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links for 2007-08-01
2007-08-01 14:27:00 Welcome to eSwarm.com! (tags: Shopping) Frekfly - Practical info for flyers (tags: Travel) StreetAdvisor - your street, your voice (tags: RealEstate Travel) More About: Links , Websites
links for 2007-07-30
2007-07-30 14:27:00 ZoomPanel : Share Insights. Drive Change. (tags: Surveys Freebies) FREE Movie Screening thread…New and Improved! (tags: Screenings) More About: Links , Websites
links for 2007-07-28
2007-07-28 14:31:00 FoldSpy | Home | Find the fold, increase ad revenue, find real browser sizes, dimensions (tags: WebDesign Tools Utilities Software) Paint.NET - Free Photo Editing Software for Windows (tags: Software Tools Freeware) Consumer Electronics Support, Products Repair, Manuals & Troubleshooting by FixYa (tags: Technology) More About: Links , Websites
links for 2007-07-27
2007-07-27 14:26:00 50+ Tools For The WordPress Admin (tags: Blog Tools) National Seminars Group at NationalSeminarsTraining.com (tags: Education Seminars Training) Mixbook | Create Amazing Books With Your Friends! (tags: Social Printing) Personal Software Inspector (PSI) - Secunia (tags: Tools Software Utilities Windows Downloads) Salary.com Job salaries- Performance reviews- Compensation software (tags: Employment) More About: Links , Websites
links for 2007-07-24
2007-07-24 14:29:00 workedhere.com - Find old workmates (tags: Social) REELEDin ? The Daily Reel (tags: Social) Sell Us Your Camcorder, Digital Camera, GPS Device, MP3 Player, or Cell Phone » Second Rotation, Inc (tags: Shopping Tools GetPaid) More About: Links , Websites
Streamy, a new social news site
2007-07-24 04:32:00 As Adam mentioned here, a few of us recently got invited to test out Streamy, a new social news service. Since you can’t even see the interface unless you have an account, not much is really known about it yet, but a lot of buzz has been circulating. A headline on Digg proclaimed it to ... More About: News , Social , Technology , Applications , Site
Recruiting geeks!
2007-07-23 15:21:00 If you are into technology as much as we are and would like to contribute articles that you’ve written, please join Geek is my Name and email me so that I can bump you to Author status. It’s a great opportunity to jump in, we’re hoping that this blog gets big and we can share ... More About: Geeks , Recruiting
links for 2007-07-23
2007-07-23 14:25:00 CampusExplorer.com: University and College Directory (tags: Education) Walk Score - How walkable is your house? (tags: RealEstate Fitness) Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys, Law, Legal Information - FindLaw (tags: Legal Lawyers) JobBoardReviews.com - Home (tags: Employment Jobs) Over 7,000 local instructors for you or your kids. (tags: Education) Babysitting, Nanny, Child Care, Tutoring, Pet Care and Senior Care Providers and Jobs at Care.com (tags: Contracting) Fake Name Generator (tags: ... More About: Links , Websites
Spending lots of money? Get some back.
2007-07-22 22:47:00 I tend to spend so much money on not just geek items, but on everyday regular merchandise. Living now-a-adays is increasingly expensive, so any little bit I can get back is helpful. This next site I want to write about is Ebates. I have not just gotten a LITTLE bit back, I’ve made $120 ... More About: Money , Websites , Back , Spending , Some
Google Word Count?s Extra Features
2007-07-21 01:21:00 Well, don’t I feel stupid. I love Google , but just how useful is adding a Flesch-Kincaid grade level indicator among other things to the word count feature of their Docs and Spreadsheets? Here’s a pic and another writer lamenting their writing’s grade level. Here are my stats for what I thought was a graduate level paper I ... More About: Applications , Features , Word , Count
links for 2007-07-19
2007-07-19 14:28:00 FeedBurner (tags: RSS Feeds) The Ultimate RSS Toolbox - 120+ RSS Resources (tags: RSS) Blog and ping | Pingoat (tags: RSS) Ping-o-Matic! (tags: RSS) RSS - Blog Directories » Online Marketing Blog (tags: rss) RSSTop55 - Best Blog Directory And RSS Submission Sites - Robin Good’ Sharewood Tidings (tags: RSS) Cellswapper.com - Get out of your cell phone contract - mobile contract - wireless contract (tags: Services Shopping) Ideal ... More About: Links , Websites
Travel 2.0 ? TripWiser.com
2007-07-18 09:30:00 Tony and I are planning our honeymoon and we decided to do something adventurous and plan a road trip and cruise combo. We love road trips and we always have a great time planning the scenic routes, choosing affordable hotels, and deciding on which places to see and what to do. We crowd over his ... More About: Travel , Websites
Free and easy tool to update your Favorites.
2007-07-17 15:38:00 TechRepublic posted a link for a free tool that verifies all of your Favorites/Bookmarks are still active, downloads FavIcons, searches for duplicates, and more. I tested this tool on my Windows Vista laptop to clear up and check my Firefox bookmarks. I have to say, it worked like a charm. The interface ... More About: Applications , Free , Tool , Update , Easy
Killzone 2 vs. Killzone 2
2007-07-13 06:04:00 OK so E3 is upon us and every year there is tons of videos game demos and promises. Well two years ago the PS3 was debut and all the Sony Fanboys were rocking the net hard saying how much better the PS3 would be compared to the XBOX360 and BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH.. One of ... More About: Games , Zone , Kill
Mac or PC Rap Music Video
2007-07-08 00:20:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkrn6ecxth M More About: Video , Music , Technology , Music Video , Rap Music
An actually useful social networking site - LinkedIn.
2007-07-05 00:20:00 As social networking sites continue to outdo each other, there’s one that has been in the shadows yet known to us geeks - LinkedIn. Why is this site useful? It keeps you connected to your colleagues. Remember, in your career, sometimes it’s not how well you interview, those degrees or pieces of ... More About: Social , Social Networking , Networking , Site , Websites
Traveling Geek Style
2007-06-30 23:22:00 I posted a few days ago about my trip and how I would be MoBlogging the trip. Well it hit me today somewhere driving through TN. I have a lot of gadgets with me, and then it hit me that no geek should travel without some of these, hell all of these. So lets ... More About: Applications , Gadgets , Style , Geek , Traveling
MoBlogging?Camera Phone Blogging..Taking Pictures and posting them!
2007-06-28 06:41:00 MoBlogging ??? What the hell is that?????? Its a phenomena that has been around since the age of the camera phone, like what 5-6 years ago? MoBlogging or Mobile Blogging for some was a fun little thing to do with your cell phone, take a picture SMS or email it to a secret address and BOOM ... More About: Pictures , Technology , Phone , Camera
Getting around the blocked IM at work.
2007-06-27 23:16:00 A lot of folks out there face the problem of being able to load instant messaging software onto their machines, or they do so and hit a wall because the ports are blocked by the network team. Look no further! Meebo goes around it and you can login to the 4 major IM ... More About: Work , Websites , Block , Round , Lock
Moola.com Beta
2007-06-26 17:06:00 I’ve been doing this beta test for one day and so far, it doesn’t make me much money, but it’s actually pretty fun playing some chance games with the opportunity to double your money. With the beta, you can keep getting a free $.01 to try to double it when starting from scratch or ... More About: Beta , Websites , Moola
A newsgroup tool I cannot live without - GrabIt.
2007-06-25 17:24:00 Prior to this tool, I used NewsBin Pro. NewsBin Pro proved to be a memory hog and because of it, would crawl or come to a complete stop when in use. Luckily, when I taught my coworker the wonders of Newsgroups, he found an application much better: Grab It. This tool lets you search through ... More About: Applications , Tool , Live , Group
Project Looking Glass: Aero is already being outdone?
2007-06-18 07:30:00 For those of you who do not understand the title, Aero is the term Windows uses for it’s graphical front end (standing for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open.). When it was released, I have to admit I wasn’t that impressed. I felt as if I was experiencing OS X again (that I touched way back ... More About: Applications , Project , Glass , Bein , Being
Project Looking Glass: Aero is already being outdone?
2007-06-18 07:30:00 For those of you who do not understand the title, Aero is the term Windows uses for it’s graphical front end (standing for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open.). When it was released, I have to admit I wasn’t that impressed. I felt as if I was experiencing OS X again (that I touched way back ... More About: Applications , Project , Glass , Bein , Being
Google Reader
2007-06-14 05:39:00 So I’ve just discovered this nifty thing by Googl e called “Google Reader ”. I’m not exactly sure how long it’s been out, but I feel the need to check it out. Google Reader is a aggregator that allows to you know what has been updated to all your favourite RSS & Atom feeds without actually having ... More About: Websites
Google Reader
2007-06-14 05:39:00 So I’ve just discovered this nifty thing by Googl e called “Google Reader ”. I’m not exactly sure how long it’s been out, but I feel the need to check it out. Google Reader is a aggregator that allows to you know what has been updated to all your favourite RSS & Atom feeds without actually having ... More About: Websites
Scared of Windows Vista?
2007-06-11 16:13:00 First, I’d like to HIGHLY recommend NOT upgrading to Windows Vista but rather do a fresh install of the OS if you are planning on switching to the newest flavor. I currently have Windows Vista 64-bit on a new HP Pavilion dv9000 laptop with all the extras just to make sure I did not ... More About: Applications , Scared
The YouTube of gaming.
2007-06-10 23:27:00 There seems to be a daily popup of video and picture sharing social networking communities on the Internet. When will the madness end? I’m a member of several, but I’m starting to get a bit flustered at having to update my profiles on so many sites and keep up-to-date with who’s on where. Anyways, that wasn’t ... More About: Youtube , Gaming , Games , Ming
IP addresses in movies and television.
2007-06-07 19:25:00 Usually, telephone numbers presented in movies or television start with 555 after the area code in order to avoid prank calls to numbers other than those. I do admit, the few times they do slip a real number through, I quickly grab my cellphone and make a call. Last one attempted was on ... More About: Movies , Television , Vision , Visio , Address
IP addresses in movies and television.
More articles from this author:2007-06-07 19:25:00 Usually, telephone numbers presented in movies or television start with 555 after the area code in order to avoid prank calls to numbers other than those. I do admit, the few times they do slip a real number through, I quickly grab my cellphone and make a call. Last one attempted was on ... More About: Movies , Television , Sion , Visi , Vision 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |



