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Ascgen – Create Text-Based ASCII Art

Post last modified:December 31, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Ascgen is an open source software that lets you convert images into text-based art. From wiki “ASCII art is a graphic design technique that uses computers for presentation and consists of pictures pieced together from the 95 printable (from a total of 128) characters defined by the ASCII Standard from 1963 and ASCII compliant character sets with proprietary extended characters (beyond the 128 characters of standard 7-bit ASCII).”

Main features:

adjust the density levels, brightness, contrast.
add images to it via drag and drop.
image preview.
convert the whole image, or select just a part of the image.
Batch Conversion.
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Clementine music player

Post last modified:December 30, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Clementine is a cross-platform modern music player and library organizer.

Main features:

Search and play your local music library.
Listen to internet radio from Spotify, Grooveshark, Last.fm, SomaFM, Magnatune, Jamendo, SKY.fm and Digitally Imported, and Icecast.
Create smart playlists and dynamic playlists.
Tabbed playlists, import and export M3U, XSPF, PLS and ASX.
CUE sheet support.
Play audio CDs.
Visualisations from projectM.
Lyrics and artist biographies and photos.
Transcode music into MP3, Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Speex, FLAC or AAC.
Edit tags on MP3 and OGG files, organise your music.
Fetch missing tags from MusicBrainz.
Download missing album cover art from Last.fm and Amazon.
Cross-platform – works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
Native desktop notifications on Linux (libnotify) and Mac OS X (Growl).
Remote control using a Wii Remote, MPRIS or the command-line.
Copy music to your iPod, iPhone, MTP or mass-storage USB player.
Queue manager.
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WinSCP – free SFTP and SCP client

Post last modified:December 30, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

WinSCP is a Free SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) and SCP (Secure CoPy) client for Windows using SSH (Secure SHell). Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer.

Main features:

PuTTY Portable integration
Graphical user interface
Translated into several languages
All common operations with files
Support for SFTP and SCP protocols over SSH-1 and SSH-2 and plain old FTP protocol
Directory synchronization in several semi or fully automatic ways
Integrated text editor
Support for SSH password, keyboard-interactive, public key and Kerberos (GSS) authentication
Windows Explorer-like and Norton Commander-like interfaces
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ResEdit – resource editor

Post last modified:December 30, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

ResEdit is a resource editor for Windows.It allows to modify any resource in PE files and compiled resource scripts (res files).

Main features:
Importing rc files generated by Microsoft Visual Studio resource editor.
Supported formats : Resource Script (rc), Compiled Resource Script (res), Win32 Portable Executable (exe, dll).
Format conversion in command-line mode.
Advanced Dialog editor. All existing kind of Win32 controls are supported (Static text, Buttons, Edit controls, Pictures).
A basic picture editor to open and modify bitmaps, icons and cursors
Possibility to include all sort of resources.
Generation of C++ code for the Dialogs (code with CreateWindowEx) and Menus (CreateMenu, CreatePopupMenu…). However it is not possible to import C++ sources files.
Unlimited Undo/Redo buffers
Customizable layout : you can drag and drop panels to place it wherever you want
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Click&Clean for google chrome

Post last modified:December 29, 2011
Post category:Websites
Post author:Manikandan

Click&Clean is a google chrome extension and it deletes your browsing history, typed URLs, Flash cookies, all traces of your online activity to protect your privacy.

Main features:

Scan your PC for Malware
Delete your browsing history,
Remove download history,
Erase temporary files,
Clear cookies and Empty cache,
Delete client-side Web SQL Databases
Remove Flash Cookies (LSOs)
Protect your privacy by cleaning up all traces of your internet activity.
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SlickPanel – a modern desktop panel

Post last modified:December 29, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

SlickPanel provide a robust, and quick desktop panel and Make it easy to customise and extend, rather than hide options and it Uses modern technologies rather than be backwards-compatible.

To install SlickPanel on ubuntu 11.10

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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Bytessence InstallMaker

Post last modified:December 29, 2011
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Bytessence InstallMaker is a freeware sofware installer targeted at individual developers or small companies who need to package their software products for distribution.

Main features:

Generates both 32-bit and 64-bit native installers
Scriptless design
Programs can be grouped in installable components
Small installer overhead
Powerful compression (ZIP and BLP/LZMA)
No temporary files are used by the installer unlike other similar products
Able to check for .NET framework, IE versions, CPU speed and RAM size
The installers can check for needed software
The installers can check for running programs, existing installations
Advanced task management (create shortcuts, registry access, component registration, modify configuration files, etc.)
Fully automated uninstaller, no configuration needed (it can also execute user-defined actions for additional uninstallation control)
Customizable user interface for the installer (images, colours, background window, executable icon)
Support for external executable packers (32/64 bit)
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How To Add a YouTube Video to Your Website

Post last modified:January 8, 2016
Post category:Useful Tips
Post author:Manikandan

Website:Youtube.com
Difficulty: Beginner
Estimated Completion Time: 2 Minute

Today,Embedding a video onto a web page becomes as easy as copy and pasting.And watch the video directly on the webpage.First go to your favorite video page.

1.Below the youtube video click the Share button.

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YouTube Slam – a video discovery

Post last modified:December 28, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google has officially released YouTube Slam, an interactive video-discovery tool.From youtube “This is the place for discovering talented amateur singers, the most adorable clips and the craziest videos on YouTube. Watch pairs of videos and vote for your favorite. Videos are scored based on your votes, and the best videos are featured on the slam leaderboard.”
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Multi-Lingual Vocabulary Trainer

Post last modified:October 1, 2019
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Multi-Lingual Vocabulary Trainer cross-platform application aimed at helping users to learn vocabulary from any foreign language(s). Add/Edit/Delete vocab words (w/ translation, category, sentence, notes, picture). Review (Quiz) vocabulary words.

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