Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Jinzora: Build An Internet Jukebox

Jinzora enables you to stream your digital music and videos to any internet connected computer using a web browser.

Check it out here.

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CSS Slicing Guide

Here is a great tutorial on slicing up a CSS website from a layout that you created in Photoshop. In this tutorial you will learn to slice your templates into fully valid XHTML and CSS web pages.

Check it out here.

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How To Beat That Traffic Ticket

If you've ever been ticketed for speeding or running a red light, you already know that the fine you pay may only be the beginning of your cost. Never plead guilty!!! I have contested numerous tickets and even if you have to pay something to charity, the fine is much reduced and it doesn't go on your insurance. Here is a great article on how to beat a traffic ticket if you are facing the man :)

check it out here.

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Create Color Schemes With Adobe Kuler

Need a color theme for your web site, art project, or magazine pages? Head to Adobe Kuler, an interactive web-based app that whips up snazzy themes in a matter of seconds.

check it out here.

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Using A Webcrawler To Grab Images And Mp3's

A web crawler (also known as a web spider or web robot) is a program or automated script which browses the in a methodical, automated manner. Other less frequently used names for web crawlers are ants,automatic indexers, bots, and worms

With the web crawler you will be able to:

  • Extract data from a site that is constantly updating its data ( like CNN News or Yahoo News )
  • Build a search engine
  • Download a huge amount of files from web pages like MP3 files, code ( zip files ) etc
  • Build a monitoring bot that will alert you when specific conditions are met. For instance,
    let me know when Nasdac is below a specific value.
Check it out here.

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101 Free Photoshop-compatible Plugins

Here is a great website resource for all Photoshop and GIMP users. It contains numerous plugins in different categories. The site also contains reviews and how-tos.

Check it out here.


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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Free Wake up Calls

Here is a great free service that will remind you of certain appointments or give you a wake up call when you need it. TelePixie's Free Telephone Services are available in the US and Canada!

Check it out here.


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Wednesday, April 18, 2007

101 Ways To Be Annoying

Here is a great list I found for being annoying ;)

  1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
  2. In the memo field of all your checks, write "for sensual massage."
  3. Specify that your drive-through order is "to go."
  4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of "Beeeep Bip Bip Beeeep Bip..."
  5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.
  6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TVand then pointing it at the screen.
  7. Speak only in a "robot" voice.
  8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.
  9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will "swipe your grub."
  10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inchpaper, 99 copies.
  11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.
  12. Sniffle incessantly.
  13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.
  14. Name your dog "Dog."
  15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions "to keep them tuned up."
  16. Reply to everything someone says with "that's what YOU think."
  17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your "astronaut training."
  18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for "violating your airspace."
  19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a "real hoot."
  20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with a can of Lysol.
  21. Practice making fax and modem noises.
  22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and "cc:" them to your boss.
  23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.
  24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.
  25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a "spider person."
  26. Finish all your sentences with the words "in accordance with prophesy."
  27. Wear a special hip holster for your remote control.
  28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you'll be saying more any moment.
  29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.
  30. Disassemble your pen and "accidentally" flip the ink cartridge across the room.
  31. Give a play-by-play account of a person's every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.
  32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.
  33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you "like it that way."
  34. Drum on every available surface.
  35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.
  36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.
  37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.
  38. Sew anti-theft detector strips into people's backpacks.
  39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.
  40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.
  41. Set alarms for random times.
  42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.
  43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.
  44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a "croaking" noise.
  45. Honk and wave to strangers.
  46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunter's Orange.
  47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
  48. Tape pieces of "Sweating to the Oldies" over climactic parts of rental movies.
  49. Wear your pants backwards.
  50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.
  51. Begin all your sentences with "ooh la la!"
  52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.
  53. only type in lowercase.
  54. dont use any punctuation either
  55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.
  56. Pay for your dinner with pennies.
  57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.
  58. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.
  59. Write "X - BURIED TREASURE" in random spots on all of someone's roadmaps.
  60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy asassination/ UFO/O.J. Simpson conspiracy theories.
  61. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: "Do you hear that?" "What?" "Never mind, it's gone now."
  62. Light road flares on a birthday cake.
  63. Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
  64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.
  65. Demand that everyone address you as "Conquistador."
  66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.
  67. When Christmas caroling, sing "Jingle Bells, Batman smells" until physically restrained.
  68. Wear a cape that says "Magnificent One."
  69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.
  70. Stand over someone's shoulder, mumbling, as they read.
  71. Pretend your computer's mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.
  72. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce "no, wait, I messed it up," and repeat.
  73. Drive half a block.
  74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.
  75. Ask people what gender they are.
  76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back in the tray.
  77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl.
  78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don't want to fall off "in case the big one comes."
  79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers' brains, such as "Feliz Navidad," the Archies' "Sugar" or the Mr. Rogers theme song.
  80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
  81. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
  82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.
  83. Change your name to "John Aaaaasmith" for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it's a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each "a."
  84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.
  85. Chew on pens that you've borrowed.
  86. Wear a LOT of cologne.
  87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your "superior mental processing."
  88. Sing along at the opera.
  89. Mow your lawn with scissors.
  90. At a golf tournament, chant "swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!"
  91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your "imaginary friend."
  92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn't rhyme.
  93. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something about "psychological profiles."
  94. Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a "magic picture."
  95. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.
  96. Never make eye contact.
  97. Never break eye contact.
  98. Construct elaborate "crop circles" in your front lawn.
  99. Construct your own pretend "tricorder," and "scan" people with it, announcing the results.
  100. Make appointments for the 31st of September.
  101. Invite lots of people to other people's parties.
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Sunday, April 15, 2007

Free SMS Texting Online

We all know that texting on a cellphone is neither fun nor quick usually. Here is a little solution to that. TxtDrop is an SMS to Phone gateway, where you can get your sms via your phone, but forget answering it there, like many SMS systems, this one is a widget that sits on your Vista side bar and allows you to SMS your friends using your full powered PC without having to use Yahoo, AOL or MSN Messenger.

Check it out here.

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Find Online Deals Quickly

For anyone who shops allot online and is always looking for the best deals, here is a great resource called Coupon Looker. Coupon Looker is a vertical search engine that allows a person to search only for coupons from across the web. On top of that, like many search engines they have a widget that allows you to have a customized coupon search engine on your web site as well using their widget, their back end, and your blogging or other web site.

Check it out here.

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Free Legal MP3's For Download

The Internet is awash with mp3 files which can be legally downloaded. From unsigned bands and budding musicians through to podcasts on all genres; in greater quantity and diversity than can ever be found on any P2P network. Clickster is an easy to use free application which searches and downloads mp3 files from the Internet and not, from other P2P users. Providing a safe and comprehensive alternative to P2P networks. Clickster requires no installation and can even run from a Flash-Drive.

Check it out here.

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Web Widgets For Your Website

Widgetbox is a directory and syndication platform for web widgets for blogs and other web pages. They work with TypePad, WordPress, Blogger, MySpace as well as most other blogs, sidebars or websites. No plug-ins are needed, and they're free. Check them out below:

http://www.widgetbox.com/

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Transfer Files Between Computers

Here is a short listing of utilities that can be used to transfer files from one computer to another, when you don't have the trusty USB stick on hand.

Check them out:

1. DropBoks
2. YouSendIt
3. localhostr
4. 1-Click-Share
5. DivShare
6. WiPeer

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Detect Invisible Users on Yahoo

here is a little online app, that will let you detect whether or not someone is invisible on yahoo:

http://xeeber.com/

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Commands For The XP Run Menu

Here is a listing of some popular commands that can be placed in the run window in XP:

Application = Command

Accessibility Controls = access.cpl
Add Hardware Wizard = hdwwiz.cpl
Add/Remove Programs = appwiz.cpl
Administrative Tools = control admintools
Automatic Updates = wuaucpl.cpl
Bluetooth Transfer Wizard = fsquirt
Calculator = calc
Certificate Manager = certmgr.msc
Character Map = charmap
Check Disk Utility = chkdsk
Clipboard Viewer = clipbrd
Command Prompt = cmd
Component Services = dcomcnfg
Computer Management = compmgmt.msc
Date and Time Properties = timedate.cpl
DDE Shares = ddeshare
Device Manager = devmgmt.msc
Direct X Control Panel (If Installed)* = directx.cpl
Direct X Troubleshooter = dxdiag
Disk Cleanup Utility = cleanmgr
Disk Defragment = dfrg.msc
Disk Management = diskmgmt.msc
Disk Partition Manager = diskpart
Display Properties = control desktop/desk.cpl
Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility = drwtsn32
Driver Verifier Utility = verifier
Event Viewer = eventvwr.msc
File Signature Verification Tool = sigverif
Findfast = findfast.cpl
Folders Properties = control folders
Fonts = control fonts
Fonts Folder = fonts
Free Cell Card Game = freecell
Game Controllers = joy.cpl
Group Policy Editor (XP Prof) = gpedit.msc
Hearts Card Game = mshearts
Iexpress Wizard = iexpress
Indexing Service = ciadv.msc
Internet Properties = inetcpl.cpl
IP Configuration = ipconfig
Java Control Panel (If Installed) = jpicpl32.cpl
Java Application Cache Viewer (If Installed) = javaws
Keyboard Properties = control keyboard
Local Security Settings = secpol.msc
Local Users and Groups = lusrmgr.msc
Logs You Out Of Windows = logoff
Microsoft Chat = winchat
Minesweeper Game = winmine
Mouse Properties = control mouse
Mouse Properties = main.cpl
Network Connections = control netconnections
Network Connections = ncpa.cpl
Network Setup Wizard = netsetup.cpl
Notepad = notepad
Nview Desktop Manager (If Installed) = nvtuicpl.cpl
Object Packager = packager
ODBC Data Source Administrator = odbccp32.cpl
On Screen Keyboard = osk
Opens AC3 Filter (If Installed) = ac3filter.cpl
Password Properties = password.cpl
Performance Monitor = perfmon.msc
Performance Monitor = perfmon
Phone and Modem Options = telephon.cpl
Power Configuration = powercfg.cpl
Printers and Faxes = control printers
Printers Folder = printers
Private Character Editor = eudcedit
Quicktime (If Installed) = QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings = intl.cpl
Registry Editor = regedit
Registry Editor = regedit32
Remote Desktop = mstsc
Removable Storage = ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests = ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) = rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras = sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks = control schedtasks
Security Center = wscui.cpl
Services = services.msc
Shared Folders = fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows = shutdown
Sounds and Audio = mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game = spider
SQL Client Configuration = cliconfg
System Configuration Editor = sysedit
System Configuration Utility = msconfig
System File Checker Utility = sfc
System Properties = sysdm.cpl
Task Manager = taskmgr
Telnet Client = telnet
User Account Management = nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager = utilman
Windows Firewall = firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier = magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure = wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool = syskey
Windows Update Launches = wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard = tourstart
Wordpad = write


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