Useful Tools & Services - Free

I just came across a number of neat tools that you all may find useful or helpful.

5 Gigs Free Network Storage
http://www.xdrive.com/

Need some extra storage? Set up a free Xdrive account and use 5 gigs of network storage. You can drag & drop files to it, schedule backups and more with the full client. I just installed it on an XP machine and was able to connect and map a virtual drive that appears like a network drive in Windows Explorer! Like a thumb drive you can access from anywhere you have an Internet connection.


Juggle Tasks
http://www.rememberthemilk.com

Trying to keep track of tasks is difficult. RememberTheMilk is a free service that consolidates and distributes the list of things you need to do among multiple devices and people. Works with email, cellphones, Google’s tasks, and even lets you share/assign tasks with others. Perfect to help you get a hold on the things you want to do in life and excellent for a distributed team. Can even send you reminders of when things are due by email, IM, SMS, Skype or other means.


Copy Stuff
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

This is excellent software to help you migrate from an old machine to a new machine, or to help schedule backups. You can even back things up to the XDrive! Automatically backup files, directories, even entire drives! Karen’s Replicator copies selected files from one drive/folder to another. Source and Destination folders can reside anywhere on your network. Options include repeated copies at intervals as short as a few minutes, or as long as several months, copy only files that have changed, and the replication of folder and file deletions. 

Fixed Resolutions
http://www.bcheck.net/apps/#reso

Reso is a unique little application that will create a shortcut to another program, and cause it to open at a specific window size. Say for instance that you need to test a web site in 800x600. Using Reso, you can create a Firefox or IE shortcut that, when run, will open the program at exactly 800x600 pixels big. Very fast, easy and free, and also very unique.

Maybe one or more of these tools will help you out in whatever it is you are doing. Feel free to pass them along to others you know.

Give Blood Via YouTube

15 awesome uses for aluminum foil

Here are two examples… 

1. When my scissors get dull, I layer about 7 pieces of foil and cut through them, and the scissors are sharp once again

7. Wrap your hardware and doorknobs in foil so that they don’t get dripped on when you are painting.

Source: DIY Life

Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village

So this rock falls from the sky near a remote village in Peru. Shortly afterwards, a strange smell wafts into town and residents start becoming sick; massive headaches and vomiting. Officials who were sent to investigate also became ill, having to receive oxygen masks and hospitalization.

So, is this a strange space-based illness that has crashed on our little blue dot, or is there a more terrestrial explanation? Perhaps the meteorite crashed into a toxic substance already in the Earth, releasing it into the air for these poor villagers to breathe.