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Redshift: change screen color temp and brightness based on time of day

I have been using the excellent F.Lux to automatically adjust the screen color temperature and brightness based on the time of day.

Once configured, F.Lux handles the changing automatically in the background so that you do not have to take care of that anymore.

The main of the program is to match the color temperature to the light conditions in the room. That's beneficial for the eyes and may also help you sleep better if you happen to work on the computer until you go to bed.

Check My Links verifies all links on a web page

One of the things that you need to take care of as a webmaster is to make sure that links are working properly on your site.

Broken links cause bad user experience among other things. Say you have reviewed a software program and the link pointing to it is broken.

Reasons for that can be manifold. Maybe you have made an error pasting it into the article, or maybe the site the program was hosted on moved or was deleted by its author.

My slow withdrawal from all things Google

Sometimes, you have to make hard decisions in life. Decisions that are not always optimal at that time but are influenced by other factors that are important to you.

When Google started out, it was the clear underdog. I loved the service from the minute it went online and openly spread the word about it.

Have you tried Google? The search is way better than whatever you are using right now. Give it a try. Then came Gmail, Google Reader, Google Maps and dozens of other services that improved what had been standard in regards to email, RSS reading or mapping for years.

Your NoIP.com powered site is not reachable? Here is why

When you run a remote service on your home computer, one of the things that you need to take into account is a changing IP address. The issue here is that if your IP address changes, you and everyone else connecting to that service needs to use it.

Since many home Internet connections get dynamic IP addresses regularly, it means that you have to communicate those changes to everyone so that your service remains accessible.

Hijack Hunter gives your system a thorough audit

Back in the good old days of computing, HiJack This was a go-to program for many who wanted to audit several key areas of their Windows system.

The program was sold eventually to Trend Micro and was turned into a free project again after a while. Nowadays, it is available on the Sourceforge website for download.

Why I'm telling you this? Because HiJack Hunter is a comparable program in terms of functionality that it offers.

Milouz Market: find, download and install software updates on Windows

Making sure that the software running on your Windows PC is up to date can be a daunting task. The main reason for that is that Windows does not offer any functionality to keep third-party programs up to date.

While Microsoft changed that for apps in Windows 8, there is still no built-in solution in sight that would make the change for desktop software as well.

My Music Recognition identifies songs playing on your computer

Have you ever played a video on YouTube in which a song was used that you liked a lot but could not identify because the video itself, description or title did not reveal its title or artist?

Or maybe you listen to Internet Radio regularly and want to identify music that is playing from time to time. Or, you have an mp3 file that is not named properly that you want to identify.

Get 3GB of extra OneDrive space by enabling Camera backup

Microsoft announced a storage upgrade for all SkyDrive OneDrive customers recently. Free customers who signed up recently for the service get a bump to 15 Gigabyte from the previous 7 Gigabyte, while paying customers one to 1 Terabyte of storage space in the cloud.

While that is still no where near the 25 Gigabyte that old SkyDrive users received back in the days when OneDrive was still named SkyDrive, it is a step in the right direction.

Greenhouse for Chrome reveals a politician’s campaign contributions

When members of Congress voice their opinion and speak for or against something, it is not always clear why they are doing so. While some may believe in what they are doing, others may be influenced by other factors such as campaign funding.

You can look up campaign contribution data for members of Congress, but only if you know where to look for it. If you do not, you may still find information related to this by searching on the Internet, but it takes time to do so.

Ocenaudio is a an easy to use Audacity audio editor alternative

When it comes to free cross-platform audio editors, Audacity is usually then one that is being mentioned or recommended. While the editor deserves to be mentioned first, thanks to its immense feature set and functionality, it may be overkill for a lot of users who just want to edit audio files quickly.

Ocenaudio may be an alternative for those users. It is also free and cross-platform but not as complex as Audacity is in many regards.