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Swords And Sandals 2: Gladiator Battles
2008-01-14 17:01:00 It’s Monday and you’re looking at your computer wishing you didn’t have to endure another week of office stress. You came to the right place. Brown Thoughts is dedicated to helping all the poor souls suffering from the productivity disease. Ready to be cured? Today’s designated productivity cure is a free browser game called Swords and ... More About: Games , Sandals , Battles , Glad
Brown Talk #32: Community Day Sunday
2008-01-13 17:02:00 I always enjoy kicking back and talking to all of you about anything under the sun. If you’re new here, Sunday means no regular posts. Just one open post where everyone is welcome to talk about anything they want. If you’ve never left a comment here, come on in. We won’t bite, I promise ... More About: Community , Brown , Talk
Brown Batch #37: Link Love Fiesta
2008-01-13 17:01:00 One of the most satisfying posts for me is an article where I get to link to other great blogs and their posts. These authors are all incredibly talented people and reading what they’ve written is always a pleasure. This week’s Brown Batch are: Jaypee Online - HowTo: File A Google Webmaster Tools Reinclusion Request Btw, most ... More About: Love , Link , Fiesta
Xinorbis: Free Hard Disk Analyzer
2008-01-11 17:02:00 If you’re like me, you want to know what’s eating up your hard drive space. There are a lot of great tools you can download so let’s talk about one of them. Xinorbis is a free utility for Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista that will let you analyze your hard disk while giving you a complete overview of ... More About: Software , Free , Disk , Hard , Hard Disk
Sewer Escape: Hamster Breakout
2008-01-11 17:01:00 This weekend’s designated time waster is Sewer Escape . You need to help Wako the hamster escape the sewers by launching him in the air and clicking on him while he’s airborne. You need to click on his body to boost his jump otherwise he falls back down. Poor Wako. There are power-ups and bonuses that you ... More About: Games , Hamster
Release Candidate for Vista SP 1 Gets Refreshed
2008-01-11 17:00:00 The latest pre-release for Vista Service Pack 1 has been released to a core group of 15,000 people. Known as Vista SP1 RC Refresh, the latest build will not be made available to the public. The release date for Vista Service Pack 1 will be determined by the feedback from the core testers. It seems Microsoft ... More About: Release , Release Candidate , Candidate
Disk Cleaner: Easy Way To Regain Disk Space
2008-01-09 17:02:00 Disk Cleaner is a free application that lets you clean your hard drive in a snap. The program frees up disk space by letting you delete files in your system temporary folder, browser cache, Recycle Bin, and other parts of your computer. Unlike the built-in Disk Cleanup utility in Windows, Disk Cleaner lets you delete typed ... More About: Software , Space , Disk , Easy
Dilectio: Smashing Free WordPress Theme
2008-01-09 17:01:00 Looking for a new theme for your blog to start the new year? Take a look at this one. Dilectio by Design Disease is a free 3 column WordPress theme that’s perfect for those looking for a cross between a blog and a magazine. If you’ve been looking for a theme that isn’t predominantly white but ... More About: Wordpress , Wordpress Theme , Free , Blogs , Theme
WHFoods: Choose The Right Diet For 2008
2008-01-09 17:00:00 If you’re thinking of having a more balanced diet for the new year, I’ve got just the thing. All you need is to figure out what foods are good for you. The World’s Healthiest Foods is a project by the George Mateljan Foundation that provides you with up-to-date information on the healthiest foods and which ... More About: Diet , Choose , 2008
Pimp Your Desktop: 15 Free WindowBlinds Skins
2008-01-07 17:03:00 If you weren’t lucky enough to get a new computer for Christmas, don’t despair. There are plenty of ways to give your rig a new look. Let’s take a look at WindowBlinds themes. For those unfamiliar with it, WindowBlinds lets you change the look and feel of Windows by applying a new skin. Here are 15 ... More About: Software , Desktop , Free , Pimp , Skins
Cowboy School: Six Shooter Showdown
2008-01-07 17:02:00 It’s a Monday and you’re at work wishing you were someplace else. Not to worry, today’s designated time waster will cure your office blues. Cowboy School is a free browser game that tests your six shooter skills by giving you moving targets to practice with. Each time you miss, you lose a life so aim ... More About: Games , Shooter
Brown Talk #31: Community Day Sunday
2008-01-06 17:01:00 Sunday means I get to kick back and focus on you guys. If you’re new here, Sundays means no regular articles. Just one open post where everyone is welcome to talk about anything they want. Nothing is off-topic. This year feels like it’s going to be a blockbuster year. Can you feel it too? This post is all ... More About: Community , Brown , Sunday , Talk , Unit
Brown Batch #36: Link Love Fiesta
2008-01-06 17:00:00 With all the great blogs out there, I could spend all day listing all the interesting articles from each and everyone. Good thing the Brown Batch is a weekly event heh. Let’s get started. This week’s Brown Batch are: Christy’s Coffee Break - Looking Back - How I Started Blogging, 2007 Highlights, and More At the time I ... More About: Love , Link , Fiesta
ExplorerXP: A Better File Manager For Windows XP
2008-01-04 17:02:00 ExplorerXP is a free file manager for Win 2000/XP that comes with features that the regular Windows Explorer lacks. The biggest feature you’ll notice right away is that you can browse multiple folders within a tabbed interface. This feature alone is enough reason to download the app heh. Folder sizes are displayed, as well as the ... More About: Software , File , Manager , Windows Xp
Human-Powered Retro Games
2008-01-04 17:01:00 Most of you have seen all the incarnations of the popular puzzle game Tetris. From the various game clones to the crazy gameshow version, Tetris has been one of the most popular games ever. One of the craziest versions is Guillaume Reymond’s Human Tetris which took 88 extras, 4 1/2 hours of shooting, resulting in 880 ... More About: Videos , Games , Retro
15 Fireworks Shows From All Over The Globe
2008-01-03 17:02:00 Still not over the holidays? Don’t want to go back to work just yet? If you somehow slept through the New Year’s celebration in your area, don’t feel bad. Here are 15 amazing videos of this year’s fireworks displays from all over the globe. 1. Viņa del Mar New Year Fireworks 2008 Chile WPvideo 1.10 Download! 2. New Year’s Eve ... More About: Videos , Globe
What Kind Of Geek Are You?
2008-01-01 17:02:00 The start of a new year is a time of reflection. It’s a time for looking back at what you have accomplished and what you still need to do. More importantly, it’s a time for looking within ourselves and accepting who we are. This gives rise to the million dollar question, “Who are you?”. In keeping ... More About: Funny , Geek
The Easy Way To Tweak Windows Vista
2008-01-01 17:01:00 If you’re the type of user who doesn’t want to bother with Vista ’s User Account Control or configuring Windows Defender, here’s what you need. Vista4Experts is a free application that will let you tweak various Windows Vista settings using one program. Aside from getting rid of the more common annoyances, you can set the start menu ... More About: Software , Easy
Gold Miner Vegas: 24K Time Waster
2008-01-01 17:00:00 What’s the best way to welcome the new year? With another quality time waster of course. Today’s designated productivity cure is Gold Miner Vegas . In this game, you’re a miner who wants to go to Vegas to try your luck. Before you can leave, you’ll need to hit the mines for some spending money. Control the ... More About: Games , Time
Brown Talk: Happy New Year 2008
2007-12-30 17:01:00 Here we are, at the verge of a new year. New goals, new discoveries, and new journeys. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for being a part of the madness here at Brown Thoughts. I can only promise one thing. 2008 will bring even more craziness to this blog. If you’re new here, ... More About: New Year , Talk , Happy , Happy New Year
Brown Batch #35: Link Love Fiesta
2007-12-30 17:00:00 With the end of the year so close, it’s only fair to place the spotlight on articles by other blogs before most of us get too inebriated to read heh. This week’s Brown Batch are: Tech Corner - Top 5 Popular Torrent Sites Of 2007 Have you ever wondered about what would be the most 5 popular torrent ... More About: Love , Link , Fiesta
Bob?s Revenge: One Armed Rampage
2007-12-29 17:01:00 Our designated time waster for this weekend is an action game with a little violence. You control the character “Bob”, the sole survivor of his village after the Black Knight paid a little visit and killed everybody. Bob wasn’t totally lucky, the Black Knight cut off one of his arms. In Bob’s Revenge , it’s time to ... More About: Games , Rampage , Armed
R.I.P. - Netscape
2007-12-29 17:00:00 If you’re a regular Netscape user, I have bad news. Starting February 2008, product support for all versions of Netscape Navigator will cease. This may not be surprising to those who’ve switched to Firefox as it’s perceived to be the next incarnation of Navigator. Netscape Navigator can be traced back to 1994 as the creation of ...
The Easy Way To Run Your Own File Server
2007-12-28 17:02:00 We’ve all thought about running our own file sharing server for our own network of friends. We don’t actually go through with it since running a file server is not for the average computer user. For those of you looking for an easy way to run your own file sharing server, this should help you ... More About: Software , File , Server , Easy , Easy Way
How To Hide An Elephant
2007-12-28 17:01:00 With the end of 2007 almost upon us, most people are already drafting their resolutions for next year. Before you get bogged down with all the goals you’re setting, have you stopped to think about the really important questions like “How would you hide an elephant”? Fortunately, the folks over at Worth1000 have considered this and ... More About: Funny , Elephant , Hide
Free Classic Arcade Pack
2007-12-26 17:01:00 Still got that holiday buzz? Too lazy to move or think? Now that the shopping frenzy is over, you can finally get back to important business — time wasters. Today’s featured productivity-cure is a free arcade pack for Win 9x/ME/2K/XP/Vista with 9 classic games. Classic Arcade Pack contains Asteroids, PacMan, Frogger, Hexxagon, Pong, Snake, Space ... More About: Games , Free
Wikipedia Founder To Launch Search Engine On Jan. 7
2007-12-26 17:00:00 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales will be launching an open source search engine on January 7, 2008. The search engine will differ from Google and Yahoo in that users will be able to see how search results are arrived at. So far, the Wikia Search Project has a working search application, a web crawler, and a search ... More About: Founder , Search Engine , Wikipedia , Engine
Brown Talk #29: Community Day Sunday
2007-12-23 17:01:00 Sundays at Brown Thoughts is all about the community. With Christmas right on top of us, this session of Brown Talk is doubly special. If this is your first time here, Sunday means no regular articles. We just have one open post where everybody is invited to chat about anything they want. Nothing is off topic. Have ... More About: Community , Sunday , Unit
CursorFX: Create Your Own Cursors
2007-12-22 17:02:00 Are you one of those people who love to customize their Windows installation? Got your own customized cursors? Stardock CursorFX is a free application for Windows XP/Vista that lets you create your own cursors or edit existing cursor packs. If you were wondering, CursorFX is the replacement for Stardock’s CursorXP. Here’s the feature list: ... More About: Software , Create , Cursors
Build Your Own Digg Clone With Drigg
More articles from this author:2007-12-22 17:01:00 If you’ve ever been frustrated with the voting trend on Digg , you’ve probably wished that you could set up your own. Here’s the good news. Drupal developer Tony Mobily has created a module for Drupal that allows users to promote stories based on votes. To see how it works, take a look at Drigg.org. You’ll notice ... More About: Clone , Build 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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