I recently needed to download a video from youtube, and after a lot of frustrating searching around online I found a great simple piece of software that solved the problem!

There are quite a few websites that claim to allow you to download video from youtube, and they do work for a while, but then youtube changes its file structure or something and they stop working! I wanted a way of downloading music videos to my own pc, so i could watch them with friends in the winter evenings :)

There’s one software maker who i found specialises in making software applications to allow you to rip, record, convert and save all types of streaming video, but especially youtube flv video, and that maker is Applian Technology.

I’ve used the software for a while now, and have a big collection of video and audio that i;ve downloaded from youtube and all sorts of other websites with streamed video content, like last.fm for example. Its really good, works perfectly and never fails to rip whatever video I want :)

Check it out, I downloaded the trial version so I could see if it did what i wanted first, and then paid for the full version. Even the free version works fine.

Click here, download it and get ripping today! I got the whole suite so i can rip, record and download, also rip audio from the video if i want, convert file types and everything. Highly recommended software and the easiest best way I’ve found to download video from youtube!

Oh, one word of warning - you’re going to need to buy a bigger hard drive because there is NOTHING that this capture software cannot rip! ;)

Great new ebook I just got today, all about utilising and making the most out of facebook - if you’re an entrepreneur or a small business owner looking to increase business by using the social web, in particular facebook, then you NEED this ebook!!

If you use the internet or for that matter listen to the radio or watch tv, you’ll have heard about social networking site facebook.

If you own or run a small to medium sized business, you may have wondered to yourself how you could use the power of facebook to reach more customers, and so build your business or brand. With 300 million active users around the world, the facebook platform can be one of the most powerful, fast, and cheap marketing tools you could ever find to promote your business!

Facebook can be daunting though to the unititated non-tech savvy business owner/operator. However, there is an easy way to get started! An ebook has just been released to help YOU get started with promoting your business on facebook quickly, easily and above all cheaply!

Its really worth downloading, and only costs $39 - cost you can EASILY make back very very quickly once you start building the power of your brand on facebook. Its written by marketers who have used facebook themsleves to build businesses and brands, and there are plenty of secrets, tip, tricks and things to avoid.

Download your copy of the facebook business building ebook today!

Having recently gone travelling for a few months, I was faced with a bit of a problem in that I wanted to take some dvd’s with me to watch along the way on flights/train journeys etc.

I didn’t necessarily want to take a heavy-ish laptop with me, as well as dvd discs, power supplies etc etc, so I decided to just take an ipod touch instead. Problem was how to get the dvd movies onto the ipod without spending years doing it, and without filling the ipod after about 2 movies!

I searched around a bit and found the DVD converter Suite, a great little piece of software perfect for the job! It let me rip dvd movies quickly and easily, and then convert them into smaller file formats that I was able to watch on my ipod touch - end result, I was able to cram about 15 movies onto the ipod, a bunch more onto the netbook I also took with me (no dvd drive) and keep myself amused right the way through the whole of my trip.

Now I’m back home I’m still enjoying the software, ripping movies to watch on the daily commute. So, if you want to watch full dvd movies on your ipod, I can recommend the DVD Converter Suite - download a copy today! They have a limited version you can download for free to try out as well, with no obligation, so give it a go.

Just a quick and dirty list of six software applications we find particularly useful on a day-to-day basis!

1: Convert Any DVD to Any Format; Enjoy It on Any Portable Player - DVD converter suite allows you to rip and convert a DVD disc so you can then watch the movie of your choice on a portable player such as an iphone/ipod/psp.

2: WM Recorder Bonus Bundle - allows the recording of streaming video from any website or other source, such as youtube or the BBC iplayer. The ‘bundled’ version of the software also provides a format converter and a ’splitter’ to cut up videos into sections.

3: ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite - The #1 in protecting your pc from internet threats such as trojans, malware, adware etc. We negotiated a special with Zone Labs, and you can Download ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite and Save $10 via this link!

4:
PowerSuite Professional 2008

This all-in-one suite offers you a complete solution to solve all your computer problems in an easy way. Boot up ANY desktop and laptop; Easily recover/install ALL Windows; Create, delete and format partitions on your hard disk; backup partition table; Reset Windows Admin/User password; Find or clear BIOS/CMOS password; Find your lost password for Email, MSN, IE and asterisks; Find your Windows, Office and IE product or CD keys; Optimize, clean and speed up system; Clean up history and protect privacy; Manage daily time and business schedule. Recover/transfer your important data when your Windows crashes or the hard disk is formatted/damaged; Clone and backup the entire system including Windows, programs and files, so that you can restore them in the event of system crash or hard disk troubles.

5: Nero 9The ONE solution to complete all your digital media tasks on your PC and on your TV - NERO! Makes life really easy when burning cds for the car! :)

6: Last but not least, this is the one that probably gets most use of all! SPAMfighter is a simple email filter that integrates into outlook, windows mail or outlook express andsieves out the spam that keeps flowing your way! Through this link, you can try the SPAMfighter spam filter - for FREE! - Click here!

Sometimes you just need a quick decent graphic for a logo, page or menu - time is short, and you really can’t face battleing photoshop or fireworks for half an hour to make a button background. What do you do? Use one of the great free online generators now available!

We have listed six of the ones we find most useful below:

1: Web 2.0 badges
Really cool way to make superb quality web 2.0 style badges for your site in seconds - our example below took no time at all! Nice choice of badge styles, and various fonts to choose from as well, make this a winner!


2: Logo generator
There are quite a few logo generators online now, but we like this one for its simplicity and the decent logo it produces. A few different fonts to choose from, and you can also select background/font colour, where or if the reflection appears and whether or not to display one of a variety of amusing badges such as ‘beta’. See our example below:

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With such emphasis rightly placed on using CSS to control the layout, design and typography of websites it is little surprise to find a wealth of online tools to help experts and newbies alike produce their sheets quicker and easier. We have selected six notably useful tools for your enjoyment, listed below:

1: Listamatic
Great resource for styled lists, a good array available as examples with css as well as a useful browser compatibility chart covering pretty much every popular browser you users are likely to be viewing with.

2: Yet another multi-column layout (YAML)
Really nice ajaxified online layout builder - design, build and edit complete web page layout on one screen, add elements and tags then generate code! Enables you to construct a completed page layout in minutes, very straight forward to use. One to bookmark!

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None of us has a perfect photographic memory, and with the vast amount of different languages, protocols, standards and techniques currently in use in web development, it doesn’t get any easier! That’s where cheat sheets come in…
Cheat sheets are great, providing a quick and simply laid out reference on popular techniques within a given subject area. Generally in handy A4 format, you can print them out, laminate and keep them close at hand for the day you need to look something up. A hundred times quicker than using either documentation or help files!

For your convenience, we have compiled a list of six web development cheat sheets below, that we find particularly useful - so visit, print them off and keep near your PC :)

1: mySql cheat sheet

2: php cheat sheet

3: javascript cheat sheet

4: html character codes

5: css cheat sheet with examples

6: html cheat sheet

*Worthy of mention: most of the above list are actually produced by one site - ilovejackdaniels - they really are the cheat sheet kings! Their css sheet is also well worth downloading.

Not in any particular order, thought we’d share a list of six slightly freaky music videos which although pretty damn cool are a little on the freaky/scary side…kind of horizon-expanding though, so sit back and enjoy!

Warning: none are that graphic but it may be best not to watch if you are either a kid or of a sensitive nature… well, we did warn you ;)
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Ok just a little light relief ’six things’ today as its sunday :)

Everyone knows about flickr, stacks of great photos you can browse through covering any subject area you can think of, always a great resource for inspiration.

Anyway, to brighten everyones day, I’ve spent a while trawling their site (that was some hard work) and come up with a fresh, highly useful list of six top babes I found, (not in any particular order).
Enjoy! :)
(And if anyone on the list wants to get in touch, please, feel free!)

1: Tarryn Taylor

Taken from the ‘Tarryn10′ album by Aysha. One of a truly stunning set of pictures!

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