Visualize Twitter in 3D

March 14th, 2009 • Featured, Tips.Tricks.Howto
Tags: Internet, tool, tweet, twitter, twittervision, visualize

I’m a very big fan of Twitter (@NuclearStr1der), and I’m constantly amazed at the creative uses of the Twitter API, especially Twittervision.

If you’re looking for a cool way to visualize the public timeline, look no farther than Twittervision. Twittervision has been around for quite a while already, displaying millions of tweets on a map of the world in real time. This 2D version is brilliant in itself… but now Twittervision 3D has been introduced. In 3D mode, Twittervision showcases all the public tweets on a 3D (and interactive) globe.

You’re able to rotate, zoom and change the angle at which Earth is viewed. A Day/Night cycle is thrown in for good measure as well. Screenshot below:

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Get 3D Tab Management in Firefox with Foxtab

March 13th, 2009 • Featured, Tips.Tricks.Howto
Tags: 3d, addon, effect, firefox, linux, mac, mozilla, windows

[Supports: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X Leopard, and certain versions of Linux]

If you own Windows Vista, you may be familiar with the 3D window switcher that allows you to flip through all your open windows in 3D.

You are now able to get the exact same effect (and much more), only this with your open tabs in Mozilla’s Firefox. There are 5 different layouts to choose from (They’re all beautiful and functional) each one customizable and tweakable to your needs.

Download and Install Foxtab here.

FoxTab brings innovative and attractive 3D tab management to Firefox.
With its 5 fascinating eye candy layouts, FoxTab takes the tabbed-browsing experience to a new level.
FoxTab enables grouping, filtering, closing and switching between tabs quickly and easily.

FoxTab is configurable, so you can easily tweek and adjust it to fit
your personal preferences (see more details below under “Advanced Details”).

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15 Free Downloads to Boost an Old PC

March 13th, 2009 • Featured, Tips.Tricks.Howto
Tags: downloads, fix, free, optimize, pc, performance, windows

Advanced SystemCare 3

We all know the Windows PCs slow down with age as Windows gets clogged up with files, applications, registry keys and the (occasional) spyware / virus. Luckily, there are quite a few ways to boost your PC without having to re-install Windows from scratch again.

Over at Computer World, they’ve assembled a list of 15 of the best apps to boost your PC with.

Here are a few programs from the list I recommend:

Advanced SystemCare Free

This excellent all-around system cleaner from IObit.com will help keep your PC humming. It takes an “everything plus the kitchen sink” approach, scanning your system for spyware, Registry problems, privacy dangers, and junk files that were once needed by your system but are no longer necessary. You can then tell the program to clean up everything it finds or pick and choose what you want it to fix.

Note that the software will install the Yahoo Toolbar by default, so if you don’t want it installed, make sure to uncheck the box during installation.

Works with: Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Eusing Free Registry Cleaner

One of the main reasons your PC gets more sluggish with time is that the Registry gets clogged up with old entries left behind by badly behaving software, and with outright bad Registry entries. The problem: It’s not humanly possible to find these bad entries and fix them.

This excellent free program does the job for you. Run it, and it looks through your Registry for many different kinds of problems, then shows you what it finds. Select the bad entries you want the program to fix, and it fixes them all.

Don’t worry that the program will make a mistake and do damage — it automatically backs up your Registry and lets you restore your old Registry entries if changing them causes problems.

Works with: Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista

I wouldn’t just use these apps on an old PC though. They can be rather useful in keeping a monster rig running at its best. Check out the full list.

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6 Ways to Let Twitter Work for You!

March 12th, 2009 • Tips.Tricks.Howto
Tags: Howto, Internet, tip, twitter, work

Over at Gissisim.com, they’ve got a great list titled 6 Ways how I let Twitter work for me.

It’s a great list that has rather innovative ways of using Twitter. Here’s a quick excerpt:

3. Ask and you shall receive

I have found asking and being up front about things to be the best policy. If I have a link that I really want people to re tweet, I ask people to please retweet this link if they like it. This makes the likelihood of people sharing the link a lot greater. Some people might think that it’s not cool to ask for help, or whatever. However I find that when I see people asking for a retweet, that I will actually go out of my way to re tweet their link for them.
Also ask for help if you need it. People on twitter are a very helpful bunch. I actually owe me passing a Microsoft certification to a twitter friend! Let twitter work for you, but you need to remember that have to work for twitter in return.

(6 Ways how I let Twitter work for me. | GissiSim.com)

Follow me on Twitter: @NuclearStr1der

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