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TechCrunch reports that a project called Aviary has an ambitious goal of providing graphical online application to create multimedia artwork. The online application range from Photoshop and Illustrator resembling applications 2d and vector graphics as well as a 3d application for editing and rendering. Some of their creative applications are code-named Phoenix, Raven and Hummingbird. [...]

Recently Google added some more translation functionality to Google Translate. It lets you translate a single word, and gives possible meanings that word might have. I also recently discovered that you can Get Translation Browser Buttons which I will give a try soon. (Via LifeHacker)

YouTube launched its own video-editing tool last week YouTube Remixer. It allows you to edit and “remix” your already uploaded YouTube videos. “Remixer allows you to edit your videos with text, audio, graphics, overlays, effects, and transitions” – YouTube Blog YouTube Remixer, also dubbed Adobe Remixer, is obviously a Flash-application. (Via LifeHacker)

DesktopTwo is another good online desktop solution, if you are considering cutting down on your stationary desktop use. Personally I have enjoyed using YourMinis (Your Minis Your Online Desktop) for the past five months. Although YourMinis offers more of a widget type interface for each application, DesktopTwo is a more tradtitional style desktop. In addition [...]

There are loads of different internet sited that want to tell you how fast you broadband actually is. Personally I find some complicated and others even too fancy. However Internet Frog has a nice and simple internet connection speed test. It requires java, but the advantage is that it offers a nice visual comparison to [...]

When you don’t actively use the knots you may have learned years ago in school, on field trips or summer camps, you might forget them. If you are like most people you do fine with the basic overhand knot. Del.icio.us bumped up this knot link: How to Tie the 10 Most Useful Knots. So perhaps [...]