Archive for the 'Interesting Sites' Category

PandoraFM

July 13, 2006

http://pandorafm.real-ity.com/
Are you using Last.fm, but would like to use Pandora more aswell? Now you can combine the power of Last.fm’s statistics with the ease of Pandora’s suggestions. PandoraFM let’s you submit the songs you are listening to in Pandora to Last.fm. You just simply login with your Last.fm username and password, and the songs will [...]

Favelets

April 16, 2006

http://tantek.com/favelets/
A “favelet” is a small jscript applications which are very easy to use. All you need to do is drag the selected favelet to your favorites toolbar and drop it there, which will create a kind of “bookmark” containing this javascript. These favelets can be used for validating HTML, CSS, translating pages with babelfish, view [...]

Bombay TV

April 12, 2006

http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/index_uk.php
Have you ever wanted to create your own television show? Well, here’s your chance! Alright, you won’t be able to make a whole show, but you can make a scene at least. With Bombay TV you can create hilarious clips, simply by choosing a premade video sample, and then adding your own subtitles. You can [...]

Top 10 Weirdest Keyboards Ever

April 7, 2006

http://gadgets.fosfor.se/the-top-10-weirdest-keyboards-ever
From the Roll-up keyboard, the wrist keyboard, the virtual laser keyboard, to the Orbitouch and the Datahand. There’s many weird keyboards out there, some which are very cool and easy to use, and some which you can’t really control at all without at least a few weeks practice. Here’s a list of some of them, [...]

Computer Stupidities

April 5, 2006

http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
“The following is a large collection of stories and anecdotes about clueless computer users. It’s a baffling phenomenon that in today’s society an individual, who might in other circumstances be considered smart and wise, can sit down in front of a computer screen and instantly lose every last shred of common sense he ever [...]

What did I search for?

March 25, 2006

http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/game/whatsearch/
This game falls into the same category as Guess-the-google, you are supposed to guess what term was searched for, except that this time, there are no images to look at, all you get is the search results with the actual search term removed. Based on the context you are to guess the right word, and [...]

100 Most Often Misspelled Words In English

March 20, 2006

http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/misspelled.html
Quote:
“Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Here are the 100 words most often misspelled (‘misspell’ is one of them). Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words [...]

MyProgs

March 16, 2006

http://myprogs.net/
From http://myprogs.net/documents/about:
“This site allows you to keep a social list of the programs you use. After you sign up you can add programs to your unique list. You can view anyone else’s programs and they can view yours.”
If you, like me, are constantly looking for new and cool programs, you should check [...]

World Wide Internet TV

March 11, 2006

http://wwitv.com/portal.htm
From the site:
“wwiTV.com is an independent guide to streaming media available on the web. We do not provide streaming content ourselves. This site is designed to enable users of personal computers and other consumer electronic devices to easily find and access media content over the Internet.”
A computer has many uses, and one good use is [...]

The Worlds Longest Domain Name

March 10, 2006

http://www.thelongestdomainnameintheworld
andthensomeandthensomemoreandmore.com/
So you thought that the “Pi to one million decimal places” site had a long domain name? You should check this site out. It claims to have the longest domain name in the world. But guess what, it actually doesn’t! This site has 63 characters in it’s domain name, counting from “thelongest…” to “…andmore”. But [...]