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8/17/2006 · 1 min read

More Flickr Tools

Do you use Flickr? How about some fun tools to make it easier. FlickrStorm FlickrStorm is a better search for Flickr. It digs a little deeper than the built-in flickr search to bring you more relevant results Flickr…

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8/11/2006 · 1 min read

New Fruit Mentos Wrapper

It’s the small things that are special. I was buying a roll of mixed fruit Mentos today and noticed that the wrappers are different. They’ve changed the end-foil color to bright pink, and changed a few other elements…

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8/8/2006 · 1 min read · 1 comment

Google Flight Simulator

Just like you could drive a racecar through New York, You can now fly an airplane over several cities around the word. Googles, the Google Maps Flight Sim is a little Flash app that puts you in a…

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8/4/2006 · 1 min read · 1 comment

SingShot Karaoke Online

Have you ever dreamed of signing karaoke with the entire internet? Well guess what, your dreams have come true with the beta release of SingShot. Plug in your computer mic, fire up your browser and in a slick…

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8/1/2006 · 7 min read · 11 comments

Building an Entertainment PC: The Guts

For Jess’ graduation, I told her I’d put together an entertainment PC for her so she could Tivo (that’s a verb now) shows, organize music, watch DVD’s etc. She graduated back in May and I’ve been putting off…

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7/26/2006 · 1 min read · 5 comments

Mentos Geyser Video Contest

Mentos (evidence of their brilliance) has put together a contest for Mentos Geyser videos at www.mentosgeyser.com. These videos are pretty much taking over the internet. Just do a search for Mentos on Youtube or Google Video, and you’ll…

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7/19/2006 · 1 min read

Last.fm Operation Depth Charge

Last.fm, which I blogged about a while back has launched an updated version of their site (code named Operation Depth Charge). They’ve added some cool new features and totally overhauled their player. I use Last.fm all the time…

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7/19/2006 · 1 min read

Preloadr

It has an “R” instead of an “ER,” so you know it’s got to be a new Flickr tool. Preloadr is a simple photo editing tool that works hand in hand with Flickr. It’s totally web-based, and lets…

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7/12/2006 · 1 min read · 8 comments

New Mentos Flavor: Strawberry Yogurt

A new Mentos flavor has recently been discovered. Mentos Ambassador Moore brought me a roll of Strawberry Yogurt flavored Mentos that he found in France. It’s always nice to be presented with a flavor I’ve never heard of…

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7/6/2006 · 1 min read

World Largest Web Page

This page is 9 quadrillion (yes, that’s a real number!) pixels by 9 quadrillion pixels. At 77 pixels per inch, the page is 1.844 billion miles per side…. BIG! This ginormous page was put together to show just…

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6/30/2006 · 1 min read

Google Checkout

On Thursday, Google released their long-rumored Checkout service. This new service allows shoppers with a Google Checkout account to pay for merchandise at a long list of retailers. This isn’t quite the PayPal killer (at least at this…

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6/29/2006 · 1 min read

101 Free Games

Not 99, not 100, but 101 FREE Games on the internet. These are the cruddy flash games you see everywhere (there have got to be WAY more than 101 of those). Computer Gaming World has put together a…

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6/27/2006 · 1 min read · 5 comments

Twinkie Cookbook

For the 50th anniversary of the Twinkie last year, Hostess released a cookbook full of recipes using Twinkies. It includes some weird stuff like a Twinkie Burrito and Twinkie Lasagna (some of the recipes are available here). I…

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