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Make the Most of Your Multiple Monitors in Windows 7 [Multiple Monitors]
Posted on April 28, 2010
Gridvista Makes Organizing Screen Real Estate Simple [Downloads]
Posted on October 23, 2009
Windows: If you’ve looked at screen-organizing tools before but felt overwhelmed by bells and whistles you’d never use, you’ll want to check out the simple but effective layouts and features in Gridvista.
Gridvista has five potential configurations available ranging from the entire screen as a single pane to a four-pane configuration. Multiple-monitor users who have been put off by screen managers that ignore extra monitors can rejoice, you can configure each monitor separately with Gridvista—a really handy feature when you use a side monitor for your social networking, instant messaging, or other partial-screen communication applications.
Gridvista adds three buttons to application titlebars, an extensions button with a send-to-screen functionality, a lock-to-grid functionality to keep windows fixed to their particular pane, and an always-on-top button to keep windows in the foreground. You can also set Gridvista to remember panel configuration and which Windows are assigned to which panels, in between sessions. Gridvista is free and works on Windows XP and up.
Gridvista [via Gizmo's Freeware]
Build a Wallclock that Displays Time in Plain English [DIY]
Posted on October 4, 2009
Tech-loving sister-site Gizmodo stumbled upon a magnificently novel and modern clock, which cost a mere $1,500. They also, fortunately, found a tutorial on making one yourself for a fraction of the price.
The premise of both the original item and the remake is a clock that displays the time in plain English instead of numerals. When it’s 5:15, the word clock lights up letters to say “IT IS QUARTER AFTER FIVE”. Perhaps not the clock for everyone, but if you love things with a modern bent, it’s quite the brag piece.
Instructables user drj113 made an excellent tutorial documenting the process he went through to build his own clock. You’re not going to be able to do it with duct tape and cardboard, but if you’re interested in learning more about electronics and creating your own circuit boards, this is the task to tackle. Check out the full tutorial at the link below to see an animation of the clock in action.
Word Clock [via Gizmodo]