Cool tools around the 'net

These are several utility type sites that have come in handy from time to time.

ConvertTube
http://converttube.com/
This site will take a URL of a video and convert it to a file (you choose which file format - .mpg, .mov, etc.), which you can then download to your desktop.

GuerrillaMail
http://www.guerrillamail.com/
Sometimes you go to a web site to download a driver, or to sign up for a service to test something out and in order to do so, you need to enter your email address and then confirm that you're a real person by replying to the email or clicking on a link within the email. Even if you have that "junk" email account that you use, it's still a pain to see it load up with SPAM over time. GuerrillaMail will give you a temporary email address for 15 minutes - long enough to put in your email address, and confim it at the email end so you can continue using a web site.

Zamzar
http://www.zamzar.com/
This site will allow you to convert a file type. Usually you need to download and install software on your PC to do this. Have a Word Doc and want to make it a PDF? Zamzar can help! It will convert image, document, audio and video formats.

MediaFire
http://www.mediafire.com/
Sometimes you need to share a file with people, but it's too large to email and you don't have any servers to host the file on. MediaFire allows you to upload and share a file with your friends via a URL link that you share with them. And you don't need to register with the site to use it.