Archive for the ‘Websites’ Category

Cuil: New search engine claims to be better than Google

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Ex-Googlers launch rival search engine
Developers of new engine say it offers a more comprehensive way to search the internet.

Click here to read the article on CNN.com – click the image above to check out Cuil.com

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Criminal Searches – find out if your friends have a history

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

This is pretty awesome.  I found a friend of mine on the first try.  Two speeding tickets in NC from 10 years ago, that are still showing up.   This is crazy fun!!   Click the logo to start searching for yourself or friends.

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Make your own online paper snowflake

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Click here to make your own snowflake.  The scissors are a bit tricky to use, but once you figure them out, you can make some pretty sweet designs.

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Peak-Season Map

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Click the map to find out what fruits and veggies are in season in your state. Not only that, but each selection has a through description and recipes. Very cool!

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Check out this video.. you will be mesmerized!!

Sunday, May 18th, 2008


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

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Make any song on your computer your ringtone – FREE!

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Myxer seems almost too good to be true.   Sign up, upload a song from your computer and it sends right to your phone.   Add the song to your ringtones, and you’re all set!    Standard text message fees apply, but otherwise, the service claims to be free..  and, works with the stubborn Verizon network.   My phone now has a bunch of cool tunes, one for each of my friends.  :)

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Here’s an easy way to find out if you’re registered to vote

Monday, January 14th, 2008

 If you have any doubt if you’re registered or not, just click the logo below – fill out the necessary information and it’ll tell you one way or the other.   Now..  who to vote for?!    :)

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Quit doing it!

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Check out the flash version of this site.  I don’t smoke, but I was so intriqued by this site, I kept watching.  Click the logo to see the site.

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Hulu.com – watch television episodes online

Monday, December 10th, 2007

I signed up to beta test Hulu.com, a website for watching television episodes. The site has a huge selection of shows, mostly network shows like Heroes, The Office, The Simpson’s and tons more. There’s even older shows, like The A-Team (my personal favorite) and WKRP in Cincinnati. You’ll get the normal, every so often lag that you get from other sites like YouTube, but I find if I pause it for a bit, or use the pop-out feature, I don’t get the lag-skip that absolutely drives me crazy when I watch online shows. Hulu is actually really cool, the video watching experience is nice – you can go full screen, or dim the lights, which dims down the area around the video. There are commercials, but I found I didn’t mind them, because Hulu added a countdown feature “your show will resume in 10, 9, 8…” It kind of made the commercial worth while sitting through. Create your own playlist, rate videos and even comment on them. There’s an embed feature also – which, we’ll see if it works below – if it does, enjoy an episode of the A-Team!

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Free browser based photo editing

Monday, November 12th, 2007

Today I had a chance to review the browser based photo editing software Picnik.   I was really impressed.  Picnik has created a simple registration process, and an even easier way to connect to your Flickr pictures.   Open a photo and begin toning it.  Features include cropping, rotating, auto correct, lightening, sharpness – and more.   Save them right back to your Flickr and move on to the next photo.   A very useful site – especially for folks that don’t want to dish out all the $ for Photoshop.    Picnik also supports Picasa, Facebook, Photobucket and Webshots.

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