SKTimeStamp Adjusts File Creation Dates

Windows only: Have you ever told a little white lie about when you started working on a project, hoping nobody would notice that the file timestamps disagree? SKTimeStamp helps you lie more effectively.

Once you’ve installed the explorer add-on, all you have to do is right-click on a file, choose the TimeStamps tab, change the dates to anything you want, and then click the Touch button. The file will magically appear to have been created or modified whenever you specified—though depending on the type of file some of the other metadata might rat you out. It’s no substitute for telling the truth, but it’s a great little tool just in case you ever need it.

SKTimeStamp is free and open source, available for Windows only. Hit the Simple Help link for a walk-through on how it works, or for more, check out how to power up Windows Explorer with free add-ons—if you aren’t already using an alternate file manager.

SKTimeStamp [via Simple Help]

Create Edible Gummy Shot Glasses

Trying to figure out what to serve your skittles-infused vodka in? Why, a flavored gummy shot glass, of course.

ShesParticular at tinkering haven Instructables uploaded a ridiculously simple tutorial on making your own gummy shot glasses. The gist of it: you use a silicone mold intended for making ice shot glasses, you microwave a bunch of gummi worms on a low heat to melt them, and then you pour the mixture into the molds. There are some details to refine the process included in her tutorial, but the basis of technique is executing gummi worms with a microwave. If you’d like finer control over the process than simply melting pre-made gummi worms, make sure to check out how to make your own gummy candies for a great tutorial covering the process of making gummy candies from scratch.

Gummi Shot Glasses [Instructables]

Baby Proof Your Staircase Without Drilling into the Banister

Baby proofing can be a big task and often involves a fair amount of modification to your physical environment. Avoid having to drill holes into your staircase banister with this trick.

Amazon starts video game trade-in service

Courtesy of Crunchgear

Hot damn, you can trade your old crappy video games in to Amazon now and get Amazon gift cards dropped into your account. As someone who buys a lot of crap from Amazon.com, I can best describe my feelings about this as “excited” and “happy”, among others.

Trade-in values appear to be relatively fair, especially for newer games. The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty: World at War, for instance, sells new for $49.99 and carries a trade-in value of $26.50. To get everything kick started, if you trade in games between now and March 19th, you’ll get a 10% coupon code for any single video game or accessory as well.

Video Games Trade-In [Amazon.com via Joystiq]

Add Pictures to Picasa Web Albums via Email

For those traveling, away from their system or otherwise in need of a quick photo upload, Picasa Web Albums now let you email in your album additions.

To enable email uploads, from your Picasa Web Albums account, click on settings and scroll down until you see the Upload Photos by Email section as seen in the screenshot here. Check the box, then type in a secret word. The secret word becomes the suffix on your address in the form of username.secretword@picasaweb.com. Then you’ll want to add your upload address, like myusername.zomgpictures@picasaweb.com, to your email client to prevent head-scratching later on. Really convenient: The subject line of your email chooses the album your pictures jump into. Emails without a subject or with a subject that doesn’t match an existing album are dumped into your generic drop box.

Emails are limited to 20MB in size, but there’s no restriction on the number of files you can send.

Send Your Photos to Your Picasa Web Album with an Email [MakeUseOf]

iTunes Lyrics Importer Keeps Your Lyrics Database Updated

Windows only: iTunes Lyrics Importer makes sure the lyrics for your iTunes-managed music collection are updated and free from gaps.

iTunes Lyrics Importer polls Lyricwiki’s extensive database to make sure you have an accurate and well stocked catalog of lyrics for your favorite songs. The application is simple to use, and the initial run will fill in any missing lyrics in your existing collection. From there on, any time you add new music (or whenever you remember to update), run iTunes Lyrics Importer to rescan your collection and update the new songs. You can specify whether you want it to automatically update the lyrics, or ask for your approval and allow for edits—a handy feature if you have obscure or foreign language songs and incorrect guesses are likely. iTunes Lyrics Importer is freeware, Windows only. Thanks Mark!

iTunes Lyrics Importer

Extensoft Screen Capturer Grabs Desktop Images, Video, and Audio

Windows only: If you need to grab both video and still screen captures, but don’t have the need or budget for professional software, Extensoft Screen Capturer can do both with ease.

With Extensoft’s app, you can capture the entire screen or specified areas of it. Captured images can be saved as BMP, JPG, PNG, and TIFF formats. Video captures can be saved in either WMV or AVI format—there are codecs for DiVX, ffdshow, and XviD, among others, for post-processing, and audio can be grabbed during video sessions as well. Almost all of the menu commands for controlling Extensoft Screen Capturer have corresponding keyboard shortcuts, making it easy to use mouse-free.

Screen Capturer is free but does require a basic name/email registration. The registration is sent instantly and requires no validation, so if you’d like to avoid using your primary email, a disposable one would work just as well. Extensoft Screen Capturer is freeware, Windows only.

Extensoft Screen Capturer [via Confessions of a Freeware Junkie]

Porta’Menu Launches Programs from your USB Drive

Windows only: Porta’Menu is a tiny (175k!) application launcher for your portable drives. It is extremely spartan, but effective.

Porta’menu is freeware, Windows only.

Porta’Menu [via Freeware Home]

AntennaWeb Finds the Best Outdoor Antenna for Your House

Since the digital TV transition is right around the corner, its only wise to sure up on all your options when it comes to avoiding the dreaded black screen come February 17, 2009. To assist you with this process, the AntennaWeb site can help find the receiver that will net the most channels at your address. This site also suggests the right antenna you will need in order to achieve the maximum amount of channels in your area.

Antennaweb

Disable Startup Stops Unwanted Apps from Creating Startup Entries

Windows only: Free application Disable Startup keeps just any old app from adding itself to your list of startup applications, keeping your boot time snappy and RAM happy.

Disable Startup [via Life Rocks 2.0]