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Archive for November, 2007
November 21, 2007 at 7:56 pm · Filed under Internet Applications, Technology, Web Development
I stumbled across the ALARMd.com Internet Alarm Clock a few months back, possibly via del.icio.us or Stumble Upon. I think the idea is great, and very well executed. With a large red font, and all black backdrop, the Internet Alarm clock is the perfect web based clock application I have found. The “Naken” mode makes it even better, eliminating the already minimal options and titles. For people that live with their computer, and try to eliminate all other necessities (like a cheap alarm clock) this clock is perfect.
The coolest feature I saw was the Alarm sound customization (pick an alarm), which allows you to open Pandora in a new window, which for most people with stored cookies should start playing your favorite music right away.
November 19, 2007 at 2:04 pm · Filed under Shopping
Just last weekend I configured a Dell laptop for my Mother in Law. We got a awesome deal and she wanted to get the Pink laptop and the pink matching mouse. We did upgrade the battery and memory and such too. The Dell computers are such a great deal and we own one that we purchased about 8 months ago and it works great. We use it on a daily basis with no problems yet. We had to jack up the price of the laptop to about $1200 so we added lots of extras, this way we could use a coupon that saved us $300! My mother in law got her pink laptop and mouse just a few days ago and she LOVES it!
November 17, 2007 at 8:22 pm · Filed under Software
If you’re like me and you still have a few machines running good ol’ reliable and trustworthy (I keed, I keed) Windows XP than registry tweaks and optimization guides for XP are a very handy thing. Sure Vista is the new hotness, and to be really cutting edge I could publish information on how to tweak the registry of Microsoft’s newest OS. But I’ll play it safe and show you some tips on eeking every last bit of performance out of that old XP machine of yours. Kellys-Korner dot com has one of the best write ups for the Windows registry and it’s many tweaks I’ve seen in a long time. Totalling 399, you’re sure to find something useful in this guide.
November 7, 2007 at 11:41 am · Filed under Press
Technology has come so far when you find yourself buying fresh flowers and cookie flowers online. It is great when you can shop from the comfort of your own home and buy fresh flower bouquets and cookie bouquets. I have looked at the ProFlowers website and found a very pretty and very edible cookie bouquet. I have added the photo of it above, it is just soo pretty. How could you not want some cookie flowers that look as pretty as the ones pictured above. What is great about Pro-Flowers is that they work with your local florist to get you just the right bouquets.
November 6, 2007 at 11:50 am · Filed under Technology
I have recently added all of my blogs and websites into Google Analytics marketing resource online. If you want to keep track of how many people visit your blog or website daily, weekly, monthly and yearly than you should sign up for Google Analytics. This service is FREE and it is a great tool to use when you want to track your readers and to know how popular your website and or blog is. I have already gotten great stats for my blogs that I was unsure of how popular they were and they are getting more visits than I had thought. You can sign up for Google Analytics here.
November 5, 2007 at 8:27 pm · Filed under Internet Applications, Software, Technology, Web 2.0
Desktop two dot com is another application in a long list of online OS replacements competing to get a piece of this new market. The idea is that instead of your native OS like Windows Vista, Mac OSX or Linux, you’d run Desktoptwo, which is a purely online operating system that runs using Flash and Java.
The pros to this setup are a truly mobile and modular operating environment. Accessible from any web connected PC. The downsides or cons to online operating systems are the fact that they currently depend on an Internet connection (something that isn’t quite everyone yet) and also that it requires an existing operating system to run.
I’m going to repeat that last con so it sets in a little, “you need an existing operating system to run the online operating system”. This is a big con, and until PC’s can be built and deployed with a bios/light OS, online operating systems will remain a niche product reserved for uber geeks and specific users who require an online OS.
November 5, 2007 at 10:39 am · Filed under Business Tech
I have posted before about great tech bargain websites and here is just another of the many tech deal websites on the net today. Tech Bargains has the newest and greatest in tech deals on the internet and they update the bargains daily. You can find great tech items such as a cheap digital camera or even a cheap computer or monitor. The bargains just keep on rolling in at Tech Bargains. If you want to keep informed of all of the new bargains as they come out you can sign up for the Tech Bargains FREE e-newsletter. Their newsletter has the greatest bargains of the week summed up in one great newsletter. There is also a a DAILY ALERT which notifies you of new bargains.
Tech Bargains not only has great tech deals all the time but they also have product reviews and comparisons and a large product database. I love to save money as much as possible and I would ca myself very frugal so a website such as Tech Bargains is right up my alley.
The bargains and deals at Tech Bargains dot com are a very great way to save money during the busy holidays coming up. You can find great gifts for people right on Tech bargains and they will never even know that you paid less than other people!
November 5, 2007 at 10:31 am · Filed under Humor
I’ve been saving the URL for this Smart Money article titled “My Outsourced Life” for quite some time now. Written perfectly by A. J. Jacobs, the story covers the writers attempts to oursource as much of his life as possible. Even going so far as to have one resource for personal matters and one for work.
The article was interesting to me because I’ve working with programmers and developers all over the world. India, Pakistan, Russia, The Netherlands, the Ukraine, and Canada are among the many home countries of programmers I’ve working hand in hand with.
The idea of outsourcing non business tasks was the most hilarious, here’s a snippet I found very amusing:
“First, I try to delegate my therapy. My plan is to give Asha a list of my neuroses and a childhood anecdote or two, have her talk to my shrink for fifty minutes, then relay the advice. Smart, right? My shrink refused. Ethics or something. Fine. Instead, I have Asha send me a meticulously researched memo on stress relief. It had a nice Indian flavor to it, with a couple of yogic postures and some visualization.
This was okay, but it didn’t seem quite enough. I decided I needed to outsource my worry. For the last few weeks I’ve been tearing my hair out because a business deal is taking far too long to close. I asked Honey if she would be interested in tearing her hair out in my stead. Just for a few minutes a day. She thought it was a wonderful idea. “I will worry about this every day,” she wrote. “Do not worry.”
The outsourcing of my neuroses was one of the most successful experiments of the month. Every time I started to ruminate, I’d remind myself that Honey was already on the case, and I’d relax. No joke — this alone was worth the $1,000. “
November 2, 2007 at 10:33 am · Filed under Business Tech
Engadet has been around for several years and they are a great reference blog if you are looking to buy some new technology or if you just love to read up about what is new and hot in the tech world. Engadget is the kind of blog that you can check each day and there are new posts about new tech products and software and such. I check Engadget on a daily basis and I love to read about what is going on in the tech world. Technology is always changing and there is always new stories to read about and I like to keep myself informed and up to date.
November 1, 2007 at 5:43 pm · Filed under Business Tech
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