My Tracks application logs you movment using GPS and records it as a track. For each track you can add name and description, upload it into Google Maps, share with friends via e-mail and export into GPX or KML formats for further usage.

This application could be valuable tool for professional photographers who would like to geotag their photos taken with professional DSLR cameras. For example, Linux users can use “gpscorrelate-gui” application to add coordinates into EXIF fields of JPEG images using GPX file generated.

Download this application from Google Market

Roman Abramovich had “just a dinner” at Nello’s restaurant in New York. The total cost was $47,221.09, mostly paid for exquisite wines.

Source http://mongeneral.livejournal.com/

Want to get a free lighting on your table? This LED lamp is powered by the phone socket.

The lamp is available from uxsight.com shop

Here some tips and tools to improve your Firefox browsing experience using keyboard shortcuts, extensions and other tricks

Keyboard shortcuts

Web browsing using Mozilla Firefox could be faster with some keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl-Tab Ctrl-Shift-Tab – Navigate to next/previous open tab
• Alt+1 … Alt+9 – Go to tab with specified position
• Alt+D – Go to address bar
• Alt + ← Alt + → – Go back, go forward
• F11 – switch to/from full screen mode
• Ctrl+K – go to search engine text box
• Ctrl + B – opens bookmark sidebar
• Ctrl+T – open new tab
• Ctrl+W – close tab
• Ctrl + + Ctrl + - – increase/decrease font size
• Space – page down (could be more convenient to use than “Page down” button since some laptops may not have this key)
• Shift+Space – page up
• Ctrl+Shift+P – start browsing in “private” mode.

Comprehensive list of keyboard shortcuts page on Mozilla site

Mouse + keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl+left mouse click – opens link in new background tab
• Shift+left mouse click – opens link in new window

On the page search

• If you want to find phrase on the page, instead of pressing Ctrl+F, just type “/” followed by your keyword. For example “/firefox<Enter>”
• Hyperlink search is done by prefixing a keyword with ‘ (apostrophe)

Browser extensions

Firefox has thousands of useful extensions. The following extensions I use would be useful for anyone. If you are web developer, have a look on my Toolbox page for some other extensions.

Delicious Bookmarks – Delicious is a well known social bookmarking service. Firefox extension allows you to create public and private bookmarks with optional description and categorization tags. This Firefox extension simplifies creation of new bookmarks (just by pressing Ctrl+D) and integrates bookmark list with the browser. If you use multiple PCs (such as home desktop, laptop and office computer) adding a bookmark to Delicious makes that bookmark available on all other browsers and on Delicious website, which is convenient in case you use your friend’s computer or internet cafe.

AdBlock Plus – removes advertisements from pages you browse. Could be configured to use different subscription services providing a list of addresses to block from loading. Your pages will load faster and you will save your bandwidth if use it on the go.

FlashBlock – selectively blocks flash animations

FlashGot – makes downloading media from web page easier. Just select a text with links and all links will be added into your preferred download manager. Also allows YouTube video downloads, support URL shortening and redirection services,

DownThemAll! – download manager built in into Firefox. Supports simultaneous downloading and convenient user interface. Integrates nicely with FlashGot.

LastPass – online service to store your login passwords and registration form details. I would use it for storing all non-critical accounts. Makes life easier by making automatic login to websites, registration form prefilling and sharing your account details accross multiple computers.

FireGestures - Faster navigation by using mouse gestures

Google Reader minimalistic - get a full screen view of news reel in Google Reader using this Greasemonkey script.

Pixelpipe – Upload pictures, video, and audio with Pixelpipe and get your content posted to your favorite social network, blog and photo/video services. Over 110 supported destinations to choose from MySpace, Flickr, Facebook, Picasa, twitter, Photobucket & more

ScribeFire – Full-featured blog editor that integrates with your browser and lets you easily post to your blog.

Other tricks

• If you are using Linux, you may try Swiftfox which is a special edition of Firefox browser optimized for Linux computers.
• Multiple profiles allow you to run Firefox with different sets of extensions and browsing history. For example one for home and another for business usage. More info on Creating a new Firefox profile on Windows
• Got web site blocked in the country you are in? Just use free proxy server. For quick switching between proxy server you may use FoxyProxy extension.

.NET software development

• Bea Stollnitz: How can I debug WPF bindings?
  Since normal debugging using breakpoints does not wotk with WPF data binding, this article shows techniques you can use to get additional information while debugging data binding errors.

Mobile devices

• Kobo: A Free E-Book Reader For Smartphones
  Provides a selection of e-books for downloading
• Wikitude Brings Augmented "Worlds" to the iPhone
  Also application is available on Android and RIM (Blackberry) platforms. Shows points of interest on top of camera view. Data sources include Wikipedia, Google local search, Flickr, Panoramio and lots of other data sources. Similar to Layar and Google Googles applications available on Android 

News

• Lifehacker Australia: Print Newspapers Still Dying A Slow Death
  Today you can read latest news using your mobile, e-book reader or portable computer at any place and any time. Why so many of us so passionate about having a printed copy of something? I think on average only 10% to 20% of actual newspaper is being read, so there is a huge amount of paper being wasted

Other

• Coding Horror: A Democracy of Netbooks
  What is most important difference between netbook and smartphone? Netbook provides an open application platform where user can install and use any application he wants to, has  fully functional keyboard.  
• Lifehacker Australia: Easy Poster Printer Slices, Dices Your Posters For Standard Printers
  Printing large poster on A4? Not a problem
• Open Thread: The Internet Is Hard

Software

• Download Squad: Firebug web development extension comes to Google Chrome
  I’m still waiting for the moment something similar will appear for IE.
• Download Squad: OpenOffice.org 3.2 now available for download
  One of the most popular MS Office alternatives has update
• Download Squad: Opera 10.5 hits beta, still faster than Google Chrome
  Opera browser has number of unique features not available in other browsers, but it’s user base is smaller than any other browsers. 
• Enable Instant Search in Microsoft Outlook
• Lifehacker Australia: Turn Your Netbook Into A Feature-Rich E-Book Reader
  No need to buy iPad for reading e-books. Make reading netbook more enjoyable by running Kindle for PC, Calibre and Mobipocket Reader Desktop

Software development

• Code copypasta increasingly common in CS education

Web

• 14 Fantastic Free WordPress Themes
  Some of then a quite nice
• Browse Flickr Photos Full Screen Sans Add-Ons
  just use a paused slideshow mode
• Download Squad: Klava is a free online touch-typing speed tester and skill enhancer
  Type your twits faster then ever
• Download Squad: Onelook.com offers dictionary search better than Google’s
  A better alternative for Google dictionary. Have a look at Wiktionary as well.
• How to activate your Google Buzz – Evoliuvo
  Did you hear a buzz about Google Buzz? Here is step by step instruction how to activate it.
• Lifehacker Australia: MapEnvelope Automates The Google Map Envelope
  Web tool automates creation of envelopes with Google Map of selected location printed on inside of envelope
• Tweetboard – True Twitter Conversation
  Fun and engaging micro-forum type application for your website. It pulls your Twitter stream in near real-time (max 1 min delay), reformatting tweets into threaded conversations with unlimited nesting. Conversations that spun off the original conversation are also threaded in-line, giving your site visitors full perspective of what’s being discussed.
• Warner: No More Free Streaming Music For You
  Warner ends ageement with Last.fm for music licensing
• pdfonline.com
  Converts documents from different format into PDF. I’ve used it to convert MS Publisher files info PDF withoue having to install it on my computer.

Beste Miray came up with the idea of making making a mailing envelope that, when opened, shows the geographical location of where the letter came from.

Source

Android

• Google Listen: Podcast manager, search engine for Android
  Another high-quality application from Google. Allows to download podcasts and offline listening and offers podcast search directly from within application

Other

• Digital Photography Review: Canon EOS 550D / Rebel T2i , previewed with samples
  New camera from Canon has 18 megapixel sensor, able to shoot Full HD video with 30 fps and lots of other improvements

Science

• BBC – Earth News – Giant bizarre deep sea fish filmed in Gulf of Mexico
  Amazing video to watch
• Moscow’s stray dogs
  Social behaviour studies done by scientists amoung stray dogs in Moscow (I’m not joking)

Software

• Data Crow Is A Cross-Platform Manager Of All Your Media
  Manage your photos, videos and other media
• Wordpress SEO: The Only Guide You Need
  Explains how to improve your search rankings of your Wordpress blog by tweaking its settings

Software development

• This Car Runs on Code : Discovery News
  Complexity of software running in your car is growing. How does it affect safety?
• Understanding The Significance Of Weak Ties In Your Professional Life.

Web

• 10 free ways to keep track of changes to any website, without an RSS reader
  Waiting page updates? Use the following tools to make it automatically
• Dispostable: Provides Throwaway Email Addresses
  Need a single use e-mail address? Here it is. How about single use phone number and credit card number?
• Lifehacker Australia: Is The Mobile Broadband Bubble Going To Burst?
  Is it still a profitable business to run mobile data network?

Android

• How the Nexus One Was Created
  Google has launched a series of videos on its official Nexus One YouTube channel, documenting various details on how one of the world’s best Android phones was created.
• Mozilla Shows Off First Screenshots of Firefox for Android
  Mozilla just announced that it is also making good progress on an Android version of Firefox. According to Firefox developer Vladimir Vukićević, development of Android for Firefox is progressing quickly. While there are no plans for the release of an official alpha version just yet, Vukićević has already managed to compile and install an early version of Firefox for Android.
• PCWorld Apple Bans the Word ‘Android’ From App Store
  What makes them different from Chinese government?

Mobile devices

• Number of Location-Aware Apps Keeps Growing Rapidly – But Very Few are Cross-Platform

Other

• Blogging: Not for the young?
  Blogging is no longer the pastime of the young and has instead risen in popularity among older adults. Younger generation prefers Twitter?
• The War on the Young
  Young people today will most likely become the first generation in US history not to surpass their parents’ living standards.

Science

• Reading cuts stress levels by 68%
  New research by consultancy Mindlab International at the University of Sussex says reading works better and faster than other methods to calm frazzled nerves such as listening to music, going for a walk or settling down with a cup of tea. Even six minutes can be enough to reduce the stress levels by more than two thirds or 68%
• Science and Engineering Indicators 2010
  Provides a broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. Measures how good is general public in scientific terms. Makes an interesting read…
• Surprising Facts about HIV/AIDS in 2010
• Warning, Your Cell Phone May Be Hazardous To Your Health
  Just like tobacco manufacturers, mobile phone manufactures and network operators do not want the public to be informed on relationship between number of tumours and heavy mobile phone usage by some business people. So investing some money into hands free for your phone could potentially save your life in addition to convenience.

Software development

• How to Create Bulletproof Backups for MySQL
  Simplify backup process for your MySQL databases
• Toyota’s lesson: Software can be unsafe at any speed
  Security holes in Internet banking is not a worst thing. How about some buggy software running in your car is crashing while you drive at 100 km/h?

Web

• Femtoo: Track Changes on a Website or Part of a Webpage
• Google Earth Adds WWII-Era Maps
• Top 10 Web Widgets
• w3schools: Chrome Has Surpassed Ten Percent Share
  The web developer-focused w3schools releases browser statistics every month. Recently, they published their figures for January. Fueled by the movement of Chrome 4 into a stable version along with the increased media coverage of Chrome OS and Google’s competition with the other tech titans, Chrome has moved past the ten percent share mark, registering a 10.8% share which is up a solid point from December, at 9.8%.

Free “A Online Radio” application available from Android Market turn your phone into portable radio which plays thousands of live radio streams.

Features include:

• Searchable directory of live streams
• Ability to add your streams using URL
• Add stream to favourites
• View song lyrics

Work both via WiFi or via 3G connection (keep an eye on traffic amouts if your data plan has limited capacity)

A “must have” item for “Hello Kitty” fans: