Top three free online services.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Hello you guys :) I've been busy recently doing my head in with maths, but I figured a post now a then shall do for quite a bit.
First of all, welcome to Anarkist - a good friend of mine who has "volunteered" to help me add random bit and bobs to wherever its needed. He's good at writing, and who knows, he might figure out to be better then I am at blog writing :S
Lately, I have been busy , but I thought I would perhaps share with you the three most useful (free) online services ever! (in my opinion, at least)
Here we go.
1) Dropbox.
https://www.dropbox.com/
Nice web interface, unlike other services.
Perhaps the greatest, best online FTP ever. Eliminates the entire purpose of sending files to yourself, and you probably can put away those broken memory-sticks by now. All you need to do is basically make an account, and install the program onto your computer. Then whatever you need to share or put onto your "personal space", simply drag and drop into the Dropbox folder, and it'll sync automatically to other computers which have Dropbox and are logged into your account.
When you want the file on a computer which you haven't installed the program on, you can just simply go onto the Dropbox website and retrieve your files through that method as well.
You get 2GB for free, but you can get more space by completing the tour as well as inviting your friends to use the service.
2) Grooveshark
http://listen.grooveshark.com
Good if you love music.
Think of iTunes, but with unlimited sharing and accessibility of your music online as well as free music! Basically you can form a online playlist/library, without having to own or have the music on your computer. Handy if you love searching up new songs but can't be arsed to buy them just yet, or are just plain cheap. Once again, this is free, and unless you want the VIP features (which aren't actually that essential) this is useful if you, say go on a holiday. Note that you do need an internet connection to stream the music though.
3) Wolfram|Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Big calculator for pot-heads.
Let's say, you're struggling on your maths homework. You can't be half dimmed to grab your graphical calculator, and you can't be bothered either to draw out a table for values of a mathematical equation. Or, let's say you've forgotten how integrate an equation that looks like herpes.
Fret not! Simply stick in whatever you want it to calculate; so if you want the graph of an equation, put in the equation and hit enter. There are a lot more other things you can also pop in, such as "integrate (equation) from (number) to (number)", but I shall leave that for you to find out :P
Listening to: Should've Listened by Nickelback
crevlthe.
First of all, welcome to Anarkist - a good friend of mine who has "volunteered" to help me add random bit and bobs to wherever its needed. He's good at writing, and who knows, he might figure out to be better then I am at blog writing :S
Lately, I have been busy , but I thought I would perhaps share with you the three most useful (free) online services ever! (in my opinion, at least)
Here we go.
1) Dropbox.
https://www.dropbox.com/
Nice web interface, unlike other services.
Perhaps the greatest, best online FTP ever. Eliminates the entire purpose of sending files to yourself, and you probably can put away those broken memory-sticks by now. All you need to do is basically make an account, and install the program onto your computer. Then whatever you need to share or put onto your "personal space", simply drag and drop into the Dropbox folder, and it'll sync automatically to other computers which have Dropbox and are logged into your account.
When you want the file on a computer which you haven't installed the program on, you can just simply go onto the Dropbox website and retrieve your files through that method as well.
You get 2GB for free, but you can get more space by completing the tour as well as inviting your friends to use the service.
2) Grooveshark
http://listen.grooveshark.com
Good if you love music.
Think of iTunes, but with unlimited sharing and accessibility of your music online as well as free music! Basically you can form a online playlist/library, without having to own or have the music on your computer. Handy if you love searching up new songs but can't be arsed to buy them just yet, or are just plain cheap. Once again, this is free, and unless you want the VIP features (which aren't actually that essential) this is useful if you, say go on a holiday. Note that you do need an internet connection to stream the music though.
3) Wolfram|Alpha
http://www.wolframalpha.com/
Big calculator for pot-heads.
Let's say, you're struggling on your maths homework. You can't be half dimmed to grab your graphical calculator, and you can't be bothered either to draw out a table for values of a mathematical equation. Or, let's say you've forgotten how integrate an equation that looks like herpes.
Fret not! Simply stick in whatever you want it to calculate; so if you want the graph of an equation, put in the equation and hit enter. There are a lot more other things you can also pop in, such as "integrate (equation) from (number) to (number)", but I shall leave that for you to find out :P
Listening to: Should've Listened by Nickelback
crevlthe.
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Loving your blog so far - update more often, perhaps? :)
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