Getting the Most Out of Your Applications: Part 5 Firefox http://www.vitamincm.com/getting-the-most-out... Never look at the web the same way again - Using Firefox Extensions Goal: Provide a list of extensions that will allow Firefox to bend the web to your will. FireFox is the single most extensible application ever. Its’ biggest strength is Mozilla’s encouragement to take their product and stretch it to the limits.
Getting the Most Out of Your Applications: Part 4 iTunes http://www.vitamincm.com/2008/03/20/itunes-so... Make iTunes into the Workhorse that it Should Be
Goal: Provide a list of plug-ins and third party apps that will allow you to use the crap out of iTunes.
Apple iTunes - iTunes does a lot of good stuff right out of the box. With a little help, you can make it do even more. You can make iTunes your Karaoke machine, Download Lyrics for your songs, Stream Music across the internet. You can have iTunes integrate with online music communities to get and give musical recommendations. You can also get iTunes to tell the world what you’re listening to via Facebook, MySpace, or your Blog. We’ll take a look at ways like these to push iTunes to the edge and beyond.
Getting the Most Out of Your Applications: Part 2 Mozilla Thunderbird http://www.vitamincm.com/2008/03/11/thunderbi... Turn Thunderbird into an Organizational and Communication Powerhouse
Goal: Take Mozilla’s Thunderbird and turn it into the digital secretary that you have always wanted.
If you don’t like (or want to pay for) Microsoft Outlook, you can still have a powerful, feature-packed communication / information organizer. Mozilla’s
Thunderbird is a program that handles basic email needs superbly. While it’s pretty basic to start, it can be extended to do just about everything that Outlook can do, along with a few things Outlook can’t.
Getting the Most Out of Your Software with Third Party Add Ons http://www.vitamincm.com/2008/03/03/getting-t... Six Part Series on Extending Your Favorite Software with Add Ons
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GOAL: Provide a list of add ons to help you turbo charge some of your most commonly used applications.
Easy Way to Download TV Shows from the Internet http://www.vitamincm.com/2007/09/18/the-easy-... How to Download TV Shows from the Internet
Well, it’s that time of year again, the Fall TV season is starting. Oh yeah after a long summer of nothing to do but go outside, meet other humans, and physical activity you can finally plop down on the couch and turn into a fat zombie watching the thrilling new episodes of your favorite shows. Now, I know you’re going to be there promptly every night living vicariously through your celluloid pseudo friends.
Easy Way to Download TV Shows from the Internet http://www.vitamincm.com/2007/09/18/the-easy-... How to Download TV Shows from the Internet
Well, it’s that time of year again, the Fall TV season is starting. Oh yeah after a long summer of nothing to do but go outside, meet other humans, and physical activity you can finally plop down on the couch and turn into a fat zombie watching the thrilling new episodes of your favorite shows. Now, I know you’re going to be there promptly every night living vicariously through your celluloid pseudo friends.
Carry A Computer in your Pocket http://www.vitamincm.com/2008/02/26/carry-you... Bring Your Favorite Software, Files, and Settings with You on a USB Drive
GOAL: Provide a list of Portable Applications that you can run on any PC and feel like you never left home.
Do you use multiple computers on a regular basis? Do you go from home, to work, to friends, and relative’s houses where you can never guarantee that the applications that you need are available? Well, you need a USB flash drive loaded with Portable Applications.
Awesome Adobe Acrobat Alternatives that Will Make Love to your Computer http://www.vitamincm.com/2008/02/20/awesome-a... Keep the PDFs, Lose the AcroCrap
Goal: Provide a list of FREE applications that will allow you to do everything you want with PDFs while avoiding the annoying, expensive problems of Adobe Acrobat.
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is great for a number of reasons however; Adobe Acrobat (the de facto standard application) is a horrendous piece of garbage. The Acrobat Reader (Free) is painfully slow to open, has more bugs than a porch light, and love to crash browsers. The Acrobat Writer (Standard $299 or Professional $449) applications are ridiculously expensive.
Here is a list of applications that will let you get the most out of the PDF format with none of the issues:
You can use this combination of free applications to do just about everything that you would ever want from Adobe Acrobat.
