I know I have been slacking pretty hard on posts lately, but I am just getting around to catching up on my feeds. I have to hand it to my buddy Jody, he finds some great stuff out there. Here’s another website you are gonna love.
I know I have been slacking pretty hard on posts lately, but I am just getting around to catching up on my feeds. I have to hand it to my buddy Jody, he finds some great stuff out there. Here’s another website you are gonna love.
Ok folks…so keeping along with sites that kick ass and are most definitely out of the norm…you have got to check out Ms. Dewey’s Site. Try asking her something “inappropriate” a few times. Keep asking until she goes off!
I’m sure many of you have heard about creating an entry in your cell phone address book with the initials I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) where a law-enforcement official can contact someone in the event you have an accident and cannot come to the phone. The state of FL has taken that a step further and created an online tool where you can enter up to two emergency contacts with all vital information which only law-enforcement officers can have access to in the event of an emergency. Now that’s pretty smart thinking. If you live in FL or have family who does, make sure they fill out the information…it could save their lives!
Here’s another one of those websites that just makes you sit back and wonder…”just exactly how long did it take to do this?”
A few weeks ago I posted an entry about an upcoming movie, Speed & Angels. There’s a few more videos posted on iFilm’s War Zone for those of you that are interested. Can’t wait for this movie to hit the street!
To quote Treemo: “Treemo is a media-sharing community where you can upload anything — photos, videos, music, words, visual art — and retain complete control of your content…. You can even upload photos and video straight from your mobile phone. …We make it simple for Treemo members to donate unused gear to our non-profit partners, so those mobile phones and digital gadgets get recycled or find a new life in the hands of those who need an avenue for expression…. TechCrunch is reporting that Treemo will be offering a revenue-sharing model with it’s users that allows the user to decide whether they want to show advertising with their audio / video content or not, and share in the profits if they do. There’s no information about this on the website, but TechCrunch is reporting the the company’s founder, Brent Brookler (don’t ask me why, but that name just reminds me of Dirk Diggler), stated the the split will probably be 50/50…. This benefits not only the environment, but through Treemo’s partners, it enables youth of all ages to find new ways to explore their creativity…. Overall the site has been tastefully done, graphics and visuals are clean, the UI so far is pretty decent and they provide more storage and bandwidth than FlickR…. My only request for the Treemo team so far is to RSS enable a “News” section of their site so I can keep track of them via my news aggregator.
So while we are on the subject of Social Networking sites, here’s another one to add to your collection, Bebo. Pretty interesting spin on the whole space, nice integration of music and television topics. They give you a few things other services don’t like a white board and the ability to do polls. You can also network with current or old school mates by joining that schools social space on bebo. They also make the ability to add a wide variety of themes very easy. And I don’t mean just the generic bland type, there are hundreds of user-created skins that can be applied, or you can create your own! Pretty decent. Don’t know how much I will use this considering this is my main blog, but it’s still kind of cool for networking with people you may not have otherwise thought about.
Well, it is yet another blogging tool in the world of Web 2.0 Social Networking. This is a new baby for Ben and Mena Trott, creators of Movable Type and TypePad. It’s still in a private * preview * but for those of you in the know, you can secure an invite from someone with an account (thanks to Digital Bill for my invite)…. Got me, I need multiple blogs like I need a skin rash. But it never hurts to try out new services and secure your domain!
As I learn more, I will post about my experience with VOX here and on bisonium.vox.com. I have a very few invites available for those of you who would like to try the service. Just shoot me an email or leave a comment stating why you think you should get the invite.
I thought I was getting a great deal a couple weeks ago, but Dreamhost just sent me a newsletter with some new “upgrades” that were made retroactive to ALL of their customers. To my great surprise, here are some of those enhancements: Custom DNS is now available for ALL customers The second thing they semi-mention in the newsletter is that they now support Secure SMTP for sending email through our servers…. Not only are they offering more disk space and bandwidth than any other host out there, they increase it incrementally EVERY WEEK you stay on with them as a customer!!!… This is what is included on their most BASIC and most inexpensive account (as low as $7.95 /mo.): 97-Day Money-Back Guarantee 24 hour Technical Support (E-Mail) Telephone Support (Phone Callbacks/mo) Web-Based Account Control Panel JabberTM Chat Server Disk Storage at signup – QUADRUPLED! …Custom DNS PHP4 Support PHP5 Support Full Unix Shell Crontab Access Full CGI Access Ruby On Rails Canned CGI Scripts Server Side Includes (SSI) CVS Repository SSL Secure Server (req. unique IP) Enhanced Web Security WebDAV Snapshot Data Backup Daily Access Statistics Access to raw log files Banner-Free DreamBook account Passworded Directories (.htaccess) FrontPage Extensions RealAudio and Video (http stream) Quicktime Streaming Anonymous FTP Server (req…. I will fully disclose that we are taking advantage of that deal and if any of you decide to sign up with Dreamhost, please help us pay our bandwidth bill by clicking through one of our links to get to Dreamhost…. If they suck, we’ll be the first to let you know and switch our own sites to another host, but so far Dreamhost has been solid.
For those of us living in the high-tech world of endless updates and no sleep, one has to appreciate the value of some good coffee and a killer place to code on the road. Cafe Geek has made finding that special place a whole lot easier. You can cruise on by the site and read reviews of cafe’s all around the world, and those reviews come from real live customers like yourself. No paid advertising for a good write-up, no biased opinions, just the facts from different peoples perspectives. Make sure to check out the site and read some reviews of the local establishments in your area. I posted on a killer little place on South Beach called Kafka Cafe. Make sure to join up and post your reviews! As a thank you, Cafe Geek is giving away a tasty t-shirt for anyone with a good review (I was lucky enough to score one for my post).