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Zemanta: A Blogging Multi-tool

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Description: Zamanta is one of the more interesting WordPress plugins that I have run across. (Though, I want to mention up front that it works for various other platforms, and can also work as a browser plugin..) Zamanta is a … Continue reading →

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Open Clip Art: Open Source Clip Art

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Article No. 200! You may have noticed a change to the website home page, the header image has been completely updated. This was something I put off for far too long, and I am glad to have changed it. I … Continue reading →

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Ninite: An Automatic Installer (Windows & Linux)

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Ninite is a free online service that creates “mega-installers”, allowing you to simply check the box of each program you want to use and download an installer which will download the programs for you, and install them. No clicking next, … Continue reading →

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Earworms: Forgot a song? Try a new way to find it.

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Earworms: when you get a song stuck in your head that just won’t leave. When you hear a song on the radio, television, or in a store that just gets stuck and it plays over and over in your head … Continue reading →

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Where’s George? Track US Dollars and where they go.

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

When you spend a dollar in cash, where does it go to after it enters the cashiers till? For many, the thought of an adventure stops when it is out of our sight. Some people even think that cash, after … Continue reading →

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Google Introduces Motion Control to Gmail

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

Gmail has recently introduced a new feature to their online mail client: Gmail Motion! Certainly one of the most revolutionary ideas introduced to email and computing in general. The interactions require only a computer with Flash and a webcam. Making … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Plugin Authors!

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Jesse Zylstra

I would like to thank all of the plugin authors for their hard work in developing the many free plugins we use at Zylblog, all over the site. The following are all of the plugins we use, including their description … Continue reading →

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Chrome Experiments: The Wilderness Downtown

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

The Wilderness Downtown is a Google Chrome experiment which I can only describe as an “automated music video” which will take a street address, and make a music video featuring that location. The Wilderness Downtown is one of the more … Continue reading →

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Gmail: Priority Inbox

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Jesse Zylstra

Google has just added (as in, last few hours) a new feature to Gmail called “Priority Inbox”. Priority Inbox automatically sorts out important messages from the not-so-important messages, allowing you to see what emails matter to you before others. Priority … Continue reading →

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