Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
We all use search engines every day to make our lives a little easier, but Good Search allows us to improve the lives of others just by searching the Internet. Every time you do a search on Good Search, they donate a penny to the charity of your choice. ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Arcades, a Japan staple for over 30 years with cutting-edge video and games, are under attack, hit by the success of Nintendo's Wii console.
Once a testing center for next-generation games ranging from "Street Fighting" to dance, major industry players like Namco Bandai are closing arcades as potential patrons stay home.
America's ...
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
One of the classic time wasting sites on the web can be found at Lunchtimers. It's a virtual refrigerator door covered in letter magnets. The fun is trying to spell out words while other people around the world are also trying to spell out words of their own. You can ...
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Every year, Girl Scouts around the country have an easy time raising funds for their troops because everyone loves Girl Scout Cookies. People actually complain about waiting for their cookies and if they know a Girl Scout, they often bug her about when those darn cookies are coming out.
Personally, I ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Sometimes the simplest sites are the coolest, such as Falling Sand, a page where different colors of sand drip down from the top of the screen and you use your mouse to draw lines and shapes to change the path of the sand. Play around with this for a few ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Don't send a lame eCard. Try JibJab Sendables!
Jib Jab is another one of those goofy, time-wasting sites where you can upload photos of your friends, family, co-workers, etc. to make videos of them dancing like idiots or doing other ridiculous stuff. Hilarity ensues. I tested the site out ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Johnny Chung Lee from Carnegie Mellon University demonstrates another innovative use for the Wii Remote in this cool video. I'd love to see some game developers incorporate some of his ideas. Find out more about Johnny Lee's Wiimote Projects at his official forum or development blog. He's ...
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Monday, February 11th, 2008
Tivo dominates so much of the digital video recorder market that sometimes products that are infinitely more innovative don't get the attention they deserve. One of those products is the Neuros OSD, a device that lets you record from live TV, DVDs, VHS tapes, or any other device that you ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
One of the most common questions people have when browsing sites like Youtube is, "How can I download these movies to my hard drive."
The answer is quite simple. Youtube and similar video sites convert all movies uploaded to their servers to Flash format. Flash videos end in the .flv extension. You ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
There are thousands of sites on the web that offer movie trailers, but sometimes you need to download a trailer for some reason. Either you want to post it to another website or you want a copy to send to a friend. Finding download links for trailers is never an ...
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