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Share.it: Temporary File Sharing Tool

Share.it is a file hosting site which allows you to keep the files that you want to share online as long as it is active. Meaning, as long as there is somebody downloading your file, it will be kept in Share.it’s database.

The files that you upload in Share.it will be given a grace period of 15 (fifteen) days of inactivity and has a limit of 100MB in size. Upon reaching the number of days of being inactive, the file that you have uploaded using Share.it will automatically be deleted. I call it a temporary file sharing tool because of the expiration period.

Upon uploading your file, you will be given the file URL and two embed codes that you can use for websites and forums. There is also an email tool so that you can let your friends know about the file through email. Social buttons are also available so you can easily share the download page to social networking friends.

This can be used in uploading files that aren’t too important and sharing them to a group of people. Once everybody who needs to download it is finished, you can just leave it be. If the link was made public and other people wishes to download the file(s), they may of course do so. Once the file’s download popularity is gone, it will be removed from the server. Just like a disposable storage device.

Tags: file hosting, file sharing, share.it, upload files

LongURLPlease: Short URL Expander for Firefox

LongURLPlease is a Firefox extension that allows you to expand shortened URL’s. Nowadays, short URLs are being thrown around the net more than the original ones are. This is thanks to social networking sites like Twitter and the likes.

Shortening URLs has its advantages, but it also puts the end user at risk. With LongURLPleas installed on your browser (Firefox), you can immediately get an idea on what you’re getting yourself into by having access to the original URL right away. You don’t have to click a button or anything just to view the original links. LongURLPlease will do it for you as soon as you encounter a shortened URL. Check out the screenshot below to see how the URLs on Twitter appears after installing the plugin.

Supporting these 30 services so far: adjix.com, bit.ly, dwarfurl.com, ff.im, idek.net, is.gd, ln-s.net, loopt.us, ping.fm, piurl.com, piurl.com, poprl.com, qlnk.net, reallytinyurl.com, rubyurl.com, short.ie, smallr.com, snipr.com, snipurl.com, snurl.com, tinyurl.com, tr.im, twurl.nl, ub0.cc, ur1.ca, url.ie, urlx.ie, xrl.us, yep.it, zi.ma, zurl.ws

Another tool that you can also use to expand shortened URL’s is LongURL. They have this neat tool that you can use on your websites which allows users to view the full expanded version of the tiny URL. They also have a Firefox extension available. Check it out and see which one works better for you.

Tags: Expander, Firefox, Long URL, short url, Tiny URL

Embedit.in: Making Common Files and URLs Embedabble

Embedit.in is a web service which allows you to make your files embeddable without going through the process of converting them into a file type that makes it do so. To cut it short, it will do the job for you, making sharing more efficient and easy to accomplish.

To use the service, just upload the file(s) you want to share or embed on your website and let Embedit.in handle the rest. You can also embed URL’s using the service. Just provide the URL and you’re all set. The embed codes will be generated for you to use on your website.

embedit.in supports most common file types:
• Documents: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf, wpd, odt, ods, odp
• Images: png, jpg, gif, tiff, psd, bmp, eps, ai
• Text: txt, rtf, csv

If you want something embedded on your website, embedit.in is a great place to start. You don’t have to use any converter or recorders to embed your stuff. Just upload them and embed. This is also a great tool for sharing URL’s in a unique fashion. Embedit.in will provide a preview of the site in rich multimedia form instead of just displaying thumbnails or shortcuts.

Check out the embedded file and URL below.

Photoshop: Remove Red Eye

Now, this is a very simple Photoshop tutorial that most of you might already know. For those of you who wants to learn how to remove red-eye on Photoshop, just watch the short video. The video shows how to accomplish red-eye romoval in just a few clicks and gives a little advice on manipulating the darkness/lightness effect of the removal tool. Great for removing red-eyes from holiday photos.

Tags: Photoshop, Red-eye removal, tutorial, video

StickyScreen: A Simple Online Sticky Note Service

StickyScreen is a service that you might want to use if you are one of those who sticky notes on your computer screen to remind you of things. There are other applications like this one that you can both find in the form of a web or desktop application. This is just an alternative tool that you can use and a simple one to boot.

All you need to do to make use of StickyScreen is write your reminder on the yellow box and bookmark the site. That is all there is too it. Its usefulness can be fully optimized if you set it as the starting page of your browser. This way, every time you open your browser, the reminder will pop out first. There is no need to click a button to save your reminders. Anything that you write on the sticky post will automatically be saved and when you open it again, it will still be there. If your reminder gets too long for the sticky post box, just scroll down to see the rest and you can also see them on top of your browser.

Using traditional sticky notes is still the best way to go. There are also a number of sticky notes services out there that functions well and packs a lot more feature. StickyScreen is great for writing reminders that are related to your browsing and internet life. The reminder(s) will be right in front of you as soon as you open your browser.

Tags: sticky notes, stickyscreen

DeadFake: Send Fake Emails

DeadFake is a service that lets you send fake emails. You can use any domain name that is online as your email address. This is not actually a very productive site but it will surely be useful if you want to play a prank on somebody.

You have to make sure that the “From” address you choose contains a real internet domain name. For instance, don’t choose bush@the.government, choose bush@whitehouse.gov. Also, you might probably want to choose a domain name that is already registered or it may not work.

The service is protected by CAPTCHA to weed spam bots from exploiting it. And for those who want to be naughty and use it for scams, a footer message that specifies that the email was actually a prank will be included.

Is the email Traceable?

Sort of. Nothing on the internet is really anonymous. If you do something that you really shouldn’t, there are probably going to be ways and means of finding you. So be good, and use it for mischief, not malice.

For you geeks out there: just to let you know that the mailer adds an X-Mailer attribute to the message header indicating the message origin, and an X-Originating-Ip (a real one). I could leave both out, or falsify them, but it’s hard enough to get mail delivered without doing that too!

Tags: DeadFake, email, fake, Send