Friday, August 01, 2008

WebToMail Delivers Any Web Page to Your Inbox [Web Browsing]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/350908025/webtomail-delivers-any-web-page-to-your-inbox


Web site WebToMail sends full web pages to your email on demand. Why? Let's say, for example, you're sitting behind a nasty internet filter at work that won't even let you access your friendly, productivity-enhancing Lifehacker. Just fire off an email to send@webtomail.co.cc with the URL of the web page you want in the subject (http://lifehacker.com). A few minutes later, you'll receive an email back from WebToMail with the contents of the URL you requested conveniently embedded in the email. The results vary depending on the email client you're using; in Gmail, you don't get nicely styled CSS, but you do in desktop apps like Thunderbird. Seems like a worthwhile utility to add to your IT lockdown toolbox.


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VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 Now Available [Beta Beat]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/351788753/vmware-fusion-20-beta-2-now-available


Mac OS X only: VMware releases a new beta of Fusion 2.0, the virtual machine software for Mac. We were impressed with our test drive of beta 1, and beta 2 adds a few more promising features, like: automatic virtual machine snapshots (for easy rollback in case something goes wrong), mirroring folders (like your Mac's Documents folder to Windows' My Documents folder), better keyboard and mouse mapping, and improved 3D graphics (happy news for gamers). The folder mirroring is a welcome addition to my virtual XP installation—no more constant browsing to a shared Mac folder. Take a look at how it works.

Screencast courtesy of VMware:


The Fusion 2.0 beta 2 has all-around improved Unity and its ability to use apps from either operating system in any context. For example, you can set Windows apps as the default file handler for documents on your Mac (and vice versa). (Adam showed you how to do this to some extent in Parallels last July.) Here's another upbeat screencast from VMware demonstrating:



Right now beta 2 is a free download for testers; Fusion 2.0 will be a free upgrade for 1.0 users with a ($79.99) license.


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Photoshop Express Becoming Better Web-Based Image Editor [Photoshop]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/351808413/photoshop-express-becoming-better-web+based-image-editor

photoshopexpress.png Previously mentioned Photoshop Express offers more web-based image management and editing features, like drag and drop upload (via an Adobe AIR app), tags to organize your photos, and slideshows put to music (in addition to Flickr integration). [via]


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DIY Wireless Network Printer [DIY]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/351983215/diy-wireless-network-printer


Handy do-it-yourselfer computerguru365 turned a network-capable laser printer into a wireless printer by mounting a small Wi-Fi router inside its case. This is a really cool mod: After installing a network card, he found space inside the printer to mount a small router (running the DD-WRT router firmware, no less), wired up and mounted LED lights, and tucked both the power and Ethernet cable hook-ups inside. This project's not for the timid, and not really necessary, as you can just set the router on top or near the printer—but the result looks really good. (Of course you'll get better bandwidth by keeping the antenna outside the printer.)


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Real Liquid Display Makes Mac OS X Aqua Look Like Crayolas [Water Display]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/351679361/real-liquid-display-makes-mac-os-x-aqua-look-like-crayolas

Giz reader Nicholas Buechi created this real liquid display that really doesn't display anything but bubbles. And that's enough, because it is mesmerizing enough as it is. The liquid display is driven by an Arduino processor, and the events are triggered by a water keyboard. Sounds crazy, but in action it looks very pretty and soothing:

Nicholas explains how it works:

It's based on an Arduino processor and a board I did myself. There are 16 valves controlled by transistors. The interface [where you put your fingers to trigger events] uses 3 Q-Prox QT110E chips. With them I measure the voltage in the water. If anyone touches the water, electrons flow to the person, which gives the system feedback.

The whole effect is quite relaxing and cool. I need this as a Mac OS X screensaver. Pronto. [The Liquid Display]


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Mob Takes Over Office Lighting To Transform Tower Into Giant Frosty Pint [Great Moments In Advertising]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/351711855/mob-takes-over-office-lighting-to-transform-tower-into-giant-frosty-pint

Sure it's an ad, but taking over your office building's lighting system en masse with an army of thirsty friends as an homage to every Irishman's favorite stout is a pretty refreshing dream while you're pinned inside your cubicle. Now if we could just do this with a massive INSTEON installation—then we'd be set. Check out the flashmob-inspired ad after the jump. Now I'm thirsty and it's barely even noon.

[Space Invaders via Not Cot]


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The Leaf AFi 10 Camera Delivers 56 Megapixels [Digital Cameras]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/351842517/the-leaf-afi-10-camera-delivers-56-megapixels

This has been a big month for big-time cameras. First we we first saw the Hasselblad H3DII-50 and its whopping 50-megapixel sensor, which was topped the following week by the Phase One's P65+. The Leaf AFi 10 medium format camera falls in the middle of the war over sensor-size with a 56x36mm TWF sensor that cranks out a 56 megapixel resolution across the entire width of the 6x6 sensor area.

Unlike the other cameras, it also features proprietary "Verto" technology that rotates the sensor internally, so you don't have to turn the camera when you want to take a portrait shot. Other than that, the AFi 10 captures images at about 1 second per frame and it can shoot up to ISO800. Oh, and it's even more expensive than the Phase One P65+ at $43,700. [Leaf via Photography Blog via DVICE]


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