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iRadeo: Free Internet Radio For Your Site
2008-06-09 18:01:00
There are a number of ways to embed audio on your site. You can use the more common scripts that will play a song as soon as a visitor hits your site (usually annoys people), or you can use services that let you have your own web radio station. If you’ve been looking for a service that will let you stream your music like an Internet radio station without costing an arm and a leg, you’re in luck. iRadeo is an online radio platform that will let you stream your mp3 and wav files for free right from your site. You can have your own free Internet radio station embedded within your site. iRadeo will automatically detect mp3 file info through ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags and display it in the player. You can choose between automatically streaming your music once the page loads, or waiting for your visitor to click on the player (recommended heh). One of the better features of iRadio is that visitors to your site can embed your player on their site. Once you’ve downloaded the pa...
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Bandoo: Add More Smileys And Animated Text To Your Instant Messenger
2008-05-27 18:00:00
Here’s something for those of you looking for new Yahoo smileys or free animated emoticons to add to your instant messenger. Bandoo will add smileys and animated emoticons to your Yahoo or MSN messenger. The software adds a bar above the text area in your instant messenger and you can choose between different animated emoticons in ...
More About: Software , Messenger , Text , Animated , Instant Messenger

FoxClocks: All The Time In The World
2008-05-23 18:02:00
If you’re like me, you have friends in different areas around the globe. You probably even know a few timezones. Whether you’re a blogger keeping track of different timezones, or just want to easily be able to tell what time it is in other countries, this Firefox add-on is for you. FoxClocks is an extension for ...
More About: Software , Browsers , World , Time , The World

Apture: Enrich Your Site?s Content
2008-05-14 18:02:00
Ask any site owner and they’ll tell you they’re always looking for ways to make their content more appealing. If you have a site of your own, it’s a safe bet to say you would love to turn your content into a multimedia experience for your visitors. Apture will let you turn any text in your ...
More About: Blogs , Site , Content

SoftKey Revealer: Displays CD Keys And Serials Of Your Installed Software
2008-05-11 18:02:00
Reinstalling software is usually painless, that is until you discover that you can’t find the CD key. This happens quite often and you’re faced with two options, buy another license or hope that you find/remember where it is. A good way of making sure that doesn’t happen to you, is to make a list of all ...
More About: Software , Tips and Tricks , Displays , Keys , Serials

Got Lots Of Extra Ethernet Cables? Turn Them Into Action Figures
2008-05-11 18:01:00
So what do you do when you’ve got extra ethernet cables lying around the house? Roll it up or throw it away? The folks over at Fresh99 have found a better way of dealing with all those cables. Turn them into action figures. Let’s take a look: I think I’ve found a new hobby haha.
More About: Funny , Action , Cables , Ethernet , Action Figures

ThunderBrowse: Adds A Browser To Thunderbird
2008-05-06 18:02:00
I’ve always liked using Mozilla Thunderbird so I could have my email separate from my browsing. Being the spoiled (read lazy) Mozilla user that I am, I’ve always wished that I didn’t have to open links contained in emails in my browser and just open them in Thunderbird instead. If you’ve been wishing for the same ...
More About: Browsers , Browser

GoLive Bites The Dust
2008-04-29 18:02:00
It’s taken ten months for the official announcement, but it’s finally happened. Some of you might remember that when GoLive 9 was released, it was available only as a download with no boxed versions. Adobe has finally released an official announcement stating that the development and sales of GoLive will be discontinued starting April 28, 2008. ...

Top Cop: Designated Time Waster
2008-04-29 18:01:00
Today’s designated productivity cure is a browser game called Top Cop. Your objective is to go after bank robbers and recover as much loot as you can. You don’t carry a firearm in this game. You have a club and pepper spray. Powerups are scattered throughout the game along with minor targets like aggressive rodents ...
More About: Games , Time

Create Your Own Graffiti
2008-04-27 18:01:00
Those of you who’re looking for a new way to fight productivity this weekend will find this next tool interesting. Graffiti Creator will let you create your own graffiti in minutes. You can choose from a few available fonts and proceed to the generator. Once there, you have access to different effects like yolk, filling, limbs, ...
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Add Previews To Your Firefox Bookmarks
2008-04-20 18:01:00
For anyone who regularly spends time on the web, bookmarking your favorite sites is part of your surfing routine. The problem starts when your collection of bookmarked sites becomes too big which makes looking for a specific site a bit tedious. Having your saved sites in specific categories help but wouldn’t it be better if you ...
More About: Browsers , Firefox , Bookmarks

PayPal To Block Safari And Old Browsers
2008-04-19 18:01:00
Popular payment service, PayPal, is planning on blocking browsers that don’t have any anti-phishing feature. If implemented, this would mean that older versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox would be blocked. Apple’s Safari browser will also be blocked by the payment service should the plan come to fruition. PayPal’s Chief Information Security Officer, Michael Barrett, said ...
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Findin? Stuff: Weekend Time Waster
2008-04-19 18:00:00
Now that the week is over, you’re all ready to relax right? Before you get too relaxed, it’s time to take a look at today’s designated productivity cure. Findin’ Stuff is a simple browser game that has you, well, finding stuff heh. Just click on the object that’s indicated in the middle. That’s it. You do ...
More About: Games , Time , Weekend

View All Your Favorite Forums In One Place
2008-04-13 18:02:00
If you’re a regular web surfer, you probably have at least half a dozen tabs of your favorite sites open at any given. If you’re a forum junkie as well, add another half-dozen tabs for your favorite boards. That’s just a conservative guess. Most people would have more than twelve tabs open in their browser ...
More About: Software , Forums , View , Place , Favorite

Turn Windows Vista Into OS X Leopard
2008-04-13 18:01:00
For those of you who are using Windows Vista and wish they could have a Mac instead, I’ve got slightly good news. Why slightly? You can change how Vista looks but as for the Mac itself, you’ll need to get one heh. Vista OS X will transform any 32-bit edition of Windows Vista into OS X ...
More About: Software , Tips and Tricks

Xoopit: Browse Videos And Images In Gmail With Ease
2008-04-04 18:02:00
If you wanted to look for a specific video or image that was sent to your Gmail account, how fast could you find it? Would you even be able to find it? If your answer to both questions is “maybe”, you’re going to love this one. Xoopit will let you browse your Gmail account for images ...
More About: Videos , Software , Images , Ease

Movie Munchies: Designated Productivity Cure
2008-04-04 18:01:00
Today’s designated time waster is a browser game called Movie Munchies. You need to serve your customers as fast as possible. Most of you are familiar with games that require you to prepare orders in the proper sequence. This game is a little different. You have to use the numpad on your keyboard to select the ...
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Install Ubuntu 8.04 ?Hardy Heron? Beta In Windows
2008-03-25 17:02:00
There are various reasons why people don’t try out Linux. The most common reason, is that they can’t bring themselves to remove the familiar Windows system and replace it with a totally new environment. While there are ways to boot into a Linux environment without uninstalling Windows, most people either don’t have the patience or ...
More About: Software , Ubuntu , Beta , Tips and Tricks

SlideRocket: Design Quality Presentations Online
2008-03-19 17:03:00
A lot of us use presentations made from either PowerPoint, Google Docs, or other applications. Most of these apps work fine but I think you’ll be interested in this next one. SlideRocket is a web application that lets you design and manage your presentations, as well as allowing you to share libraries of slides and assets. Let’s ...
More About: Software , Design , Online , Presentations , Quality

A Peek At WordPress 2.5
2008-03-19 17:02:00
Those of you who haven’t been upgrading your WordPress installations due to laziness or lack of time might just change your mind when you see how 2.5 will look. A sneak peek provided by Matt shows an upgraded interface with sweet new features to boot. Out of the box, WordPress 2.5 will have a customizable dashboard, ...
More About: Wordpress , Blogs , Peek

Morning Coffee: Firefox Extension
2008-03-17 17:01:00
If you’ve got sites that you visit regularly on different days, you’re going to love this extension. Morning Coffee is a Firefox extension that organizes your favorite sites by day (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) and lets you load the sites you’ve saved to different days. If some of your favorite sites update on M/W/F, you can save ...
More About: Browsers , Extension

What?s Your Ideal Tombstone?
2008-03-14 17:01:00
Now that the weekend is here, you finally have time to relax and think of other things besides work. Let’s talk about tombstones. Have you ever thought of what you wanted your tombstone to look like? Probably not. The folks over at Worth1000 pondered this and came up with hilarious examples of how some celebrity tombstones ...
More About: Funny , Ideal

Armadillo Knight: Weekend Time Waster
2008-03-14 17:00:00
To celebrate the week’s end, Brown Thoughts presents you with another time waster. Today’s designated stress reliever is a browser game called Armadillo Knight . Your task is to protect the bunny village from the evil dragon and its minions. What could be more noble than protecting bunnies? Now go and save that village Technorati ...
More About: Games , Time , Weekend

Tab Kit Extension For Firefox
2008-03-11 17:02:00
Here’s another interesting Firefox extension that enhances your tabs. Tab Kit lets you choose whether you want your tabs displayed in multiple rows, or have it shown as a vertical tab tree on the left or right side of your browser. Though it’s still in the Mozilla Addons Sandbox, you can still download it. Tabs can ...
More About: Software , Browsers , Extension

Firefox 3 Beta 4 Released For Download
2008-03-11 17:01:00
Sporting a new welcome page for testers, Firefox 3 Beta 4 is now available for download. The 4th beta boasts better integration with Vista, OS X, and Linux. Improvements to the Javascript engine and memory usage are also being mentioned on the announcement page. Firefox developer, Mike Beltzner, had this to say in the developer site: This ...
More About: Browsers , Download , Firefox 3

Old West: Designated Time Waster
2008-03-11 17:00:00
Today’s designated productivity cure is a browser game called Old West . You play a deputy that goes after the town’s bad guys. The more crooks you beat, the more money you get. You can’t blast them right away though, you need to wait until they make their move. The game is rather short but don’t worry, you ...
More About: Games , Time , Old West

LinkBunch: One Link To Rule Them All
2008-03-07 17:02:00
When you want to share links with your friends what do you do? Do you send them a list of links through email or instant messenger? What if I told you could share all your favorite links using just one link? Link Bunch takes all your links and provides you with a master link that looks similar ...
More About: Software , Rule

A Better Way Of Copying And Moving Files In Windows
2008-03-07 17:01:00
This should sound familiar to most of you. You want to copy certain files on your hard drive and move them to a different folder. First, you copy files from one folder and paste it in another. Then you copy more files from a different folder and paste it in your target folder. If you’re ...
More About: Software , Windows , Moving , Tips and Tricks , Files

Add Color And Tabs To Your Windows Console
2008-03-06 17:30:00
If you regularly use the Windows console, you’ve probably wished you could customize it a little. The ability to use a different color and add tabs would be nice right? Color Console is a free application that will do just that. You have the ability to choose what font you want and what color you want ...
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Frost Bite: Relaxing Time Waster
2008-03-06 17:29:00
Today’s designated time waster is a browser game called Frost Bite . The game’s retro feel makes it easy for anyone to start playing without having to look up the controls. You need to make your way to the top by using your grappling gun on ledges and monsters to pull yourself up. Reminds me of the ...
More About: Games , Time , Relaxing