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ScribbleSquid tries to help new writers — with one glaring omission

Filed under: Text, Productivity, Op-Ed

Creative writing is not an easy task, but the web gives us great opportunities to collaborate and get some help. For our own book, my friend and I set up a custom DokuWiki which does the trick quite nicely. But not everyone likes to tinker; some people simply want to get [...]

The 2009 Feltron Annual Report

Filed under: Fun, News

Whether we like it or not, our world runs on numbers. Some people more than others embrace numbers and data. Nick Felton, for one embraces numbers.

Like a major corporation, Nick has been publishing an annual report on data from his life since 2005, and this year’s report is now available. The data [...]

Enigmata is a space shooter with tons of upgrades - Time Waster

Filed under: Fun, Games, Time-Wasters

If you love space shooters with tons of customization and upgrades, Enigmata is for you. You start out with one of three ship types and you can build out from there — upgrading your shields, weaponry, and even the ship itself. As you unlock more achievements, new sections of the store [...]

Twitter Tuesday - this week’s Twitter news, apps and more

Filed under: Features, Social Software, web 2.0

Welcome to Twitter Tuesday! Every week, I’ll bring you the latest in new Twitter clients and services, sprinkled with a healthy dose of news and rumors. Twitter Tuesday - please, don’t call it Twuesday - follows in the footsteps of Download Squad’s other illustrious weekly roundups, Chrome Corner and [...]

What Is The Best Way To Make Money Online In A Short Period Of Time?

I’ve got about 3 to 4 hours per night that I can dedicate to making money on my computer. What is the best way to make money online in a short period of time?

How Do I Make Money By Retouching Images Online?

Hey, i am very talented with photo-shop and i am wondering how i can make money online by enhancing and retouching images. An example of what i want to do is, people send me the image, i retouch it and send it back and then they pay me. A good answer would be greatly appreciated.

Greasemonkey comes to Chrome - get your userscripts ready!

Filed under: Utilities, Productivity, Google, Browsers

Gentlemen, start your userscripts! The insanely powerful Greasemonkey extension is now natively supported by Google Chrome, and it’s bringing a library of over 40,000 scripts with it.

Scripts can modify your favorite webpages in all kinds of useful ways, whether it’s cheating at Mob Wars, adding nested replies to Twitter, [...]

Party Booth turns your webcam into a social-media aware automated photo booth

Filed under: Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Commercial

Have you ever wished that you could have a photo booth running at your wedding reception, engagement party, or kegger? If so, you might want to check out Party Booth.

Party Booth is a desktop application that runs in full-screen kiosk mode that allows party guests to walk up to the [...]

Delicious adds filtering and browsing features

Filed under: Yahoo!, Freeware, Social Software, Web

Delicious, the social bookmarking site arguably started it all, was recently updated with a couple of new features. They’ve added the ability to display only private or only public bookmarks, and the ability to choose whether you want to show or hide the history of who you’ve sent bookmarks [...]

How to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into an "iPad"

Filed under: Mods, iPhone

iPad fever seems to have gripped the iNation. If looking at your diminutive iPhone or iPod Touch is getting you down, and you wish you could be stroking a beautiful new iPad, maybe the mod described at Redmond Pie will tide you over.

Modifying the iPhone operating system isn’t possible unless you jailbreak [...]