I know, I know…this is sort of late to the punch here but I had to say it anyways.  I am in serious full swing shopping mode with every deals site I know in my RSS bookmark bar for Firefox.  My Amazon Prime account is in full affect with purchasing at a year high; and when I start getting those (more…)

As a middle class working American, there are 2 places that I spend most of my young adult life. Those 2 places happen to be my work chair and my bed. Seeing as even on a really off day I spend at least 4 hours in both making that 8 hours every work day. If I retire at 65 (ya right!!) and lets just start it at 18 to be safe (I started working before this of course) then that means even only counting 8 hours every work day (it is usually closer to 15 hours) that means I spend at the very least 11 of those 45 years either in my bed or in my computer desk. 11 F’IN years!! Now I am not going to be one to buy a chair for work….they should provide great chairs from the start. Unfortunately I can’t control that, so we are going to move onto the other chair I spend most of my time in, my home desk chair.

I have gotten into the habit of using Google Maps now exclusively instead of say Mapquest or any other similar service. I am not sure how many of the rest of you do this as well…but I can imagine there are at least a few. So what exactly do you use your internet maps for…other than directions??

Beyond directins!

Over the past few years as I have reached the prime time to be a single male, the early twenties, and I have been ever so interested in what the best places to meet single women were. Well if you didn’t already know, Forbes.com makes a list of the Top50 or so cities in the US for singles using various things to judge such as Culture, Nightlife, Coolness and population of Singles amongst other things.

Take a second and try to guess who was #1 is for 2007 …… (more…)

I got a little quick one for ya:)

WikiHow, if you didn’t already know is a great site that allows one to search for instructions on how to do things. Now of course you can’t miss the resemblance in name to its older brother Wikipedia, but it is a great spin off with lots of great information all by itself. I found an article today that I thought would be really helpful for any starting photographer. A lightbox, in photography simple terms, is a really bright light focused in a box usuallythat creates a light similiar to daylight but even across an object. They are also used often for viewing negatives or slides.

Anywho, Wikihow has a great article on creating a cheap but effective lightbox for yourself without spending a bundle on one from a photography store. Check it out! These things are super useful.

WikiHow Lightbox Article - CLICK HERE

In an interesting article from the Washington Post, it looks like the folks at on the yearbook staff decided that rather than gathering photos from students why not just tap into the place where kids are posting the most photos of all….social networking sites! In this case Facebook was the place, and to the students surprise to boot. I guess this teaches everyone a lesson…what you put online is open to the public whether you want it to or not. If I was in a crunch I must admit, I probably would have done the same thing.

It looks like Google has added a way to search through their news section which allows a user to select news articles based on the pictures that are associated with them. Alone with the Standard and Text views we now have the Image View which allows us who are a bit more visual to see before reading. Of the 4 learning styles I believe that visual is far more prevelant in todays society especially with the younger generations than at any time before; so maybe Google is onto something with this one. They are tricky!!

If my last post wasn’t enough to make you think I wasn’t that impressed by the iPhone. This should get your tinker going.

.“….there is another large family of devices capable of running iPhone apps: those based on the Series 60 OS. In 2005 Nokia announced a new browser for Series 60 based on Safari. Phones with that browser are shipping now, including the Nokia N75, N95, and Samsung SGH-i520.
Unlike the iPhone, Series 60 devices are not limited to web-based applications. A large market of native 3rd-party applications already exist including console emulators, multi-protocol instant messaging, IR remote controls, and much more. Series 60 also supports Java and Flash.”

You can find out more info at iFoNfo

If my other article featuring Opera Mini was not sign enough that I am not really all that excited about the iPhone I wanted to post this article as well.

“…If your clunky old Windows Mobile phone is just sitting around collecting iPhone jealousy dust, you can either scrounge together 500 leafy Sacagaweas, or …”
Turn your Windows Mobile phone into an iPhone.

Now I do not want you to be confused. (more…)

I think the iPhone is a cool gadget, but I have always said it doesn’t do anything that other phones don’t already do or won’t be doing very soon anyways. For instace, awesome browsing on a phone via the internet is already possible easily not only my Windows Mobile phones but by ALL phones using Opera Mini…WHICH I LOVE!!

They just came out with a new beta Opera Mini 4. Check out the website here:http://www.operamini.com/beta/

Also check out this HILARIOUS VIDEO of a parody on the Apple commercials.