Unscreen.com
Remove backgrounds from videos.
There are a lot of websites that remove the background from images, some better than others. But there's not a lot of sites that bring that same technology to video.
Unscreen.com removes background images from videos.
No more fiddling with green screens and doing countless reshoots. Simply upload a video to Unscreen.com and watch it work its magic.
Website Description
Producing background-free video used to require complex and fiddly techniques like chroma-keying and greenscreens. With Unscreen you can record your footage anywhere, then simply get rid of the background.
No need to pick pixels, select colors, paint masks or move paths: Unscreen analyzes your video 100% automatically and generates a high-quality result. Simple, good.
The free version allows you to remove the background on a 5-second clip at 360p.
If you really love this service, get the Subscription plan. It's based on the number of minutes. So if you are going to be using this on a lot of clips you should buy a lot of minutes. For example, a 3-minute clip cost $9.
Certainly worth trying a bunch of clips and seeing how awesome this can transform your video opportunities.
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Create your own Font Package for Website icons
Website developers are always looking for the latest icons and graphics for their websites. One good resource for icons is IcoMoon.
IcoMoon allows you to make your own font collection. This allows you to have a smaller file for users to download, which will make your website load much quicker.
Website Description
IcoMoon is striving to build and provide the best iconography and icon management tool for perfectionists. IcoMoon's icon library features only the very best icon sets out there. All of our icons are designed on a precise pixel grid. The IcoMoon app lets you build and use your own icon packs in many different formats including SVG, Polymer, PDF, XAML, CSH, icon font with ligatures, or good old PNG/CSS sprites.
ReWrite Rule Tester
Easily test your htaccess rules
If you manage a website, chances are your adding rules to the htaccess file to for SEO or navigation reasons.
One of the common problems of managing the htaccess file, is understanding all the rewrite rules to make the redirect work the way you intended. Usually, it involves lots of testing in Production.
The htaccess tester website can save some of the frustration. You simply put in the URL and the rule that you want to apply, click the test button, and see the results. You can simply make adjustments before impacting your live site.
https://htaccess.madewithlove.be/
What is Htaccess file?
For those of you in Rio Linda... the htaccess file is one way to redirect server requests. So if someone types in www.company.com/info or www.company.com/help they would point to the same file. Now developers can focus on changing a single file instead of worrying about multiple files.
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Take a break and solve a puzzle
Every once in a while it's good to take a break from work and relax. I am not talking about vacation, rather step away from everything for a few minutes. One way to calm down on a stress full day is to work on a puzzle.
Jigsawplanet.com is a cool site that offers free online puzzles. You can pick the image and complexity of the puzzles. If your really good at puzzles, try to beat the best time.
It's all fun and games, and a great way to take a break from the everyday stress.
Website Description
Jigsaw Planet is developed by Tibo Software, the developer of the best jigsaw puzzle game for Windows.
Tibo Software was established in 2003 and the company is based in Pardubice, the Czech Republic. At the beginning we started to develop software and games for Windows - Bad Toys 3D, Rolling Marbles, Jigs@w Puzzle, Jigs@w Puzzle Promo Creator and Jigs@w Puzzle 2.
Clipdad.com
Get some quality music free or for $5 a month.
If you have a Podcast or a YouTube Channel, chances are you looking for some good royalty free background music. The music usually helps set the moon of the show.
The folks over at ClipDad.com put together a bunch of quality audio clips that you can simply download and add it to your collection. The nice thing is that it's free and you won't have to worry about a copyright strike.
If you want something more unique, there's a monthly premium plan. At $5 a month, you get access to the entire music catalog with unlimited downloads of all the music.
Website Description
A Clipdad or Clipmom is a person or being that has or can create music, audio, or video clips for you!
These audio or video clips are ROYALTY FREE. Which means? Just pay for the download once and use them in your projects whenever you want without paying (if they are in the "featured" sections). If they are in the "free" sections? They are just free to use whenever, free of cost.
Random List Generator
Randomly generate a list of names for your next team standup.
Today many software engineering teams are working from home. Usually, weekly standups are set up so people can talk about what they are working on and if they need any help. Having a different order list is a good way to change up the standup meeting.
Random.org's List Randomizer is a perfect solution. Simply put in a list of names, click Randomize and instantly you have this week's standup meeting order.
Website Description
This form allows you to arrange the items of a list in random order. The randomness comes from atmospheric noise, which for many purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms typically used in computer programs.
HTML Cleaner
Clean up bad HTML generated by Microsoft Word
An HTML Cleaner is handy to have when you want to clean up some text for code review, or when your copy/paste code for stackoverflow.com.
I personally like html-cleaner.com as my personal resource. I like to remove links on some raw HTML, as I don't need to show them on some Wiki pages.
HTML Cleaner is awesome for fixing up Microsoft Word HTML exports.
Website Description
Get rid of your dirty markup with the free online HTML Cleaner. It's very easy to compose, edit, format, and minify the web code with this online tool. Convert Word docs to tidy HTML and any other visual documents like Excel, PDF, Google Docs etc. It's extremely simple and efficient to work with the two attached visual and source editor which respond instantly to your actions.
GetPrank
Play a harmless prank on your co-worker
Sometimes it nice to take a break from the every day craziness.
Use the getprank.com site to safely transform someones computer into a totally different computer. They could come back to a Windows XP, Windows 7 or ios.
There's different types of pranks: Pet Prank, Cyber Hacker, and Fake News.
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Clip Art Library
Great site to find any clip art that you could possibly need.
Clip Arts are great when you want to add a bit of life to a presentation or email. There are plenty of companies that offer clipart - at a price. You shouldn't need to buy one if your only looking for a simple image for an email or Slack comment.
The folks over at Clip Art Library has a large collection of clip art available at your needs. All the clip are for non-commercial use.
A quick search for "Snowman" produced 826,000 images - surely there's something that I could use.
Website Description
ClipArt are graphic elements used to create a design. In other words, this is a raster or vector picture that may have any graphic format. For instance, raster clipart comprises of photographs, drawings, which are composed of pixels, the scanned images can be also used here. A vector image is painted with the help of special editors, which are composed of curves and which may be edited at any time. Usually, they have EPS format.
Clipart is used to create a web-design, you can also draw up bills, posters, make cards, collages and wallpapers. Thanks to ClipArt and its individual elements, the new image is created including all the elements; it looks like it???s a photomontage, a creation of the new design. At the same time, it will be a big plus if ClipArt goes without a background since you do not have to waste time removing it. What???s the format of this kind of image? These are widely known PNG and GIF formats; the images can be saved both with a background and without it. There are also scrapbook kits for creativity, which consist of png images; those are a set of elements and backgrounds
Password Meter
Generate strong passwords for all your accounts
Secure Passwords are critical nowadays. It's important to make sure that people can't guess it - whereas at the same time you don't want to forget it.
The Password Meter is a great source to generate secure passwords. You can start by typing in a password that you use today and see if it passes the secure test. If it isn't, use the tool to add characters to make it more secure.
https://www.safetydetectives.com/password-meter/
Very Useful Site!
Here's four reason's to use this site:
Update Your Password - Experts will tell you that you should update your password every 60-days. Don't just update it by increasing it by one numerical value. Be Creative and unique. Password Meter will help.
More Passwords the Better - Experts encourages people to use different passwords for all your sites. The Password Meter helps with making sure each one is unique.
Randomize - The randomize feature is a great way to come up with password ideas - hey there's only so many ways you can use your cat name.
Good Habits - The Password Meter site will help you form good password habits. When you use this site a few times you'll start thinking of better passwords that will be tough to c
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I will highlight a fun Internet site every Saturday. The basic premise is to highlight sites that I regularly visit for a variety of reasons. All site recommendations are mine and are unsponsored. By highlighting these websites, I hope to provide value to those who may not know of the sites or who might be interested in visiting the sites. I also want to share the sites that I find valuable in the hopes that others will find them just as beneficial.
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