Confused with hundreds of cell phone plans! BillShrink lets you find the perfect plan that fit your usage needs. Upon giving some info on the data is analyzed, at a list of comparable inexpensive plans are given. Currently BillShrink is focused on cell plans only, in future it should work with cable and internet bills too. One thing you need to keep in mind, it doesn’t takes contracted phones into account. Unfortunately, many of these features are still buggy and need lots of improvements. But Billshrink is definitely turning out to be a great web app.
BillShrink [via Lifehacker]
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Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder is a web service that lets you search for free wireless internet locations for any address of your choosing and present these locations visually using Google Maps.
Great tool for campaigners, professionals and people on the go, who may hike to an unfamiliar part of the new city, wondering about the available options for wireless hotspots. To use Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder just enter in the address or zip code of the place and it will list the available wifi hotspots near the location. It will also place these locations on a Google map mashup.
But thing is that out of a total of 17,124 hotspots around 86 countries, 14,836 of these are US-based which is nearly 90%, which I think makes this tool useless to most countries out there. Don’t lose hope, they are updating there database frequently as more and more people are reporting the locations.
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photo credit: kolix
Nothing’s worse for a photographer then seeing the dreaded “Card Corrupt” or a similar message on your camera’s LCD. A lot of us have gone through that, most of the time you can’t do anything besides crushing the card manufacturer.
Recovering photos from corrupted cards usually impossible. Yet still with some photo recovery programs there’s still a possibility.
Before you use these photo recovery tools I would suggest 3 steps before going through the inevitable.
a. Don’t Panic
Don’t start panicking and start doing things that could further damage the photos. Take a deep breath and slow down. Take the card out of the camera and try it in another camera. Sometimes reinserting the card does the trick in most cases.
b. Don’t format your card
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Wanna send SMS’s via Outlook. SMSOfficer lets you send text messages from your Outlook 2007. Only thing you need to do is signup for free and verify at SMSOfficer’s site. After installing the addon you’ll get a new menu item in Outlook. Now select New->Text Message, now type over the phone number you wanna text and hit Send. The lenght of the message is limited to 160 characters if you write more it get’s split into multiple texts.
With the free signup you get 10 SMS credits for free at the time of joining SMS Officer. Once you finished it, you need to buy additional credits in order to send messages, say $20 will get you 250 texts. SMS Officer operates with almost all cellular operators in US and other international countries including India.
SMSOfficer [via Digital Inspiration]
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Distraction is something evident with almost everybody. Especially people working over the internet, bloggers, writers, journalist can get distracted easily with latest and great of the social media, feeds, emails, IM and almost all flashy desktop softwares.
Recently i did a topic on how to efficiently save time, and improve productivity. But you won’t be productive until you pull the plug or apply some drastic measures to reduce distraction.
Here are 5 ways to help block distractions while going through your work.
1. Limit Time-Wasting Web Sites with LeechBlock (Firefox)
With Leechblock you can block all your addictive websites.You can specify the time periods and its GUI interface is pretty good. If you are an ace blogger but get easily distracted with the social stuffs, leechblock is your buddy! After from that LeechBlock is free, works wherever Firefox does.
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photo credit: Merelymel13
Getting everything clean and organized is a fairly tough job. But simple proper planning can easily cleanup the mess and let you concentrate on working. Many magazines, blogs,etc all have covered this topic but they don’t tell why we can’t declutter even after trying many times.
Simply because they don’t tell that you should start small… instead of making a huge GTD list which usually ends up in a dustbin. You can’t declutter yourself in one day, it takes time, practice and persistence. No matter how small the step, it’s a start, which is important!
Starting from the first week, dedicate five minutes daily to cleaning your home. Add another five next week, this way keep adding five minutes at a time for cleaning. Gradually your mind, body will get accustomed and will be able to intake more. Here’s how you can start decluttering your home, five minutes at a time.
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