BitFontMaker is a handy online font editor that allows you to build and download your own fonts. Once created, they can then be transported into typical word processing apps the same way you would for any font you’ve downloaded in the past. You can choose to build your own font from scratch, or simply customise a generic template to your liking. The results themselves are surprisingly impressive, although don’t expect to be giving Letraset and the like any worries with your finished product just yet.

Editor and downloads here.

It looks like Apple has pulled the plug on the many websites that plunder its extensive archive of high resolution album artwork. The popular Josh's iTunes Album Art Grabber, and many others, ran into difficulty when attempting to retrieve the gorgeously detail 600px by 600px covers, offering only the 170px by 170px versions. The larger versions are still available to those who purchase music from the iTunes store but it looks like we’ll all have to turn to the lower quality Amzon.com for our audio library needs.

More info and download here.

Notebooks sees Google continuing to provide us with useful and straightforward web surfing applications. This extension for Firefox doubles up as a bookmark manager and a clipboard for specific content you wish to copy, paste and store in one place. Located in the bottom right hand corner of your browser, you can choose to expand your notebook to full size, where it will then begin to resemble something more like Google’s own calendar for web content. You can also share your notebook with other Google users, letting you see what other people are “note-booking” in a similar fashion to popular social bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us, digg and last.fm. However, to do any of this you will of course have to have a Google account.

Check it out here.

On Piracy, radio, & Walmarts is a free downloadable documentary tackling the burning questions of internet piracy. Unimpressed by the regurgitation of tired arguments in the media, it aims to shed some light and bring some depth to the topic. Originally available from their website (until it was Dugg to high heaven), it can now been found and downloaded from the ever trusty Google Video.

Prog beware, with Music Annotator, you can happily sweep technical proficiency aside and start working out the chords of your favourite songs in minutes. Well, that’s the idea anyway. Designed by the Musical Technology Group from Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, here’s what they say it can do:

"The purpose of the project is to supervise and correct the results of automated audio-feature extraction algorithms and generate manually edited annotations of audio as training examples or ground truth for those algorithms."

Hmm, basically you can analyse a variety of popular audio formats (ogg, mp3 and wav files) through the idiot proof interface that will quickly get you on track to musical prowess. Detection itself was variable but impressive and one can only imagine that it will only get better as more updates and improvements are added.

More info and download here.

Now you can watch all the Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo press events from the comfort of your own PC with E3’s very own E3TV. Promising to bring you DVD quality, full screen coverage, the player works by automatically downloading video content rather than relying on streaming. So, although never strictly live, you can least watch without fear of interruption and failing eyesight.

More info and download here.

Google’s recently acquired SketchUp, a 3D modeling tool aimed at beginners and professionals alike, gives you the chance to insert 3D models into Google Earth with surprising ease. The basic package is free and supports both Windows and Mac, whilst the simple and clear video tutorials give you more than enough information to get going on your own 3D landscapes. Of course, SketchUp’s uses go way beyond its compatibility with Google Earth, but designing your own house and famous landmarks is a good a place as any to get to grips with the numerous features on offer.

Download here. Checkout the video tutorial here.

Expodition is a new service that aims to use PSS (Pod Snap Shot) to give your iPod the power to guide you through locations of your choice. Like the little brother of RSS, PSS is a personal travel guide for your iPod, giving you details on anything from the closest transport links, nearby cash machines and banks, to the best places to eat and shop. The service begins by collating as much information about your travel preferences; you then enter the post code of your destination and Expodition will send you an email containing the PSS to be downloaded onto your iPod. Pre-historical sat nav it may well be, but this could certainly come in handy for iPod and travel lovers alike.

More info here.