Avenue Z Tool Box » Free http://www.avenueztoolbox.com Free and Low-Cost Tools You Can't Live Without Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:51:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 STOP! Head over to CheapskateFreelancer.com instead… http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/2009/07/stop-head-over-to-cheapskatefreelancercom-instead/ http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/2009/07/stop-head-over-to-cheapskatefreelancercom-instead/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:46:02 +0000 Beth http://www.avenueztoolbox.com/?p=290 We’ve moved!

The new home of your favorite free and low-cost tools is CheapskateFreelancer.com.

Visit now for new tools each week and a giveaway every month!

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Ever have that horrible feeling when you go to your site and it’s down? HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN LIKE THIS? HOW BAD IS IT?

I just had a problem with one of my client’s sites, at the exact second I was showing it to him. Ugh! I ran to the hosting site and opened a trouble ticket.

Turns out, it was just a problem from my connection. We checked it on Downforeveryoneorjustme.com. The site lets you enter a URL to check and gives you instant feedback about whether it’s officially down. Awesome free tool.

Down for everyone or just me?.

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Now this is handy! Download iSpring Free, a little PowerPoint add-in to convert your PowerPoint presentation into Flash with a push of a button. Here’s a sample with my last presentation…. Warning… as a stand-alone without audio, it’s insanely boring. But the cool thing is it became a Flash movie in about a minute.

iSpring Free | Free PowerPoint to Flash Converter.

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This tool is a little strange, but I can see how it may be handy if you need to track your home library or if you sell things on Half.com or the like. Of course, I know people who keep detailed catalogs of their personal libraries, so maybe this tool would be perfect for them.

BeepMyStuff.com lets you use a webcam to capture the barcodes from your DVDs, Blu-Ray Movies, CDs, Video Games and Books.

Homepage | BeepMyStuff.com.

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The other day I wrote about a site that converts your email address into a graphic so spammers can’t sweep your site.

This tool, with the unfortunate name of scr.im, converts your email address into a simple URL, and people who want to write you have to pass a simple test to show they’re human. Kinda cool, pretty clever and, best of all, completely free.

scr.im « Share your email in a safe way. Get less spam.

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