Snip.ly, a website currently in alpha, assists in sharing images or selections of text from websites in a very simple manner. Although there are plenty of URL shortening sites out there like Bit.ly, Snip.ly brings the text snipping to the table and it works well. It already has a Chrome extension or can be used through a bookmarklet in other browsers. Working like most other … [Read more...]
Scooby Doo Solves The Mystery of the Missing Google Logo In Today’s Google Doodle
For your Halloween treat this year, Google is handing out a colorful, 5-panel Scooby Doo comic as its Google logo above search. The drawings are vibrant and pretty detailed (notice the basketball players in the background of two frames). If you click on the logo, it will progress you through the story and clicking the last frame takes you to a Google search on Halloween. You … [Read more...]
OtherInbox Announces Changes Coming With 2011
OtherInbox, a web service that offers greater control over your e-mail through its Defender product, looks to be changing its offering as this year draws to a close. I first wrote about OtherInbox January 1st of 2009 and I've been using it even longer. It works well to stop junk mail, like the spam I've been receiving as a result of signing up through Active.com (I do believe … [Read more...]
Using the Internet To Prepare For Election Day
Midterm elections are a week away and I was hoping to write up some online resources that hold the unbiased information you need to be an informed voter at the polls. Political attack ads are flying back and forth on television but it's hard to know how much truth is in some of those claims. Even more rudimentary information like 'what district am I in', 'what positions are up … [Read more...]
Remember The Good, Old MTV? Recreate It With This Mashup of YouTube and Last.fm
We've seen plenty of "instant"-themed web apps since Google provided the catalyst for the concept with its Google Instant Search back in early September. Many of those instant apps that I've covered were developed for us by Jonathan Bouman. Proving that he's not taking his accomplishments laying down, he's back with another great instant web app. This one, called TV.ListAndPlay … [Read more...]