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14 Free Product Key Finder Programs. 1. Belarc Advisor Belarc Advisor is the standard when it comes to system information software. I've been using this program for many, many years. One small aspect of Belarc Advisor is its ability to extract product keys for many software programs, including the one for Windows. Advantages include display of information in your browser window, no adware/toolbars to worry about, and an extensive list of other important computer data. Finds Keys for Operating Systems: Windows 10, Windows 8 & 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2012/2008/2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95.

Finds Keys for Other Software: Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, (plus all previous versions), Microsoft enterprise products, most programs from Adobe, Nero, Corel, and more, as well as keys for popular video games. Belarc Advisor v8.5 Review and Free Download Please try Belarc Advisor for your software and Windows key finding needs before any other program. Part 9: The essential collection of visualisation resources. This is part of a series of posts to share with readers a useful collection of some of the most important, effective and practical data visualisation resources.

This post presents the first part of a collection of books that have had most influence on my knowledge about data visualisation and its many closely-related subject areas. The selection presented includes only the books I own or I have read from a library – I have decided to exclude any books I’ve not yet read, even if they might be on other reading lists.

However, I will add emerging texts to the collection as and when I get to them. This collection should be read alongside part one and part two. The categories used to organise and group the books simply represents an instinctive and personal view for how they have proven valuable to me – I appreciate they could be/will be argued, debated and refined but it will never be perfect! ** If some of the images fail to display (especially in Internet Explorer), click refresh ** Blog, CartoDB.js released into the wild. For some months now we have been developing a new, more powerful, and easy to use JavaScript library for CartoDB. Today, we are announcing the beta release of CartoDB.js for all of you to use. While some of you have caught wind and started development with the library early, for the rest, we want to take a moment to go over some of the key benefits of switching to CartoDB.js for your online geospatial development.

Continuous improvement CarotDB.js was developed so developers could build awesome websites and so we could build maps in the CartoDB platform. That’s right, we use CartoDB.js for our administrative dashboards, embedded maps, and all the mapping tools in your account. Unification of mapping libraries Previously, developers using CartoDB were offered CartoDB-GmapsV3 or CartoDB-Leaflet, to use differently depending on the slippy map they wanted on their site.

Better support of CartoDB visualizations on websites As we said above, CartoDB.js works closely with your hosted account. LifeBot 5 – The Portable Emergency Room. In emergency care every second counts. LifeBot, the telemedicine unit that connects ambulances to hospitals with patient data and live video feeds, has just got even more mobile. No longer confined to the ambulance, the new version, LifeBot 5, is a lightweight portable unit that can go anywhere critical care is needed. LifeBot originally served to relay realtime data between ambulance EMTs and emergency physicians at the hospital. EMTs could receive remote instructions and the hospital could get a head start on preparations for the inbound patient. Two cameras captured both the LifeBot operator and the patient and enabled webcam communication. LifeBot 5 adds to the original system to deliver a more complete monitoring system. LifeBot’s Interceptor is a medical electronics module that enables full physiological monitoring of the patient.

And the best part is that the new unit weighs just 15 pounds and has been ruggedized so it can be taken anywhere. MAPdataWorld | Avenza Systems Inc. MAPdataWorld is a compilation of GIS data covering the world at 1:15 million scale. This detailed world vector dataset was initially created by Avenza Systems reseller and digital data experts, The XYZ Digital Map Company, and was specially created and designed for Avenza and MAPublisher® users.

This dataset is based on The Digital Chart of the World (DCW) and has been extensively improved and attributed. As a result, it contains many data and design elements you will not find anywhere else. MAPdataWorld comes complete with ESRI Arcview project and shapefiles, MapInfo TAB and workspace files, and a set of MAPublisher-optimized MID/MIF files which have been fine tuned and simplified for optimum performance with MAPublisher. MAPdataWorld has everything needed to make detailed maps of the world or world regions, whether it is for publication or for use within a GIS. The following is a partial list of the data layers included in the MAPdataWorld dataset. Boundary (Area) Features. This isn't the road network you are looking for.

I have to say, gis.stackexchange.com is always an interesting read. You see questions from just about every type of location data user; from GIS Professionals to neogeographers (do we still use that term?). Yesterday there was a question I hadn’t seen in a while: Is there any site from where I can get Google Road network as shapefile? As per my knowledge It is not distributed by google. So anybody can suggest how can I create this road network for a custom use?

So we all know that Google’s road data is proprietary and you can’t use it outside their APIs. Clearly, we need to approach OSM differently than just a free slippy map. Clearly wise beyond my years, but it is time to stop using closed APIs such as Google’s or Apple’s and embrace OpenStreetMap. It’s that simple to get the OSM road network at as shapefile. Free technical plans, books, patterns, software... | Craftsmanspace. The Wallpaper Wednesday Desktop. Silencing the Science on Gun ResearchSilencing the Science on Gun Research. Apprentice Alf’s Blog | Everything you ever wanted to know about DRM and ebooks, but were afraid to ask. Organizing Tips! Expert professional organizer Justin Klosky shares organization tips from his O.C.D. Experience. Organize & Create Discipline! DRM be damned: How to protect your Amazon e-books from being deleted. If you buy e-books from Amazon and want to engage in a bit of digital civil disobedience—by stripping the files’ DRM and making sure that Amazon can’t deny you access—we’re about to show you how.

Yes, many parts of the Internet have known about this technique for some time now, but we feel that it bears mentioning again here. Over the past week, the tech world has been abuzz with news that—surprise, surprise—Amazon can remotely wipe any Kindle, at any time, for effectively any reason. (The company did it before, ironically, with George Orwell’s 1984, back in 2009.) This week’s case involves a Norwegian woman (Google Translate) named Linn Nygaard. She bought a Kindle in the United Kingdom, took it home to Norway, and bought UK e-books on the Kindle. "I have not heard anything from Amazon about this, except that I got a very strange phone [call] earlier from someone with a hidden number," Nygaard told Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

Ex Calibre, electronica librae! Drivers and Download P8P67 PRO. Insert Multiple Columns at once [Quick tip] List of tz database time zones. World map showing time zones from the tz database version 2009r This is a list of time zones in the tz database release 2012c. The list is derived from the zones, links, and rules specified in zone.tab and the 7 "continent files" – africa, antarctica, asia, australasia, europe, northamerica, and southamerica. The four columns in zone.tab are mapped into columns 1–4 (marked with *) in the table below.

The file contains the following comments: # This file contains a table with the following columns: # 1. ISO 3166 2-character country code. The UTC offsets (columns 5 and 6) are parsed from the "continent files" and are in the format {+|-}hh:mm where the sign is + for east of UTC or - for west of UTC, and hh and mm are hours and minutes, respectively. The table is sorted by TZ by default. List[edit] External links[edit] PHP: List of Supported Timezones - Manual. The Future of Google Maps: You'll Never Be Lost Again. In the past few years, the map has transformed from a static, stylized portrait of the Earth to a dynamic, interactive conversation. (An extended version of an interview from the January/February 2013 issue.) Google Maps The entire concept of a "map" seems radically different from even a decade ago. It used to be something in a book or on a wall; now it's something you carry around on your smartphone.

The major change in mapping in the past decade, as opposed to in the previous 6,000 to 10,000 years, is that mapping has become personal. It's not the map itself that has changed. I think that's officially the Big Change, and it's already happened, rather than being ahead. So what might still happen? The dialogue with the map is becoming much more personal. For instance, right now people walk around looking at directions on phones. Isn't this just like the voice in the car GPS telling you, annoyingly, where to turn? It's more. If you think about Dr. We thought, "This is wrong. He almost cried. What Happens to Your Social Media Life When You Die?

San Francisco resident Sarah Buhr's friend Tiffany passed away a couple of months ago but Buhr still hears from her on Facebook. Tiffany's Likes, and other people's comments on Tiffany's profile, push her information onto Buhr's newsfeed, offering a frequent reminder that her friend is gone. Buhr says she felt she had to unfriend Tiffany because it was too difficult to be reminded of the loss nearly everyday. Jeff Lutz has a similar story. His beloved grandfather's wife, Laurel Lutz, passed away in 2011. "In the first week after Laurel passed, a note went on her Facebook wall thanking her family via various inside jokes and drinking references," he says.

Death is a topic people tend to avoid thinking about. Jeremy Toeman is the founder of Legacy Locker, a company that provides wills for digital properties. A "Facebook ghost" is the term Toeman uses to describe deceased friends and relatives who continue to appear in one's Facebook's feed. Justin A. Mashable composite. FREE 2013 Calendar - Download and Print Year 2013 Calendar today - Excel Calendar Template [2013] Posted on December 26th, 2012 in Learn Excel - 59 comments Here is a New year gift to all our readers – free 2013 Excel Calendar Template. This calender has, One page full calendar with notes, in 4 different color schemesDaily event planner & tracker1 Mini calendarMonthly calendar (prints to 12 pages)Works for any year, just change year in Full tab.

See more snapshots here: 2013 Calendar template snapshot 1, snapshot 2 Download 2013 Calender – Excel File Click below links to download the calendar you want: 2013 Calendar & Daily planner [Works in Excel 2007, 2010 & 2013]2013 Calendar Template [Excel 2007, 2010 & 2013]2013 Calendar Template [Excel 2003] How does this Calendar work? This is the same file as 2012 calendar with the year changed. COUNTIF formulas are used to count how many days are marked as Important, Anniversary or Holiday and summarized in the full calendar view. Go ahead and enjoy the download. More Calendar Downloads: Share this tip with your friends. Most Popular Chrome Extensions and Posts of 2012.

SExpand 2012 brought a lot of new people to Google Chrome as the browser has been toying with the top browser spot throughout the year. Alongside all the new Chrome devotees comes a slew of new Chrome extensions that enhance privacy, add functionality, and more. Here are the most popular Google Chrome-related posts for 2012. P Everyone's Trying to Track What You Do on the Web: Here's How to Stop ThemP It's no secret that there's big money to be made in violating your privacy. Companies will pay big bucks to learn more about you, and service providers on the web are eager to get their hands on as much information about you as possible. How to Make Facebook Infinitely Better with One Browser ExtensionP With each update, Facebook has gotten incrementally more cluttered, perplexing, and ornery-and I'm not even talking about all your annoying acquaintances flooding it with inane status updates.

How to Get Rid of Facebook Timeline and Actually Bring the Old Facebook BackP There you have it! 5 Ways to Give Yourself an Education That Kicks the Crap Out of the One You Got in School. 5 Ways to Give Yourself an Education That Kicks the Crap Out of the One You Got in School One of the biggest reasons that people are denied the privilege of education is because they can’t afford it. However, today we live in a world where knowledge and information are at our finger tips like never before. Technology has leveled the playing field so that anybody with an interest and an internet connection can receive a world class education. Bloggers, podcasters, search engines and digital content creators of all types of have made it possible for us to learn virtually anything we want to even if we don’t have the money. If you want to learn anything chances are there is somebody creating content about the subject and sharing it with the world at no cost.

Self Motivation is Not Optional Taking this kind of approach to educating yourself requires an extremely high degree of self motivation. 1. 2. Want to learn how to get in shape? 3. 4. 5. Education as we know it is changing rapidly. The Hobbit in 48 fps: Why I liked the increased frame rate. Warner Bros. Way, way back in April 2011, before the critics started spewing insults in their snooty, elvish way, director Peter Jackson posted a note to his Facebook page under the heading "48 Frames Per Second.

" He wanted us to know why he’d used a special format in the filming of The Hobbit. It was a way of "future-proofing" the production, he explained. The 24 fps standard was selected somewhat arbitrarily in the 1920s, so that everybody’s films could accommodate a soundtrack. But with digital production and projection, it’s gotten very easy to shoot more frames and show more frames, and thus eliminate the strobe and blur that have been a part of film for almost a century. That’s the way that film is going, he advised.

Sure, some "film purists" might complain, as purists like to do. I’ve just seen the film, which opens Friday, and I’m prepared to take a stand for this technology, on behalf of Peter Jackson if not for all of Middlebrow Earth. Book published and available now! Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Home Wi-Fi. Brickpicker: Lego Investing, Lego Collecting & Lego Price Guide. Watch Link Removal Tools. Hacking a Raspberry Pi into a wireless airplay speaker - Jordan Burgess. The raspberry pi is fully functional credit card-sized computer that is cheap enough ($25) that it can be used just for a single purpose. With this hack the computer imitates an airplay speaker, making it possible to send songs over to an old stereo wirelessly from your phone. The Raspberry Pi generated massive hype in nerdy circles this summer when it came out and we’re beginning now to see some amazing hacks from this tiny computer now.

I’ve had mine for a few months now but I hadn’t got around to using it yet. So I’ve now decided to try to make something that I’ve wanted for a while: a product to bring my good but dated speaker system into the 21st century by enabling wireless streaming of music to it. A possible way to do this would be to buy an Airport Express or an Apple TV and connect the audio out to the stereo.

Here’s a video of it in action. How to fake airplay compataility To get a Raspberry Pi looking like an airplay receiver I made use of Shairport. Raspberry Pi Graphical method. The London underground at 150 - a birthday journey | UK news. 10 iPad Cases With Convenient Hand Grips. Gallery. London Underground: 150 fascinating Tube facts. How to Run Mac OS X on Any Windows PC Using VirtualBox. iTwin Connect Lets You Browse Restricted Sites From Your Work PC. Tomorrow's World - Blog About Infographics and Data Visualization. Janki Method | Jack Kinsella - Rails Developer London. London Underground: 13 alternative Tube maps | News. How to Add Album Cover Art to iTunes. CartoDB | Blog. CartoDB | HTML5 Experiments. 6 free apps to get you through university. Wearable Cartography - Portable Mapping System. How to Convert Spotify to MP3. Blog, We're in! CartoDB is a Publishing Startup Showcase Finalist. Free vectors, photos and PSD Downloads | Freepik.

Comment: Fire service unfairly criticised over soggy squirrel saga. Hands-On (Or Actually, Heads-On) With Muse, The Headband That Reads Your Brain Waves. London Underground: which are the top tracks about the tube? Trakdot Uses GPS to Make Sure You Never Lose Your Suitcase Again. Meet HAPIfork, the Smart Fork That Helps You Lose Weight. Vuzix M100 smart glasses: hands on with the contender trying to beat Google Glass to market. Masimo's iPhone oximeter puts vital health information at the tip of your finger (hands-on)

The Tableau Public Pledge. Population Pyramids. RoBo 3D Printer by RoBo 3D Printer. Broadband Maps. What are the Top 5 Visualizations of All Time? About Being an Introvert. All our datasets: the complete index | News. Making Maps with D3. A Brief History of Information Design and Visual Storytelling. Picard. Fitbit unveils Flex: a wrist-worn activity, sleep tracker. HAPIfork measures every bite and tracks every meal on your iPhone.