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Zamzar Online File Converter

Matthew Minnich — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:20:05 +0000

The internet is truly powerful and if used the right way, you can produce powerful results. Remember that line from Spiderman, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Exhibit A is a recent find called Zamzar which is an online file converter that works great.

Do you have a video in mpg format you need convert to avi? Do you have a word document you need converted to a PDF? Whatever file format you need to covert from audio, video, doc or image, Zamzar can do it! The free account does the basic conversion, if you want to store all your files online, rename, increase maximum size limits or establish a secure connection, then you’ll need to upgrade to a paid account.

Free Zamzar account:

Up to 100 mega-bytes (mb)
No contract
No sign-up
File conversion of image, doc, video and audio

http://www.zamzar.com/

Need Software, No Cash?

Matthew Minnich — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:17:30 +0000

Before making the next big software purchase, check out Source Forge.

You just might be surprised what you don’t have to pay for.

My Home Computers run Win XP, at work its Mac OSX. I even run Ubuntu at times. Sourceforge has software for everybody.

I needed to convert some video files and then make a DVD. At Work the Mac has built in options. At Home I needed solutions. I was able to find open source software at http://sourceforge.net/ for converting my video files and make the DVD with menus.

Everything was found, installed and going within a half hour.

George Jetson here I come.

Write a Novel in November

Matthew Minnich — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:06:27 +0000

National Novel Writing Month is here.

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Do you write?

Do you Dream of writing the Great American Novel?

Starting at Midnight tonight you can start a month long race to the end of a Novel.

“National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.” From the NaNoWriMo website.

The Prize? Being able to say I wrote a novel this month. (You then have a whole year to edit and revise.)

The site allows you to upload your progress to share and track your progress. Message boards are active and Local groups get together and write through the month as well.

Good Luck

http://www.nanowrimo.org/

Skype to the Rescue

Matthew Minnich — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:00:32 +0000

With Skype I am able to call anywhere in the USA for $3 a month (even less if I pay for a year at one time). But does it work? Find out the skinny on this great free web communication tool.

Explore the world of Skype.
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