Evom Is a Minimal, Drag-and-Drop Video Converter [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5620334/evom-is-a-minimal-drag+and+drop-video-converter

Mac OS X: The Mac has a few good and free video converters, but nothing is quite so simple and elegant as Evom. Backed by ffmpeg, it'll easily convert your video to the format you need with very little effort.

While Evom does a great of the standard operations you can get with most apps of its kind, it has a few minor features that really set it apart. Aside from its great, minimal interface it lets you convert video to audio (MP3 format). This is great if you want to use Evom's ability to pull music videos from the web and save the audio directly to iTunes. While Evom focuses on the iPod/iTunes standards, it can also help you create files that are upload-friendly for video sharing sites.

Evom [via One Thing Well]

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Create Synchronicity Is a Tiny, Portable Backup and Sync Utility [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5620838/create-synchronicity-is-a-tiny-portable-backup-and-sync-utility

Windows only: Portable, open-source backup utility Create Synchronicity is a tiny but powerful way to run backups or synchronize folders on your system, an external drive, or to another PC on your network.

Once you've launched the utility, you'll need to click on the New Profile icon and type in a name for the profile, which will open up the settings window where you can choose the source and destination folders and choose the other options you might want. Once you're done, you can easily run the backup profile, or setup scheduling options to happen automatically. Create Synchronicity is free and open source, works on Windows systems only.

Create Synchronicity [SourceForge via Cybernet News]

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Change the Default Save Folder for Windows 7 Libraries to Something Else (Like Your Dropbox) [Windows Tip]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5620928/change-the-default-save-folder-for-windows-7-libraries-to-something-else-like-your-dropbox

When you save a file into a Windows 7 library through the common "Save As" dialog, it ends up in just one of the folders that make up that library. Here's how to customize the default save location for any library.

As an example, if you were to save a Word document in your Documents library using the Save As dialog, it would end up in your My Documents folder by default. But what if you would prefer that the files get saved in a different folder that's still part of your Documents library? Like one of your Dropbox folders, for instance?

Changing Default Save Location: Method 1

You can simply click the "Includes 3 locations" in the Open/Save dialog to make your way into the quick properties window.

From here, you can easily add or remove library locations, and if you right-click on one of them, you can choose "Set as default save location". Useful!

Changing Default Save Location: Method 2

You can also head in Windows Explorer down to the Libraries section, right-click on any of the libraries, and choose Properties.

This will take you into the extended library properties window, where you can add or remove locations, and click the Set save location to set the default.

You'll note in the screenshots above that I've included my Dropbox documents folder—this is a really great way to include your Dropbox folders in the default libraries, and set the default location as your Dropbox instead of the regular folders.

Note: While we used the Documents library as the example here, this should work for any of your Windows 7 libraries.

Change the Default Save Folder for Windows 7 Libraries to Something Else (Like Your Dropbox) [How-To Geek]

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Know Your Rights: These Cards Might Help You Dodge Photo-Bullying [Photography]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5620625/know-your-rights-these-cards-might-help-you-dodge-photo+bullying

We've already explained why harassment against photographers is illegal and intolerable—but now resistance might be easier. PetaPixel is now selling a set of portable cards that clearly state your legal rights as a camera-carrying citizen.

The durable set, drawing on the legal expertise of attorney and photography expert Bert Krages, also doubles as standard white balance cards. [PetaPixel]

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Soon You'll Be Able To Make Phone Calls From Your Gmail Inbox [Unconfirmed]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5621146/soon-youll-be-able-to-make-phone-calls-from-your-gmail-inbox

It seems that Google might have a lovely new offering for us soon: A web-based VoIP client. According to CNET, we'll be able to access this client through our Gmail inboxes to make and take calls on the spot.

This web-based VoIP client appears to be the reason Google acquired Gizmo5—a company who offered a similar product—and could make life just a bit simpler by letting us use the Google Talk box in our web-based Gmail client to make calls.

Google has not given any further information regarding this service at this point, but I just hope they hurry up and release it. [CNET]

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