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Archive for October 2006

October 30th, 2006

WriteAbout.Us - 100 Must Know Sites

 
I just stumbled across the WriteAbout.Us blog site because they mentioned b5media in their list and I saw the trackback for the site. They’ve really put together a pretty exhaustive list of some great sites out there, some of which we’ve highlighted here. He gave quite a bit of coverage to a variety of social bookmarking […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 25th, 2006

Weird Al Yankovic - Musical Genius

I was searching for information about “We Are the World” and hopefully pictures to share with my son because they’re learning and singing the song in 1st grade. Weird, I know.
But I then came across a link to Weird Al Yankovic’s recent song “Don’t Download This Song”, which he’s actually promoting to download for free […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 24th, 2006

Lifecasting with Dandelife

This past summer we had a family reunion and the request was shared to come up with a timeline of our family and family tree information that people could visit and review online.
The Dandelife website (currently in beta) may allow me to do just that.
Dandelife is a social biography network. What’s that? Well you all […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

October 24th, 2006

Free Software at Giveaway of the Day

Who’s not interested in getting free software? I’m not talking about trials or shareware either. I’m talking about full-version software free for the taking.
The Giveaway of the Day site allows you to get just that…free software.
The idea behind this initiative is that many sites and publishers offer trial downloads; but only we offer giveaway downloads. […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

October 23rd, 2006

Another New Way to Search…with URL

Awhile back I wrote an article on Emerging Earth talking about some missing options in the search realm for users. A new search site has hit the proverbial tubes and allows you to search Google, Yahoo! and MSN at the same time and give you the Top 10 results. The kicker, is that these results […]

By Jason Bean -- 3 comments

October 23rd, 2006

3 Free Months of GotVoice Service Courtesy of GotVoice and Uncover The Internet

Awhile back I wrote about the Got Voice website that allows you to receive voice-mail messages as an attachment into your e-mail account.
We now have the opportunity to have a little promotion for the website for anyone interested in trying it out. You can enter to win 3 months of GotVoice’s premium service which includes:

Up to […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 20th, 2006

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

My wife was just sharing with my sister-in-law this program sponsored by Dolly Parton called “Imagination Library“. The campaign is to try and help pre-school age kids get more interested in reading. The program provides a free book to kids every month until their 5th birthday.
The service isn’t available everywhere and is organized by county. […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 20th, 2006

Mike Binn’s Computer Advice

I can’t remember now where I first heard about Mike Binn’s Computer Advice site, but it’s come in a handy a couple of times already when I was looking for an answer to a computer question. I used the site to help me find some information about figuring out and removing some startup items and […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 20th, 2006

Warning!!! Time Suck - Line Rider Flash Game

 
Lifehacker has just introduced me to another waste of time game, but is not a waste of fun. A little game called Line Rider allows you to draw a path for a little guy on a sled to follow and potentially have a horrible accident along the way. I’m not sure what’s more fun so […]

By Jason Bean -- 24 comments

October 20th, 2006

Need A Reminder - Get a Monkey

We all have those moments where we need the proverbial string around our fingers to remind us to do something. In the days of PDA’s and cell phones with alarms and Google Calendar and 30 Boxes, it’s fairly easy to get things done on our own time with these little tasks.
The challenge sometimes though is […]

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