Roadify: Find Available Parking Space Online to Park Cars in NYC

Related Traffic jams are time consuming and frustrating. In NYC more than half of the jams result from a lack of parking spots. A great solution to this is presented by Roadify. Roadify is a free web service that helps NYC residents find parking space. The spots are updated by the site’s own members. In exchange for sharing spots members are rewarded points known on the site as “Street Carma”....

August 24, 2010 · 1 min · 147 words · Virginia Wood

How To Create Stereographic Projections With Photoshop & GIMP

Related <firstimage=“https://www.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/logoimagepsst.png"> A stereo what? Don’t feel low if you don’t know what stereographics are. The photo almost always resembles a planet, so these are also commonly known as planet or globe effect/photos. The effect is relatively simple to create (although not entirely obvious). A panoramic photo works best. Mostdigital camerasthese days have a setting that let you create panoramas. There are also a number of tools specially designedto help you stitch a panorama....

August 19, 2010 · 1 min · 106 words · Joan Anderson

3 Good Online Sources For Free Ebooks & A Free Ereader App

<firstimage=“https://www.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/bookread_thumb.jpg"> It’s hard to judge the state of play with ebooks. And completely free ebooks, just now, are those which are legitimately available for free. We all know that. Getting Free Ebooks The largest source of out of copyright ebooks isProject Gutenberg. If you want a book from before your parents were born, this is the place to start. Books are available in a number of formats, categories and languages....

August 18, 2010 · 2 min · 383 words · Joseph Russell

How to Use PayPal's Mass Payment Feature to Save Money

We had no idea we would save quite so much by using this method. So this is what Mass Payment is all about. TypicalPayPal feeswithin the same country are1.9-2.9% + USD$0.30. When you cross borders, international PayPal fees can creep up to3.9% + USD$0.30. A much smaller fee is applied to Mass Payments. By the way, don’t get too cranky with PayPal for these fees. Ever seen the fees banks charge to make international transfers?...

August 14, 2010 · 2 min · 274 words · Stacey Ellis

Battle It Out With Players Across the World on Hero Fighter

We’ve covered a number of places where you might play fighting games online at MakeUseOf before. And it’s a very cool way to relieve stress. After clicking on the key parameters and adjusting them to my preferences, I clicked onStart Game. The first thing I noticed about gameplay is the quality of graphics. I also thought the soundtrack was pretty cool too. A couple more swings of my hefty sword and he was down for the count....

July 29, 2010 · 1 min · 192 words · Lisa Hancock

Create Stylised High Contrast Black & White Masterpieces In Photoshop With Adobe Camera RAW

you’re free to complete the process within theAdobe Camera RAWinterface, which means RAW files work best. RAW files are uncompressed images, and contain all the data that a camera sensor naturally captures. you’re able to adjust simple prefs like exposure, white balance and contrast with ease in Photoshop. As JPEGs are a compressed file format, then data is inevitably lost in the compression process. This makes JPEGs a weaker candidate for post processing....

July 21, 2010 · 2 min · 347 words · Annette Wade

Find Who Mobile Number Belongs To With Cell Revealer & Phone Lookup

Related This article was originally written in 2010, but a lot has changed since then. We’ve since updated the post with the most current information. Have you ever wondered whom a phone number belongs to? Maybesome spammer keeps calling you, or you’re doing research on a person. Whatever the reason, a pair of phonebook-style websites can provide some helpful information for your quest. Cell Revealer also tells you what carrier/company (Sprint, Verizon, etc....

July 5, 2010 · 1 min · 144 words · Melissa Sullivan

Have Fun Polarizing Your Images with Poladroid For Windows

It’s calledPoladroid, and the emphasis is on fun! It’s not the most frequently updated program, but it works just fine. Jump in any time and have a go. Getting a copy Easy. Visit the website, download in the usual fashion, choosing the platform you need. For Windows, unzip the download, and fire off the installer. press Poladroid in your Start menu, and the rather weird app will drop a camera on your desktop....

July 1, 2010 · 2 min · 214 words · Lauren Martin

Use Font Frenzy To Manage Your Windows Fonts Effectively

Related How many fonts do you have installed on your machine? And how many of them do you actually use? Then there are the fonts that were installed with applications or printers. So what’s the harm in having 1,200 fonts on your machine? Well now you know! We have found a font manager software for Windows that will make it much easier to manage windows fonts. You candownload Font Frenzy from here....

June 30, 2010 · 2 min · 280 words · Randy Hampton

Manage The Windows Firewall Better With Windows 7 Firewall Control

you better configure rules, allow certain applications and deny others. Although the name implies Windows 7, the software works on Windows Vista just as well. At a mere 2MB and the option of a portable version, it is definitely worth checking it out. The software doesn’t install any drivers of its own to filter web link traffic. Instead it uses the Windows Filtering Platform (or the Windows Firewall) to achieve its objective....

June 24, 2010 · 1 min · 163 words · James James

Image Spark

So let’s check out a new website called Image Spark [No Longer Available]. They let you upload images and create mood boards. Using Image Spark we can display these mood boards and freely upload images and move them around. This is great in a meeting on a iPad or other touch screen computer. Users can move the images around creating timelines, banners, posters or whatever else they can imagine. press theregisterbutton on the homepage to sign up for free....

June 22, 2010 · 2 min · 236 words · Susan Herrera

Easily Share Files & Folders On A Network With Easy Share

you’ve got the option to do it a lot better and easier withEasy Share. The download is relatively small (under 1MB). Once downloaded, roll out the program and you should be good to go. Once installed, go ahead and fire it up. Let’s just share a sample folder and see how easy the entire process is. That is all the folder configuration you’re gonna wanna do. Next up is configuring who you want to share the folder with and what permissions they can have....

June 17, 2010 · 1 min · 167 words · Ryan Osborne

Smories.com

In fact, it is good for kids to be read to. Something interesting about children is that they seem to enjoy being read to by other children. I remember being in grade school and having times when I was allowed to read to the kindergarten class. For some reason children love it when other children take that kind of time. The creators of Smories [Broken URL Removed] had an idea....

June 17, 2010 · 2 min · 270 words · Kyle Sullivan