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“At the Movies” review archive

At the Movies was the name of the show that Siskel & Ebert did where they reviewed movies. The name has changed over the years, and the critics have also changed, but the show has continued on. This week they opened up their archive on the web and they have archived reviews of over 5,000 …

Dissecting electronic gadgetry

The short description on the site says it all: This site shows how to take apart electronic devices and gadgets. If you like to take things apart and would like to see what others have done, then you should check out TakeItApart.net.

Icon War

I saw this in Windows Secrets… Ever wonder what happens when you leave your computer on overnight? Does it just sit idle until the screen saver kicks in? That’s what you want to believe. But now MASO Digital Studio has captured proof of the secret life of your desktop icons in a hilarious Flash clip. …

DEC – Glimpse of the Future, 1994

Someone posted a great video on YouTube that is a promotional video created for Digital Equipment (DEC). One of the creators said that DEC “distributed thousands of copies of this video, using it to help spread the word about the business potential of the Web, which, at that time, many business people found difficult to …

Repair Manuals Online

If you are into tinkering or fixing things, and are looking for a copy of a repair manual, a great place to start is RepairManual.com: Find repair manuals, owners manuals, parts books and a growing line of tools and shop supplies to help you repair your ATV, motorcycle, car, truck or tractor. RepairManual.com – the …

Monk-e-mail

I’m sure many of you have seen this before, but CareerBuilder has a page on their site with a funny little flash tool called Monk-e-mail. The tool lets you send a message to someone and have it spoken in a browser by a monkey (get it? … monkey email). You can customize the monkey, its …

Updated Sysinternals utilities

I’ve mentioned Sysinternals a couple of times before. They make fantastic system utilities for Windows operating systems, and were recently acquired by Microsoft. On Monday, their blog posted that there is a new Active Directory utility, and 3 updates to other utilities. Most of the tools are particularly useful in an environment where there are …

Family Craft Times

Michaels is a large arts & crafts store with hundreds of stores. One opened up in our city this Spring, and my wife was ecstatic. She was there a few days ago and picked up a flyer about their Family Craft Times newsletter. this is a monthly email newsletter where you get craft ideas to …

Strobist.com – Lighting information for everyone – Digital Photography Tip of the Week

I would like to thank everyone for their patience over the past little while when I was getting married. I know that the tips had stopped, but hopefully the reviews Graham included in the newsletter were beneficial. I had very little activity on my own website in that time as well and have resumed regular …

14 Personalized Homepages Compared, Feature by Feature

I’ve seen this mentioned in a couple of places, but Mashable has an article that compares 14 different personalized home pages. The homepages are: Netvibes Pageflakes iGoogle MyYahoo yourminis WebWag Schmedley Eskobo Windows Live Favoor Gritwire Inbox Protopage It’sAStart I haven’t heard of a bunch of these, but I’ll probably check them out now that …