Sunday, January 30, 2005
Need this?
It's not easy keeping your monitor clean. Maybe you have this problem too? Perhaps this can help (give it a minute to load & turn on your speakers). Some of you might already have this handy dandy monitor cleaner already. It's cute, eh?
Thanks to my S.O. for brightening my day with this one.
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Thanks to my S.O. for brightening my day with this one.
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Saturday, January 29, 2005
Can you resist?
You know how sometimes when you order something online or by catalog, the item or items come wrapped in bubble wrap? Do you pop them or just throw the stuff out? Some people (like me) can't resist popping a few (hundred) of those little air bubbles before giving in to the cries of "cut it out!" from the annoyed within ear shot. It's just fun (and yes, I'm easily amused sometimes).
My S.O. came across this site the last time (or maybe the previous time) he visited and it was pretty amusing. What we didn't realize at the time is that there is sound! Pretty funny. Go pop some Virtual Bubble Wrap of your own. (if you're into that kind of thing, heh)
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My S.O. came across this site the last time (or maybe the previous time) he visited and it was pretty amusing. What we didn't realize at the time is that there is sound! Pretty funny. Go pop some Virtual Bubble Wrap of your own. (if you're into that kind of thing, heh)
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Friday, January 21, 2005
April 1st
Comment for charity. It's the easiest way to donate for free. More details are available here. Why? Because it's the right thing to do.
I came across the California Hammonds website while surfing (there are two surf-for-hits programs now, both somewhat addicting) and one day decided not to surf on and instead, look around. What first got to me were the pictures. I've heard people say (seen people write) that men are more visual than women. Maybe. But pictures tell a story if you let them. These did. Thru the pictures alone I started to get to know this family and wanted to know more.
Then, I started reading (and soon, crying). Through her husband Greg's eloquent and heartfelt writing, you're easily drawn into the story of Cheryl, her battle with breast cancer, and what's happened since. It just might break your heart.
Earlier this month Greg hosted a fundraising drive for The National Breast Cancer Foundation in memory of his wife. On April 1st, he's going to do it again. One dollar per comment up to 500, and there are other generous cosponsors willing to cover some of (if not all by then perhaps) those over 500.
All you have to do, is comment.
For the cause.
Will you do it?
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I came across the California Hammonds website while surfing (there are two surf-for-hits programs now, both somewhat addicting) and one day decided not to surf on and instead, look around. What first got to me were the pictures. I've heard people say (seen people write) that men are more visual than women. Maybe. But pictures tell a story if you let them. These did. Thru the pictures alone I started to get to know this family and wanted to know more.
Then, I started reading (and soon, crying). Through her husband Greg's eloquent and heartfelt writing, you're easily drawn into the story of Cheryl, her battle with breast cancer, and what's happened since. It just might break your heart.
Earlier this month Greg hosted a fundraising drive for The National Breast Cancer Foundation in memory of his wife. On April 1st, he's going to do it again. One dollar per comment up to 500, and there are other generous cosponsors willing to cover some of (if not all by then perhaps) those over 500.
All you have to do, is comment.
For the cause.
Will you do it?
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Wednesday, January 19, 2005
E-mail Icon generator
I've seen sites with these cool icons on their pages and wondered how they did that. Maybe here? (Thank you NeoHacks) You can make e-mail icons for "GMail, Hotmail, MSN, Yahoo!, AOL and many more!"... sounds good to me. Best of all, it's free. Cool!
Like mine?
Now go make your own!
(if you haven't already)
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Like mine?
Now go make your own!
(if you haven't already)
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Thursday, January 13, 2005
Skype
Maybe you've heard of being able to talk to someone live over the internet. I've tried this before with my S.O. He lives on the other side of the world (so :( far away) and it's expensive to call the usual way. So we tried a few different programs (MSN? Net Meeting? I can't remember) but there was always static and huge pauses between talking (or trying to talk). It always ended up being a frustrating conversation.
Then he found Skype. This sounds like a bad commercial... I don't mean it to be. Even if it does, what matters is that Skype is free! And most importantly, it worked great (and I was very skeptical about yet another internet calling program, and resisted trying it for a while after the lingering disappointment of the previous attempts).
To use it, you need to download (and run) the program (5mb), create a user name and password, and then...well, you also need someone to call. It's kind of like instant messaging only much better. You "call" another online username basically, except instead of typing, you talk! Much easier, and lots more fun.
For us, it just worked great. (USA call to Europe, very clear, and I was pleasantly surprised and quite impressed)
I plan to try and call a landline (regular phone number) this way at some point. My grandmother likes to visit relatives in far away places and calling her the conventional way is seriously expensive. Using Skype, (or rather, SkypeOut) I can buy credits ($10 is the minimum, thats 1/3 of what the last 2 very short calls to her cost, so it's worth giving it a try) and see how that works out.
If I remember to, I'll post the results. At the rate I procrastinate, it might be a while. :)
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Then he found Skype. This sounds like a bad commercial... I don't mean it to be. Even if it does, what matters is that Skype is free! And most importantly, it worked great (and I was very skeptical about yet another internet calling program, and resisted trying it for a while after the lingering disappointment of the previous attempts).
To use it, you need to download (and run) the program (5mb), create a user name and password, and then...well, you also need someone to call. It's kind of like instant messaging only much better. You "call" another online username basically, except instead of typing, you talk! Much easier, and lots more fun.
For us, it just worked great. (USA call to Europe, very clear, and I was pleasantly surprised and quite impressed)
I plan to try and call a landline (regular phone number) this way at some point. My grandmother likes to visit relatives in far away places and calling her the conventional way is seriously expensive. Using Skype, (or rather, SkypeOut) I can buy credits ($10 is the minimum, thats 1/3 of what the last 2 very short calls to her cost, so it's worth giving it a try) and see how that works out.
If I remember to, I'll post the results. At the rate I procrastinate, it might be a while. :)
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