Wired offers a primer on portable apps, but ...

from Lifehacker by Adam Pash

Wired offers a primer on portable apps, but if you're serious about living the portable life, check out our guide to your life on a thumb drive or to running a PC-on-a-stick, Windows or Linux versions.

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Lock Up Your Passwords with MyPasswordSafe [Featured Linux Download]

from Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy

Linux only: Free security application MyPasswordSafe offers a single space to store usernames and passwords for all your desktop and web applications. All your password info is locked away with the Blowfish algorithm devised by security expert Bruce Schneier. When called up, the passwords are passed into your clipboard without being displayed, defeating over-the-shoulder hackers. MyPasswordSafe can generate random passwords (as recommended by Bruce), and dual-booters can also store their safes in a format compatible with the Windows equivalent. MyPasswordSafe is a free download and available in most popular Linux repositories.

MyPasswordSafe [via PhoroLinux.com]

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De-Pixelize Your Images with VectorMagic [Image Editing]

from Lifehacker by Adam Pash

Web site VectorMagic turns virtually any image into vector art that can be resized as much as you want without any nasty pixelation—perfect for creating your scanned signature, for example. The site is free and simple to use, but for a bit more detail check out their howto introductory video. Whether you are trying to perfect your scanned signature or you've got a logo or design you want to be able to resize indefinitely, VectorMagic will do the trick. VectorMagic can be used on photographs to interesting effect, but count on losing some detail . Thanks Torley!

VectorMagic

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Add Movies to Your Netflix Queue from IMDB or Amazon with Movie Dude [Featured Greasemonkey User Script]

from Lifehacker by Adam Pash

Firefox with Greasemonkey: The Movie Dude Greasemonkey script links popular movie sites to one another so that—for example—you can quickly add a movie to your Netflix queue after you've read about it on the popular movie web site IMDB, or after you came this close to buying it on Amazon. Likewise, say you're thinking about adding a movie to your Netflix queue but you want to read some reviews on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes first—just click through with The Movie Dude. While the link list is a little large and a bit on the ugly side, the interlinking of all of these sites is actually very handy.

The Movie Dude [AdamV via BrentEvans ]

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Use PicURLs to Find Buzzworthy Photos [Photography]

from Lifehacker by Wendy Boswell

Flickr is not the only place to find really good photographs. You can also use PicURLs, a site that aggregates the most popular (or buzzworthy) pictures from a variety of social networking/bookmarking sites (Digg, Reddit, del.icio.us, etc.). Each picture is thumbnailed with a quick link to the originating site and article. Note: not all the images on the front page of PicURLs are work-safe, so keep that in mind when viewing the site at the office.

Picurls [via ReadWriteWeb]

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