A lot of bloggers (including us here at LifeSpy) use the WordPress engine. I also use it for my personal blog. I just love its robustness and user-friendliness. It just keeps getting better with every release! And lo and behold, roughly 5 hours ago, WordPress 2.2 (nicknamed Getz) was rolled out.
Here’s a list of [...]

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There have been a lot of image to icon converters since the days when Windows finally allowed users to customize icons. Like for vainglorious people who’d like their smug mugshots as their My Computer icon.
For some pros, it’d be a lot easier to just use a file format plug-in for programs like Photoshop to [...]

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Hmm… Ever since I’ve fallen in love with Web 2.0 apps and mashups, I found myself downloading freeware apps less. But some things you can’t live computing without. Mostly, these would be those little apps that tweaks and handles your system’s behavior, leaving you wondering why the heck Microsoft failed to integrate those features [...]

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I’ve been trying out a heck of a lot of DVD converters and I think HandBrake’s one most user-friendly converters. HandBrake’s an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter.
So as easy as a few clicks, your DVD is on its way to be converted to a MPEG-4 video that can be saved either [...]

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The look of your blog is very, very important. In fact, it’s one of the most important aspects of your blog. If readers don’t like the look of, or can’t navigate your blog, then there is absolutely no chance that they’ll be sticking around. If you’re just getting started, then there [...]

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Shiira - Michael’s favorite browser. Since I’m no die-hard Mac user (convert me!), I’ll have to defer to Michael’s rave over at Apple Gazette. I’m a hardcore Firefox fan, being more of a PC user.
In any case, for those of you who are curious, Shiira’s developed to be a “better” substitute browser over [...]

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A while back, I featured a couple of password managers. AI Roboform’s a great idea but having a limited “lite” version kind of turned me off. Access Manager’s done it quite well for me. Not until I’ve tried out KeyPass.
It’s a pretty robust and secure password manager that even allows multiple user keys. It’s [...]

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Ever wonder what your name means? Or are you a soon-to-be parent looking for a name for your child? Here’s a neat tool that lets you in on what’s in a name.
Pesonaemicon is a simple offline version of the Personaemicon website which has access to 4000+ names in its database.
It has a simple interface [...]

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If you’ve work with measurements, you probably know how tedious it is to convert from one system of measure to another. Inches to centimeters. Liters to quarts. Celsius to Fahrenheit. These sure gave me a headache back in school.
So until now, working on the web, I encounter different units of measurement (especially when researching [...]

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I’ve been trying to hack away at those few pounds I’ve gained from my very sedentary office life for the past months now. I haven’t really enrolled into a gym program but am doing all the workout all by myself. Until I realized, I’m lacking one of the elements that a gym program would [...]

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If you’re doing a lot of international contacting work, then this freeware application is for you. Country Codes is a database of country codes and other information about more than 250 countries.
Available information include the basic international direct distance dialing code (IDDD), location (continent), ISO Alpha 2 & 3, even top level domain codes. [...]

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Karoake has been popular in Asia (especially in Japan) for decades now, and it’s popularity spread through Europe and the US a few years ago. Now karaoke bars can be quite fun, that is, if people can tolerate off-key singing. If you’re into tone-deaf but loves singing your heart out, you might just want [...]

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Sometimes some good clean fun can be made with your own pictures and a photo editing software. Now this one’s more than a toy rather than anything else - Distortit.
It’s pretty much similar to the sphere effect in Photoshop where a section of the photo’s magnified, creating a “bulging” effect.
It functions from a stand-alone [...]

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Kids and computers go well with each other nowadays. And many software are really designed for them featuring kid-friendly intuitive interfaces complete with bulging buttons. Anyway, here’s a paint tool that’s designed for kids - Tux Paint.
It’s got enough features to keep kids interested ages 3 and up. It has paint effects, bucket [...]

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