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StereoMood Plays Music According to Your Mood [Music] - Jonathan Powers

I've seen 50 of the 100. - Jonathan Powers

If calling a company's customer service line and dealing with automated answering systems fills you with a certain kind of dread, you need a Fonolo account. The free service has diagrammed the customer service phone trees of more than 500 major firms, letting you click the point in the call you want to be at ("Press 4 to cancel an account ..."), then taking care of the tedious number-punching up to that point, calling you to connect exactly where you want to come in. With its latest update, Fonolo can even record your call, giving you the power to get better customer service with detailed records. - Jonathan Powers

These days when you need to get a hold of someone, you fire up your trusty email client. For those rare occasions when snail mail is your only option, web site Snailmailr offers an alternative to the post office. - Jonathan Powers

I remember when Night used to make really great movies... - Jonathan Powers

I'm having trouble getting excited about this. - Jonathan Powers

Slick and simple online image editing. - Jonathan Powers

Create your fantasy map - Jonathan Powers

Most recent Macs come with everything that MAMP does, but by downloading and installing MAMP you can get your own local server up and running in under 5 minutes. In case you were wondering, MAMP stands for Mac, Apache, MySQL, and php/perl/python, whatever your server side language of choice. If you need help installing check out this quick screencast on getting MAMP setup on your Mac. Price: Free, additionally a paid version 'MAMP Pro' is available for $55.00. - Jonathan Powers

MAMP stands for Mac, Apache, MySQL and PHP. It’s a one-click-install application to setup a PHP webserver. - Jonathan Powers

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NEWScan is kind of like The Big Picture for newspapers...it shows the front pages of 14 major newspapers all on one page and big enough so you can read the text. This is a neat way to skim the news of the day. - Jonathan Powers

Copy and paste code, text between machines. - Jonathan Powers

Create an RSS feed for Filmnut - Jonathan Powers

BitTorrent tracker Vertor verifies, scans, and previews BitTorrent downloads so you don't end up with viruses or bum downloads. It does so by downloading every torrent it finds and scanning the files for viruses. If the download is a video, Vertor takes extracts stills from the video and posts them on the site so you can get a better idea of the content and quality of the download in question. - Jonathan Powers

Downloadr is a small application that allows you to completely back up the photos from your Flickr account. - Jonathan Powers

Book recommendations - Jonathan Powers

Like Photoshop, in a browser. - Jonathan Powers

a great site for movie recommendations - Jonathan Powers

How much ram it has, how ram it can take, the type of RAM it can take, etc. - Jonathan Powers

Before you make a purchase online, a quick search of GotoDaily's list of discount codes and printable coupons could save you some money on anything from apparel to electronics. The listings are updated daily, and users can add deals they've found and remove codes that don't work. Search by keyword or shopping site URL. The site's blog also highlights good deals, like this roundup of specials just in time for Halloween. If you register, you can also create shopping and wish lists and subscribe to updates on bargains at your favorite stores. More like RetailMeNot than BeatThat, it's another great weapon in a smart shopper's arsenal. Here's more on how to become an online power-shopper. - Jonathan Powers

Windows only: PlayOn streams online video from the likes of Hulu, YouTube, and Netflix to your Xbox 360, Playstation 3, or HP MediaSmart TV. I've only tested the application on my Xbox 360 (it shows up as a source in the media blade of the dashboard), and for the most part it's worked really well. In addition to the three streaming video sites mentioned above, PlayOn also supports CBS, CNN, and ESPN. The Netflix streaming didn't work in my tests, so your mileage may vary. The application is available as a free three-week trial and costs $30 for a full license. If Netflix streaming is what you want most, you can already turn your Xbox 360 into a streaming Netflix player for free or just wait until the fall update. According to one reader, XBMC users can also take advantage of PlayOn by setting up an UPnP share. - Jonathan Powers

This action will stop the currently running workflow if its input is empty or null. - Jonathan Powers

Domain name search engine Domainr suggests web site addresses that make clever use of non-.com top level domains, subdomains, and folders, like del.icio.us, burri.to, or stop.spamming.us. - Jonathan Powers

Windows/Mac/Linux: Free, open-source application Synkron is a powerful file-syncing utility that syncs files across platforms. The apps's marquee features include support for syncing multiple folders, automatic scheduled syncs, and restore capabilities for files that may have been accidentally overwritten during a sync. Apps like previously mentioned Dropbox boasting instantaneous sync between your PCs and the web are all the rage right now, but Synkron has its own appeal—namely that it's a local sync tool, so your files never pass through any third-party server. It also supports filtering by extension and file and folder blacklists. So while Synkron may not be up to the instant syncing standards you can expect from the likes of Dropbox, it does support complex backup schemes and is a great alternative. Synkron is free, works on all platforms. - Jonathan Powers

Figure out how much gas money you need to get from Point A to Point B. - Jonathan Powers

Web site Splicd creates custom links to embedded YouTube videos that start and stop at any time you define, allowing you to skip straight to the good part and avoid the rest - Jonathan Powers

Timevault is an automatic backup utility that takes a snapshot of your current filesystem or directory for pre-defined amount of time, which can be used later to retrieve damaged files or folders. - Jonathan Powers

TextReminders.net is a free service that allows you to send out free text messages (sms) to others. Use the form below to send out an immediate text message to a friend. It won’t cost you anything to send the text message, however standard text messaging rates my apply to the receiver. - Jonathan Powers

The Stanford Engineering Everywhere program offers online access to full courses in the school's engineering program—including classes in computer science and artificial intelligence. Courses include lecture videos, reading lists, handouts, quizzes, tests, and even a social network for fellow online students. Not quite your speed? Check out other ways you can get a free college education online. - Jonathan Powers