Source: Freezetab Who doesn’t love tabs? I have a problem with tabs, and installed an extension that will count how many open tabs I have. When I hit 200 I start closing. Don’t worry, those 200 tabs are spread across 5 or 6 windows. Freezetab is an extension to an enabler that helps me keep…
Source: Enhancer for YouTube™ – Chrome Web Store I use YouTube… A lot. And the default interface is missing some controls that I would like to use. Enhancer for YouTube™ adds some much needed controls to the YouTube player. Once the extension is installed, a row of controls appear below the YouTube player: These controls…
Source: The True Size Of … Paper maps have a big issue. Because they are trying to show the area of a sphere on a flat, 2d surface, areas at the top and bottom of the map are stretched out. The True Size Of … is here to help with that! To start, enter the…
Source: Controls for Youtube – Chrome Web Store Along with millions of others, I like to watch YouTube videos to learn and to be inspired. Sometimes I miss things in the video when I’m in the process of taking notes and I would like to quickly rewind. Unfortunately, YouTube doesn’t give us a 15 second…
Source: Story Dice – a creative storytelling tool from Dave Birss Unfortunately, the Emoji story telling tool I have shared previously is offline, but, luckily David Birss has come to the rescue with Story Dice. The concept is simple. Roll the dice and come up with a story that involves the pictures that have randomly…
Source: Trizbort.io | Trizbort.io is open-source adventure game mapping and code generation software based on the Trizbort desktop app by genstein and Jason Lautzenheiser. Here’s another tool that you can use to create maps. I’ve mentioned others in the past, and this one is pretty cool. It doesn’t require you to create an account. Once…
I love Chrome extensions, but sometimes they can become overwhelming or they may cause issues. Here’s a video on how I manage my Chrome extensions with Extensity!
Source: Animated Engines – Home Animated Engines and 507 Mechanical Movements are two sites that show animations how the engine or motion works. They would be great supplements to lessons on simple machines or to get a better understanding how machines work. On 507 Mechanical Movements, not all movements are currently animated, so look for…
Source: flowchart.fun Sure, you could use any number of WYSIWYG software to create a flowchart, but, sometimes, you want a little more freedom when brainstorming the flowchart. It doesn’t get easier than typing out what you want in the boxes and then arrange them by sentences. On the right, the flowchart is created automatically. When…
Source: Bookfeed.io – An RSS Feed with New Releases from Your Favorite Authors No, RSS isn’t dead, and there are tools that take advantage of the availability of RSS feeds. Bookfeed.io is one of those. Grab a list of your favorite authors and Bookfeed.io will create an RSS feed to announce new books by those…