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Do you like to use wizards or online generators to create code, shrink graphics, or automate other common tasks? If so, then you should definitely check out a posting from Smashing Magazine where they have a huge list of online generators. One can discuss, whether web-generators are useful or not. On the one hand, they …
They seem to be a bit early with this, but Yahoo! is the first major search engine to release their top searches for 2006. The top ten overall searches are: Britney Spears WWE Shakira Jessica Simpson Paris Hilton American Idol Beyonce Knowles Chris Brown Pamela Anderson Lindsay Lohan There are lots of different categories as …
Long-time friend and reader Shawn sent me this… Check this out: http://www.10minutemail.com/ It might be good content for your ezine. It gives you a temporary email address so that you can sign up for more info on other sites, read/get the info you want, and then the address is gone (so you can avoid spam, …
From IT Security: When people read out a phone number, they use “phone rhythm.” No one has to explain “phone rhythm,” we all just seem to do it automatically, “…713…555…12…34”. Similarly, when we answer a phone call we all say, “Hello.” No one taught us to do that, but somehow we all seemed to pick …
If you are looking for some ideas and samples of simple web sites, especially if you are just learning, then check out WebGFX.ch. They host hundreds of basic templates. You just browse the listings (with thumbnails) and when you find one you like, you click on it. A page loads showing that template. You then …
I read about this at SearchEngineWatch: The PCNames domain search engine does exactly what might be expected of it – it searches for domain names and returns results with details on their availability. It does this virtually instantaneously as well – when you being typing the engine offers details on .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz …
Regular reader Shawn tipped me off to this… By Anne Morris, Total Telecom 30 August 2006 New free browser promises to keep your Internet search habits secret. A new free Web browser has been launched that claims it will enable people to surf the Internet without fear that their information and search habits will be …
A while ago I received this email from a regular visitor: Question which should be of concern to many of your readers. As you know, Microsoft dumped support on w98 and others…which then caused ZoneAlarm to dump their support. Therefore, which free (preferable) firewall do you guys recommend for w98? Any thoughts?
RSS or blog feeds are becoming increasingly popular. Almost all of the major online email providers also have online feed readers. However, if you already use an email client (like Outlook Express), then you may not want to install more software in order to read the feeds. There are several services that will send the …
I first read about this at DownloadSquad… RSS feeds (commonly called blog feeds) are a great way to get quick and current information. However, it normally requires another piece of software or another web site that you need to visit. SimpleHeadlines is a service that tries to simplify this, and send you an email with …