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Options: Excellent Free WordPress Theme
2008-03-03 17:30:00 Here’s more proof that the best things in life are indeed free. From the creator of the popular Structure and Visionary themes, Justin Tadlock has released his newest theme and it’s a killer. Options is a free magazine style WordPress Theme that looks and feels like a commercial theme. Out of the box, Options comes with ... More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Theme , Free , Blogs
Monday Time Waster: Alien Disorder
2008-03-03 17:29:00 Monday wouldn’t be Monday without our traditional time waster. Today’s productivity cure is a browser game called Alien Disorder. Your objective is simple, wipe out everything you see. Movement is controlled by the W,A,S,D keys. The left and right mouse buttons fire your primary and secondary weapons. You can submit your score and see how you ... More About: Games , Time , Monday
Brown Talk #37: Community Day Sunday
2008-03-02 17:01:00 If you’re new here, Sunday means no regular posts. Just one open post where everyone is invited to talk about anything they want. Serious or funny, it’s all good. Nothing is off-topic. The first quarter of the year is over. Are you on track with the goals you’ve set for yourself for this year? The post is all ... More About: Community , Brown , Talk
Brown Batch #42: Sunday Link Love
2008-03-02 17:00:00 It’s time for our weekly link love. Let’s take a look at some of the more interesting posts written by other bloggers. This week’s Brown Batch are: Life Rocks! - Convert Older Excel Formats To Excel 2007 Format Excel 2007 can open a document from a previous version of Excel in Compatibility Mode, but if you need to ... More About: Love , Link , Sunday
Creepy Pong: Weekend Productivity Cure
2008-02-29 18:26:00 The weekend is finally here. Looking forward to a little rest and relaxation? Sure you are. Planning on getting some much-needed exercise? Brown Thoughts has you covered. Our designated time waster for this weekend is an addicting browser game called Creepy Pong . You play against a variety of ghouls to see who’s got the hottest racket. ... More About: Games , Productivity , Weekend
Social Networks And Online Communities Around The Globe
2008-02-27 17:02:00 French newspaper Le Monde has published a graph of the dominant social networks across the globe. It shows which social networks are most used by different parts of the world. MySpace is still king of the hill in the U.S. and Australia, with LiveJournal being the dominant network in Russia. Facebook holds reign in Canada ... More About: Social , Social Networking , Social Networks , Networks , Globe
Yahoo Launches Social News Portal
2008-02-27 17:01:00 Yahoo has officially launched its social news portal, Yahoo Buzz. Similar to most social news sites, Buzz users vote on articles they like. Stories with the most votes have a good chance of hitting the front page and could possibly hit the Yahoo home page as well. With a user base of over 500 million, ... More About: News , Social , Yahoo , Portal , Yahoo!
Nokia Launches Morph Concept Phone
2008-02-25 17:02:00 The Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge (UK) have just unveiled Morph , a joint nanotechnology concept phone. The device was launched to demonstrate the possibilities for future mobile phones, specifically their flexibility which would allow users to transform their phones into different shapes. The concept phone also boasts two important features, transparent electronics and ... More About: Phone , Mobile Phones , Concept
Adobe Releases AIR 1.0, Flex 3 Dev Tools
2008-02-25 17:01:00 Adobe has just announced that Adobe Integrated Runtime, more commonly known as AIR, is now available for download. Having been available as a beta since last year, AIR has been used to create a wide variety of rich Internet applications for the desktop. For those wanting to see what’s possible with AIR, there are over 200 ... More About: Tools , Adobe , Flex
Monday Time Waster: Sushi Go Round
2008-02-25 17:00:00 Let’s kick off the week with with another hand-picked time waster. Today’s productivity cure is called Sushi Go Round . You’re a replacement chef given one week to prove you deserve to work in this restaurant. The game is simple enough. Customers come in and place their orders, you take a look at the recipe book to ... More About: Games , Time , Monday
Brown Talk #36: Community Day Sunday
2008-02-24 17:01:00 You might have noticed the absence of Brown Talk s the last 2 weeks. There’s actually a really simple explanation - I forgot heh. For those of you unfamiliar with this, Sunday s at Brown Thoughts means no regular posts. Just one open post where everyone is invited to talk about anything they want. Nothing is off-topic. So, how have ... More About: Community , Blogs
Brown Batch #41: Link Love Fiesta
2008-02-24 17:00:00 Yep, the Brown Batch is alive and well in case you were wondering. It just took a little break as I managed to forget two Sundays in a row . With the sheer volume of posts written every week, it’s almost impossible not to find great posts made by other authors. Let’s take ... More About: Love , Link , Fiesta
System Protect: Cool Sidekick To Your Antivirus
2008-02-22 17:02:00 Sometimes even though you’ve got regularly updated antivirus and antispyware programs installed, something still gets through. When you get hit with a virus, there’s a danger that critical system files could be deleted or modified along with other files by the infection. There’s an easy way to make sure none of your files get ... More About: Software , Antivirus , System , Cool , Sidekick
Mozilla Celebrates 500 Million Firefox Downloads
2008-02-22 17:01:00 Mozilla is currently celebrating reaching the 500 million download mark for its increasingly popular open-source browser, Firefox . As part of the celebration, the Spread Firefox site has announced that Mozilla is trying to earn 500 million grains of donated rice from FreeRice which would be enough to feed 25,000 people. Good news indeed. With the extensive ... More About: Downloads , Mozilla , Million
Photobucket Improves Slideshow Tool
2008-02-21 17:02:00 Photo sharing site Photobucket has recently tweaked its slideshow tool and it’s looking good so far. The new slideshow tool has a few similarities to Flektor that users will instantly recognize. There are 20 added themes for customizing your slideshow and there’s a good chance you’ll find one that matches your images’ overall theme. A missing ... More About: Tool , Slideshow
Turn Your Desktop Background Into A Movie Player
2008-02-21 17:01:00 Now I’m not sure how many of you would actually like to do this, but you can actually have your desktop background play a movie instead of displaying your wallpaper. Crazy Desktop Video is a free application for Windows XP that will turn your desktop background into a movie screen. Your desktop shortcuts will still be ... More About: Software , Movie , Player , Background
Caveman: Retro Time Waster
2008-02-21 17:00:00 With just a few more days before the week is over, you’ll need something to get you through the remaining work days. Today’s designated time waster is a browser game called Caveman . Your objective is to rescue your partner before the hungry prehistoric creatures decide to eat her. The gameplay has a nice retro vibe ... More About: Games , Time , Retro
gTranslate Extension For Firefox
2008-02-19 17:02:00 Translating text on a page you’re viewing is simple nowadays. You just use any of the various online services for translation. What if I told you there was an even easier way of going about it? gTranslate is an extension for Firefox that lets you translate any text found on a page by selecting the text ... More About: Browsers , Extension
MashHouse: Designated Time Waster
2008-02-19 17:01:00 Some of you have probably started the week with a tremendous amount of energy and are looking forward to getting a lot of things done within the week. Here at Brown Thoughts, we are always looking out for the unfortunate souls who are stricken with the dreaded illness called “Productivity”. If you’re currently suffering from ... More About: Games , Time
Vista SP1 Prerequisite Updates Cause Endless Reboot For Some
2008-02-18 17:01:00 Even before the official release of Vista service pack 1, problems are already cropping up as a growing number of users are complaining that the 2 latest prerequisite updates have rendered their computers unusable. The latest 2 updates are required before SP1 can be installed sometime in March. The 2 updates which were delivered through Windows ... More About: Updates , Endless
Bloody Blades: Ninja Forest Duels
2008-02-15 17:01:00 We can’t let the week pass without the traditional quality time waster. This week’s designated productivity cure is a simple but addicting game called Bloody Blades . You’re a ninja zipping through trees in the forest while you battle other ninjas. When I said zipping I meant it. The game has a fast pace and is ... More About: Games , Ninja , Forest
Garry Conn Shifts Gears
2008-02-15 17:00:00 My buddy Garry of Garry Conn dot Com fame has decided to shift gears in his blogging adventure. He’ll be focusing on his other blog and it will be become his main site. What site am I talking about? Garry’s new flagship blog is Blog The Internet. It’s not really new since it’s been around since ... More About: Blogs , Gears
Brown Thoughts Hits One Year
2008-02-14 17:04:00 I was late in realizing that this blog hit its first year on Feb. 7. As most bloggers have said, I never expected that blogging would become my biggest addiction. One year and 707 posts later, I’ve come to the conclusion that writing on this blog has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever ... More About: Life , Blogs , Thoughts , Brown , Hits
Artfull: Free Magazine Style WordPress Theme
2008-02-14 17:03:00 From the maker of the excellent Blogtimes theme, we have another theme for those of you still searching for that killer theme for your blog. Artfull is a free magazine style WordPress theme that is guaranteed to give your blog a fresh look. The front page has a great magazine layout. Take a look. All the normal ... More About: Wordpress , Magazine , Wordpress Theme , Free , Blogs
Firefox 3 Beta 3 Released
2008-02-13 17:02:00 Those of you who’ve been using the Firefox 3 beta might want to upgrade. Firefox 3 Beta 3 is now available for download. A look at the release notes shows that beta 3 has 1,300 changes from the previous beta. That number convinced me to try out the latest beta. Unlike my previous experience with beta ... More About: Released
Yahoo Buys Video Ad Company For $160 Million
2008-02-13 17:01:00 It’s definitely business as usual as Yahoo ! has just acquired video advertising company Maven Networks Inc. to the tune of $160 Million . While the board deliberates on Microsoft’s offer, Yahoo’s latest acquisition has turned Maven into a subsidiary owned by the search engine company. Companies like Sony BMG and CBS Sports have been using Maven’s platform ... More About: Video , Company , Yahoo!
InstantStorm: Convert Your Flash Movies To Screensavers
2008-02-11 17:03:00 If you have a flash movie that you’d like to convert to a screensaver, this is what you need. InstantStorm is a free Windows application that will turn your flash movies into screensavers. The project wizard lets you create your screensaver in 3 steps. If you’re looking for more options, InstantStorm comes packed with features. Aside ... More About: Software , Movies , Flash , Convert , Screensavers
Rumor: Is Yahoo Holding Out For More?
2008-02-11 17:02:00 The newest addition to the developing story on Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo is a rumor that Yahoo’s board is planning on rejecting Microsoft’s offer because it “massively undervalues” the search engine company. According to an article on The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo wants Microsoft to increase its offer of $31 a share to $40 a ... More About: Rumor , Holding , Yahoo!
Valentine Gifts For Geeks
2008-02-07 17:03:00 Still don’t know what to get your geek for Valentine ? Whatever you do, don’t go out and buy the first gadget you see. Geeks are a special breed. You need to find gifts that were tailor-made for geeks like us. To spare you the trouble of looking for that special Valentine’s day gift, here are some ... More About: Gifts
Padangan: Free 3 Column WordPress Theme
More articles from this author:2008-02-07 17:02:00 Padangan by Nurudin Jauhari is another fine-looking WordPress theme. It’s a 3 column double right sidebar theme with space for 125×125 ads above the fold. The colors are soothing and post titles are big and clear. The footer contains the latest posts, recent comments, popular posts, and a section to place info about the blog author. A ... More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Theme , Free , Blogs , Column 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
