Download of the day: Snag-It - Free, Full-featured License
Camtasia is giving away a slightly older version of their famous screen-capture software, Snag-it, that lets you go beyond the “Prnt Scrn” button.
Here’s where you can download it.
A Print-Screen Tip
If you press the “Alt” + “Prt Scrn” buttons together, you will capture only the front-most (active) window - which means you no longer have to capture your entire screen along with pieces of your desktop and other windows open, just to get a screenshot of your browser window.
Also, it helps to reduce the size of the browser (or whatever window you’re trying to get a screen-shot of) first, and re-size it to a much smaller size before hitting “Alt” + “Prnt Scrn”. That way you won’t get a gigantic image when you’re just trying to capture just a small portion of the window.
How To Get Back 43 Days Of Your Life (Hint: Grocery List)
I save about 1/2 hour every week on grocery shopping thanks to this list. That’s 26 hours a year. Assuming I would have done this for at least 40 years of my life by the time I’m dead, that means 1040 hours saved (26 * 40).
1040 Hours = 43.33 Days
Yes, I get (at least) an extra 43 days of my life back because I used a simple, grocery list.
Can you imagine how much more you and I could save if we got just a little bit more organized in stuff we do every day (or week)?
Click here to download and customize the original excel spreadsheet that I use.
Take a copy of it and stick in on your refrigerator. Every time you run out of something, or if you are expecting guests and need more of something, just quickly jot it down. Yes, it is more productive than just writing down a plain list on a erasable board.
| Vegetables | Qty | Frozen Vegetables | Qty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beans | Frozen Cut Beans | ||
| Cabbage | Frozen Cut Carrots | ||
| Cauliflower | Frozen Peas | ||
| Spinach | French-cut Beans | ||
| Baby Carrots | Chopped Spinach | ||
| Okhra | Frozen Edamame | ||
| Garlic | |||
| Broccoli | Miscellaneous | ||
| Green Chillies | 1% Milk | ||
| Cilantro | 2% Milk | ||
| Tomatoes | Skim Milk | ||
| Potatoes | Eggs | ||
| Ginger | Salt | ||
| Basil | Sugar | ||
| Mint | Olive oil | ||
| Onions | Rice | ||
| Cucumbers | Bread (White) | ||
| Eggplant | Bread (Wheat) | ||
| Butter | |||
| Fruits | Ketchup | ||
| Banana | Cheese | ||
| Papaya | Juice | ||
| Orange | Ovaltine | ||
| Grapes | Cookies | ||
| Watermelon | Mineral Water | ||
| Fresh Lemon | Trash bags | ||
| Apples | Scotch Brite | ||
| Aluminum foil | |||
| Bathroom Items | |||
| Bath Soap | Baby Items | ||
| Laundry Detergent/Softener | Diapers | ||
| Dishwasher liquid | Wipes | ||
| Toilet Tissue | Enfamil formula | ||
| Paper Towels | Rice cereal | ||
| Liquid Soap for hand wash | Barley cereal | ||
| Shampoo | Oatmeal cereal | ||
| Shaving Blades | Mixed cereal | ||
| Shaving Cream | Banana | ||
| Tooth Paste | Apple | ||
| Tooth Brush | Carrots | ||
| Beans | |||
| Other | Peas | ||
| Kellogg Honey crunch | Anti-rash cream | ||
| Oat Meal | |||
| Pasta | |||
| Soup |
- Ravi Jayagopal
How To Display RSS Feeds On Your Site
If you know what a “blog” is, you probably already know what a “RSS Feed” is.
One of the best (not to forget, cheapest and fastest) ways to get free content for your web site, is to display a third-party RSS Feed. Every time the feed’s content changes, content on your web site automatically changes, thus keeping the content fresh and ever-changing on your site.
This trick can be used for both legit and illegitimate purposes. Sploggers (those who create Splogs - “SPam-filled bLOGS”) often use it to generate thousands of “made for adsense” pages, whose primary intention is to increase PageRank, get ranked higher for highly competitive and high paying keywords, get people to visit their splogs, and manipulating the navigation that they end up leaving by clicking on AdSense (or other PPC) ads.
But if you use it for legitimate purposes, you will find that publishing RSS feeds on your site can be a great way to provide targeted, complementary content for your visitors.
Magpie RSS is a great open-source PHP script that will allow you to easily publish any third-party RSS feed on your site. I have personally tried many RSS scripts, and highly recommend Magpie. I have even used Magpie to create a pretty cool web-based feed-aggregator service, a la Google Reader and Google Personalized home page.
If you want a quick and customizable free script that is based on Magpie, and gives you sample scripts that show you how to publish one, two or more feeds on a page on your web site, go get my Free RSS Feed Publishing script, “FeedMonster”.
- Ravi Jayagopal
