhlsrf (28) Paul Simpson (36) philgerb (66) rajan (16) Redrum (45) Richard (87) Rick Grant (10) RJH (26) Romey (67) Ron (21) rszaloki (44) Ryan (42) rzklkng (187) sandeep (24) sanyam (49) Sh (32) Stacy (31) Steve (85) StevieB (95) Syed Syiddul Akram (16) tarman (33) tmiket (28) ToddBrown (36) Travis Stevens (7) Trey (95) Vince (17) Will (17) Witek Koroblewski (7) wolffkrieger (49) wwdj (30) yooper1019 (25) zeljko marcec (37)
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If you desire high-resolution images of the Earth, the good folks at Unearthed Outdoors have made available the 250m True Marble image set for a free download with a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. It's a map of the Earth made up of 32 tiles, where each tile is a 21,000 pixel square, available in png and tif formats. There's also a series of smaller files that may be more useful -- in case you ...
