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  download from youtube

  http://www.luvhex.info/$my_blog/2008/09/23/download_from_you...
  71 days ago in H3artB3at ~ www.luvhex.info · Authority: 3

  someone asked me how to download videos from Youtube. previously i was using some very manual means to do that -- using URL Snooper to snip the multimedia URL of the video exact location, download and watch it (this works with most video streaming sites). after reading from Lifehacker, there are easier ways to do it. much easier... and i think the Better Youtube Firefox Extension does the best. after downloading and installing the Firefox browser and the extension, you just need to go to the youtube video site, and you will see a download this video link just under the video rating area. click it and it will open up a popup, wait a few seconds and you will be prompted with the download link. the video download would be either in flv or in mp4 format. if your computer can't play it, hover to ffdshow tryout to download the codec pack (paired together with CoreCodec and Media Player Classic, they are the best and only codecs u will ever need to play any files in your computer).
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  Link Love

  http://fabulouslybrokeinthecity.blogspot.com/2008/08/link-lo...
  110 days ago in Fabulously Broke in the City · Authority: 164

  The Frugal Girl posts some mighty tasty looking frugal brownies. Single Ma from Fabulous Financials gives us how to build a professional wardrobe on a budget. I agree with most of her principles, but ever since the closet cleanout on FB Closet, I've pared down on purses, clothing, and accessories. Now I just have the essentials and I wish I had known that before and saved a bundle.A man is not the answer, says Brunette on a Budget. I wrote about something similar about how everyone has money.Want to know how to speed up Windows cuz it's draggin' its ass?? Life Hacker gives us the what NOT to do, to speed up Windows, and debunks common myths.Xin Lu from Wise Bread asks how to deal with family members who are bad at managing money. This one, is definitely something I've dealt with before (namely parents), and the tips in here are extremely helpful.Oh no they didn't!!! Geek Sugar says that they came out with a USB Snap Bracelet. Umm... Functional Fashion, I presume? Not for me. Thanks.I love this post about what rich people spend their money on.... I liked this one: William Shakespeare’s signature is the world’s most expensive autograph, which may make sense since there seems to be only six of them in the world, none of them currently for sale. Auction price is estimated at $5,000,000.Squawkfox gives us a great printable grocery list that we should print to use. I'd suggest printing it and laminating it, and using it with a dry erase marker so that you don't keep printing out the paper over and over again.Counting Pennies talks about the issue of taking supplies from a company but not considering it 'stealing'. I guess I'm guilty of that for SURE. I just never thought about it as stealing. But it's not like I'm stealing staplers. I took a couple of folders and a pen... :\Seasonal Ontario Food whips up a mighty tasty looking, and FAST recipe with spinach and miso.Leo from Zen Habits posts about keeping that marital spark alive with 6 principles. I'm not into #1 (Spirituality), but #5 (Have Sex) made me laugh with this comment:....Research shows that most men need about a second on average to be interested in and ready for sex. If you’re an older male, it may be 2 seconds. Women on the other hand, need about 20 minutes. When you add to this that research also shows the length of time sex actually lasts is 3 minutes, it’s no wonder there may be problems. 17 minutes after sex if over, the woman is ready.Brown Eyed Girl and Money recounts her stint at negotiating, and makes a very good point: "Rarely does the job offer get pulled because you negotiated, so the worst scenario is that the offer stay the same, and the best is that you get more.". They've already accepted you as a candidate, they're not going to give up on you and try and find another fit!The plot continues at Getting Single with Operation: Get rid of Johnny. Single Girl leaves us with so many cliffhangers.. I can't stand it!Is it sick that I actually think these studded tights are cool? No, right? :\ Via Kingdom of StyleGail Vaz-Oxlade does a nice, forceful post about the old adage: He who dies with the most toys, wins, and she wonders what the big deal is with collecting STUFF in life. *raises hand*.. I am guilty of loving technology, especially stuff like the iPhone, iPod, MacBook, External Harddrives, etc...Life Hacker gives us YouTube Hacks where you can now actually download that video to your desktop instead of wishing you could.This guy proposed using Google Earth. It's a neat, geeky idea, but I'm not sold. Seems quite impersonal.youlookfab gives us the best of Spring 2008 and Summer 2008 fashions. I like the white jeans look - but again - even finding REGULAR jeans is a chore for me. *sigh* Oh J. Crew. Why do you tempt me with your wonderful pictures of trouser jeans at $118? :(Apartment Therapy showcases an entire world map as your wallpaper in the home, which is actually kind of cool, especially for a kid but grownup enough for an adult not to gag.J.D. from Get Rich Slowly answers the question: "If personal finance is so easy why isn't everyone rich?". Like he says, it's because the implementation of good personal finance rules is extremely difficult. It takes discipline.Escape from Brooklyn talks about Atlantans being pissed off with NY, and New Yorkers biting back. This one line made me laugh: There are more down-homey things, too, to the point where we can't even be mad: We only feel bad for them for being all gentle and dumb and you know, southern. Like when they say, "No one can make a decent biscuit" and "They’ve never heard of sweet tea." (Whatever, we don't all have gonorrhea, either, but it doesn't mean we've never heard of it.)Y'all probably hate the garage and the basement for being clutter zones, right? Well, The Unclutterer offers tips to clean up and fix up your garage to make it all purdy.What a CREEP! Unswitched reports of a guy who pretended to fix women's laptops for free and installed software to snap unsuspecting pics of them instead. Well, goes to show that nuttin' is ever for free! If it is, be suspicious. :P And paranoid :PHate a traditional notice board? Get creative and DIY with ropes and clips and make a funky one for your kitchen instead. Via Apartment TherapyAre you a blogger like me? Well then you know that sometimes you hit a rut and dunno how to get out of it. ProBlogger offers 24 wise tips on how to break the rut and to get those juices flowing again. Or, you can do what I do, and write about everything and anything under the sun that interests you. LOL... No theme/focus to a blog can sometimes be a good thing.Who the hell would pay $1.6 million for a piece of coloured paper? :P Via Twiggers from In Debt Because I Like Nice Things.Dumb Little Man gives 10 traits of being a loser. I'm assuming a loser covers all 10 in a consistent manner/fashion, right? Because we've all done at least ONE thing on that list at some point in our lives. We aren't saints with halos y'know... J.D. raised a fuss for $3 for a backpack at Staples. I would've too. $3 is still $3, and it's the principle of the matter - not letting those retailers get away with false promises and make you buy something you didn't need in the first place with a faux discount. Fine print my ass.Kiki from The Prosecco Life gives us 4 MANDATORY items to bring when travelling. I totally, wholeheartedly agree.For $99, pick up this spycam hidden in a dictionary (no audio). Via Ubergizmo. That's almost creepy as that computer technician I link loved about up there...Running out of juice for your dying laptop? Uber Gizmo says that you may want to consider a solar laptop charger. Not bad. But I'd have to be outside at some point to charge the thing right? Because a a consultant I'm kind of stuck at a cubicle inside a dark room all day....Got too many accounts to keep track of? Wise Bread says you need an aggregator to grab all those email accounts and put them into one neat, tidy little spot.Sharon-Rose gives some wonderfully frugal tips about thrifting and what to look out for. My favourite tip? When in doubt, buy it. Er, let's keep in mind that these items are $2 - $5, okay? Not $50 - $100 like what I'd normally pay retail in a store ;)But with jeans, I buy them right away, if they're around $100 or cheaper. It's impossible to find a good pair of jeans nowadays!Erica from Not In My Colour reviews a product line called M.O.P. or Modern Organic Products for the hair, a line I had never heard of before, but now am intrigued about.Simply Stated posts some inspiring before and after decluttering pictures. My favourite is the shoes with the Polaroid pictures at the bottom. The only thing I noticed is that these homes are still kind of *cough* cluttered. But an organized cluttered. For me, I'd have gone a more minimalist route (like I did with my room/clothes/shoes/accessories/purses) and purged of 50% of everything just to make the room seem more open and inviting. Stuff is making me cringe now.Free from Broke sorts out any confusion between your credit SCORE and your credit REPORT.Try out these staycation tips on how to make the most of your home-bound vacation. Via Apartment TherapyMEG from World of Wealth tells us that the tax cuts for the rich actually help the poor. No kidding! I always thought the opposite, but hey - ANY tax cuts would be welcome in my books especially if I'll be earning more cash in the future.Polyvore encourages us to dress like a Gossip Girl, and take inspiration from their killer fashion sense and style.Sara from On Simplicity says that there ARE storage secrets for small spaces. It's just a matter of implementing them. My favourite is attractive boxes, because that one has worked the best for me to organize all the little knick knacks I had before.Couture Carrie encourages us to take the plunge and go for brocade in our everyday styles. Cute idea, but maybe in a coat, but nothing else. I think it's just too heavy...These flickr photos from a set called 'souvenirs', are very interesting pieces of photography, such as holding up a little souvenir train in a picture over some empty tracks. Hit the link and you'll see what I mean. Via Geek SugarSwitched uncovers that British taxpayers may be paying for luxury video gaming systems for PRISONERS. Waitaminute! aren't they supposed to be repenting and suffering for what they did to get in there in the first place? Sounds a bit like a good deal for losers who don't want to work and want to play video games all day.This is a real treat! A peek into the real-life homes of Candace Bushnell's salon (Candace wrote Sex and the City), and other famous people's places. The most disappointing was Sarah Jessica Parker's dining room. Blah.It's all so pretty and well organized! The entire slideshow of all the glam homes can be watched here.Here are 5 reasons NOT to buy the new iPhone, says Switched. Apparently the upgrade isn't as hot as it was made out to be. Me, I'm holding out for the ultimate iPhone, when it becomes much cheaper (hah!), with more hard drive space, functionality and camera-snapping goodness. The pictures they take right now are pretty good but aren't wonderful... yet.5 tips to beat jet lag, are what you need if you are travelling a lot, says Apartment Therapy.There are NO WORDS for how much I am craving this in real life right now: a Grilled Teriyaki Chicken and Pineapple Burger. Via Kevin from Closet Cooking. Yum!Can you believe that these are HOTELS? Apartment Therapy L.A. showcases some of the most breathtaking hotels and their views in the world. I think if I were a billionaire, I'd want to travel just to stay at each of these hotels for a couple of days. The one featured to the side of this post has this caption: Asaba, a 19-room inn in Shuzenji, Japan pays homage to traditional Japanese architecture and landscaping: guests must pass through a Meiji-period gate into a gravel courtyard before entering the inn.. Wow. Some of the pictures are so amazing, you'd think they were paintings instead!All 20 hotels are featured here.
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  YouTube: YouTube File Hack (and Others) Download Clips to Your Desktop

  http://www.bigbrains.com/2008/08/10/youtube-youtube-file-hac...
  114 days ago in bigBrains.com · Authority: 1

    Windows only: Free software YouTube File Hack is a standalone application and Internet Explorer integrated menu item that downloads videos to your desktop from the popular video sharing site. Simply run the application, enter the URL of the YouTube video you want to view offline, and press the Download button. When all is said and done, you’ll have an FLV file for watching offline (we recommend the free VLC player to do so). To use the Internet Explorer integration, navigate to any web page, right click on a YouTube video link, and choose the "Download this YouTube Video" option from the right-click menu. (Note that the "Download this" menu item displays regardless of whether a video is present or not.) YouTube File Hack is one of several ways to download YouTube video clips. Let’s review just a few of our favorite options: The All-In-One Video Bookmarklet works in IE or Firefox and requires no installation—just drag and drop it to your browser toolbar. The Better YouTube Firefox extension adds a "Download this video" link to any YouTube page in Firefox. Vixy.net and Viddownloader takes the URL of a YouTube clip, converts it to a format of your choice, and offers it for download. For more video handling desktop and online apps, check out our top 10 free video rippers, encoders, and converters. Currently, YouTube File Hack works within Internet Explorer only; the software is a free download for Windows only. What’s your favorite way to download YouTube clips? Let us know in the comments. YouTube: YouTube File Hack (and Others) Download Clips to Your Desktop
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  This Week’s Top Downloads [Download Roundup]

  http://yottamedia.com/this-weeks-top-downloads-download-roun...
  115 days ago in Index of / · Authority: 1

  WikiTaxi Takes Wikipedia Offline (Windows) "Download a full-fledged version of Wikipedia for offline research with freeware application WikiTaxi."YouTube File Hack (and Others) Download Clips to Your Desktop (Windows) "Free software YouTube File Hack is a standalone application and Internet Explorer integrated menu item that downloads videos to your desktop from the popular video sharing site."XnView Shell Extension Edits and Views Images with a Right-Click (Windows) "Free application XnView Shell Extension adds several image tools to your right-click menu so you can preview, resize, edit, upload, and convert images in just a couple of clicks."Minimem Reduces the Memory Footprint of Unwieldy Applications (Windows) "Free application Minimem reduces the memory usage of individual running applications on demand."Evernote Web Clipper Adds Content from Any Web Page (Firefox) "Free, cross-platform note-taking application Evernote offers a handful of tools for clipping content into your Evernote account, including the newly released Web Clipper Firefox extension."MiniLyrics Automatically Fetches and Displays Lyrics for Your Media Player (Windows) "The MiniLyrics plug-in automatically downloads and displays lyrics for the currently playing song for a handful of the most popular media players."
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  Saturday Link Round-Up 10

  http://babblative.com/article/saturday-link-round-up-10
  116 days ago in babblative.com · Authority: 20

  Number 10 already, feels like I just started this last week. No images this time, I’m feeling quite sick, thank you little cousin who infected my brother who in turn infected me. To top it off it’s that special time in a woman’s month that she’s allowed to turn into a complete monster and boy-oh-boy am I taking advantage of that. So, enjoy this weeks round-up :) Geeky YouTube File Hack (and Others) Download Clips to Your Desktop – Windows only: Free software YouTube File Hack is a standalone application and Internet Explorer integrated menu item that downloads videos to your desktop from the popular video sharing site. Simply run the application, enter the URL of the YouTube video you want to view offline, and press the Download button. When all is said and done, you’ll have an FLV file for watching offline (we recommend the free VLC player to do so). Listen to your music with style (if you have the time and will) using Foobar2000 – Foobar2000 is an advanced audio player for the Windows platform. Some of the basic features include full unicode support, ReplayGain support and native support for several popular audio formats. Rejaw – Rejaw is a new way to chat with your friends, family, and co-workers. Starting a conversation is fast and easy: You can shout messages to your followers, or whisper to your friends. Just think of something to say, and get started! Firefox: Time Saving Tips & Tricks – Do you use Firefox as your main Internet browser? If so, here are some neat tips and tricks to help you use it faster and more efficiently. Mozilla brings Twitter, RSS, other messages to Firefox with Snowl – Mozilla released a plugin for Firefox called Snowl yesterday that has the potential to completely change the way you use your web browser. Or it could just frustrate the heck out of you. Here’s what it does: it brings messages from various sources (Twitter, RSS feeds, and eventually instant messaging services) to your browser. Debunking Common Windows Performance Tweaking Myths – As a tech writer, one of my biggest pet peeves is the plethora of bad advice littered across almost every web site dedicated to system tweaking. Besides the tweaks that simply don’t work, some of them will actually cause your computer to run even slower—or worse. Let’s examine some of the most offensive myths out there regarding PC performance tweaking, and debunk them once and for all. Food As-You-Like-It Breakfast Casserole – Have you ever made a breakfast casserole? The basic ingredients are eggs, cheese, milk, and bread. It’s the easiest thing in the world to put together. We have a sausage breakfast casserole on the site that is one of my favorites. The great thing about a breakfast casserole is that you can add almost anything you want to the base. Italian sausage is my all time favorite, but bacon or ham will do too. Or make it veggie, with zucchini, broccoli, basil and onions. 25 Cooking & Baking Tips – Timeless Wisdom Collection – These tips for cooking and baking are from a large collection of tips I’ve gathered together from a variety of books and magazines from the 1940s and 1950s…most of these are quite unique I think since I don’t recall coming across them before. Cookbook of the Month Recipe – Sausage Rolls – The picture of these sausage rolls caught my eye as I was looking through this month’s cookbook of the month – Donna Hay’s Modern Classics Book 1. And I knew it would be one I would made when I remembered that I had a sheet of puff pastry in my freezer. In fact, I didn’t have to buy one thing for these rolls – all of the ingredients came from my freezer or my pantry. How To De-Kernelize Microwave Popcorn – Like microwave popcorn, but don’t want to risk chipping a tooth on one of the rock-like kernels that never met its potential? Get rid of unpopped kernels with a simple shake. Success. Sort of. – My definition of success… not eating the chocolate chip cookie dough that has spent the last two days singing its sweet siren song from the back of the fridge. Out of sight, but no where near out of mind. Sewing Wednesday, August 6, 2008 – A fellow sewist wrote to me and asked if I had any advice on getting the angled seam in Vogue 2988 to lie flat, as she was not looking for pouchiness at the hip. Web Design 14 Design Retrospectives – Looking at the results of a good website design helps improve and inspires our own designs, getting into the mind of a designer can be invaluable. 42 Resources of Inspiration for Graphic Designers and Lovers of Design – 42 Resources of Inspiration for Graphic Artists and Designers and Lovers of Design. 7 Fonts that should die – The problem with being a fontwhore is that you begin to recognize some of the tired, overused fonts that no designer seems to want to let go. If you see them, let out a scream and shoot them on sight./2008/08/7-fonts-that-should-die.html 25 Examples of Creative Navigation – In addition to being one of the most significant influences on the usability of a site, navigation menus also allow designers an opportunity to get creative and add some interesting and attractive visual elements to a site. Of course, in some cases the creativity can hinder the usability of the site, but in many cases appearance and functionality can work together. Interior Design Is This Room Not To Die For? – Major swoonfest. That is all. Sofa Wall Climber – Canape – There is no way you can miss this sofa design by Lila Lang. One half is a plain looking sofa with a decidedly curvy old fashioned style. The other half appears to be climbing the wall! Freebies Free High Resolution Photoshop Brushes: Fabric Textures – If you’re anything like me you’ll be collecting high resolution brushes like crazy. That’s way I put together a new set of Photoshop brushes for you. There are a total of 11 brushes in the collection and they are the largest possible: all of them are a stunning 2500 px. My 10 Favorite Swirls & Decorative Brush Sets – As promised here is another list of awesome Photoshop brushes. This post will focus on my favorite Photoshop brushes for swirls, swooshes and floral elements. If you missed my first list on My 15 Favorite Grunge Brushes, you should definitely check that out as well! Code Weekend Quick Tip: Create Your Own Simple Reset.css File – Far too many novice CSS designers don’t realize the importance of creating a “reset.css” file. When you have an environment where each browser has its own “default” styling, you’ll often find yourself thumping your skull as you ask yourself, “Why is there a spacing here?” To save yourself some of the headaches that you’ll undoubtedly experience, you’ll need to create your own simple reset file. CSS Frameworks – A framework is a basic conceptual structure which you can use in your web-projects. Miscellaneous 56 Impressive Ads About Problems In The World, That Really Makes You Thinking – The last post in my series “creative ads” is about ads, which are talking to your conscience. They are really effective to show the problem of the world and open your eyes. They are about war, child soldiers, human rights, smoking, drink and drive, obesity, child abuse, hunger, environmental pollution and more. Really powerful pictures! 42 Crochet Tips – Here’s a collection of 42 tips to make your crocheting easier: Who knew making your own oil paint was this easy? – Paints for artists are incredibly expensive, which makes painting a difficult hobby to take up if your cash flow is tight. That’s a pity, because painting is fantastic brain exercise, therapeutic against stress and other negative feelings, and fun. And if you’re lucky, you’ll end up with homemade decor at a fraction of the price of buying art. Increase Your Privacy with $16 DIY Window Frosting – Windows present a tricky dilemma when it comes to balancing the need for privacy with the desire to have light and fresh air entering your home. Most window treatments are both costly and a compromise between the neighbors peeking in while you’re getting dressed in the morning and natural light. Bad Blogging 101 – I’ve learned a few things in my blogging experience so far and some of them demonstrate how to be a bad blogger. There are countless articles floating around about becoming a better blogger, so here are 21 tips in sarcastic form to put kind of a fresh spin on these recycled blog teachings. 10 Small Roles for Big Stars – We’re less than a week away from the release of Tropic Thunder, and as the reviews and puff pieces make their way onto the web, there’s one thing clearly uniting the media’s coverage: talk of Tom Cruise’s appearance in a small role as a Hollywood studio boss. Everyone seems to agree that he steals the show and that his performance — or the joke surrounding it — is one of the comedy’s major highlights, if not the actual best part. Clean Notifications – WordPress plugin – Without a doubt, WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms currently available for people who want to install and maintain their content management system on their own server. I mean, what’s not to love? Free, powerful, and easy to use – it’s the whole package.

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