I recently received an email from some friends with a little animated movie from JibJab. I was impressed at first that they had taken the time to make one and send it out but then decided to follow it to the source. We have all seen these before in fact I have a few on this site which I will link below, basically you upload your images and crop the face and they do the rest by animated it for you. This is a little different because it’s not exactly free, they are charging money for credits and each time you send one of these to your friends it’s going to cost you. Now some are very clever and funny to watch but I think they could have found another way to make money and keep it free for us all. I for one don’t mind seeing an ad before the video.
All musicians start out playing songs they love and most times we usually end up learning how to play these songs by luck. You listen to the song and try to make the same sound. I know from experience when I was learning to play the bass guitar that even though you may think your playing a song the right way your not. You may see the band play live and end up noticing that your not even close to playing a song the way it was meant to be played. Well what if there was a website that had tutorials from the artists themselves teaching you how to play their songs. Well now there is just such a site and in fact it launched today.
Now the pickings are slim at the moment and they don’t have a lot of choices but from what I have seen so far this looks very promising. You can preview each video for free and see if it’s something you want and then play the $5.99 to view the full version.
This ones goes in the ‘exactly what it says on the tin’ category for sure. This website will call any phone number in America at a specific time and play a message. You set the time, number and message via the website.
Set a wake-up call at a specific time
Remind yourself of important events
Remember to take medication on time
Escape from a boring date or meeting
Remind child or spouse to do chores
Set reminders for tasks and follow-ups<
It’s not a site I will use everyday since it’s for the states only, but as soon as they add Ireland I will.
I found the site easy to use and I particularly like the way the site offers users a chance to be part of the beta program. This means users who are willing to tolerate some bugs in the system can have access to new and unreleased features.
Tutorials are great. Even the most useful tutorial can be a bit bland and even boring at times. I am not knocking anyone who takes the time to teach. I admire them and appreciate the effort and patience they display each time they make a tutorial. I have even made quite a few myself and I know how hard it is to keep things interesting.
Donnie Hoyle is the new king of tutorials and he has made a few educational yet hilarious Photoshop tutorials called “You Suck at Photoshop”. His comedy style is pure genius and I enjoyed each second. Watch as Donnie explains how to do some of the more popular techniques while subtly shedding insight into his not-so-happy marriage. Continue reading »
Now this looks very interesting. You spray water on these flowers and within a few minutes you have a simulated bouquet of flowers. It looks as though you could send it as a card or even keep a few handy and when you get close to the person your giving the pseudo-flowers to you just pull them out and give them a spray. Continue reading »
As some of you may know I am an American but I am living in Ireland for the moment. My wife is from here and so we decided to move back here for a few years.
After being here for over 3 years there are a few things that really annoy me. The cost of things here compared to the states is just staggering. I will give you one such example today but this sort of thing happens to me all the time.
I have taken two similar power tools and feature them both here in this post. I just tried to pick two types of tools that are similar on most ways. One sold here in Ireland and another sold in the USA.
Have you ever tried to make a favicon? Do you even know what a favicon is? Well in most modern browsers web developers can add what’s called a favicon to their website that will display an icon whenever someone adds it to their favorites or bookmarks. You may see my little face in the top near the “http://”, this is my favicon for this site. It’s not a big deal but when someone is going through their bookmarks it can set your link apart.
They can be tricky to make since some browsers will read them differently but not anymore. I found a wonderful little ajax site that does exactly what it says on the tin. In three steps you have your very own favicon.
Some of you may or may not know about my day job and since it’s about to take a mighty twist I thought i’d write about it here and explain.
I currently work for a company that develops both a booking engine and a content management system for the hospitality industry (http://www.accubook.net). It’s a great system and I enjoy working with it and hotels. However, the company has offered me a chance to be the first to franchise the system and start my own company.
As of February I will be offering my services to five lucky hotels in regards to online inventory management along with other online marketing services.
I recently built a website for the new business and over the next few weeks hope to get everything else in order and even sign up a few new hotels. I would love to hear your feedback about the new site and maybe offer any suggestions on how to make it better or more clear.
I signed up for a free peek at Hula.com which is a new service offered by NBC and allows viewers to see live streaming video content from all their shows. The service is in beta and by invite only.
A few days ago I finally received my “invite” so I excitedly logged in and decided to take it for a test drive to find a message saying:
“This video is not available in your country or region.”
Now I am American but I live in Ireland at the moment so I can understand why I might get that error. I was still quite disappointed to be honest.
Today I found a way around this and it’s not a bad solution to be honest. It’s not perfect don’t get me wrong but hey I can finally watch SNL after 3 years. There is a god. So for all you Hulu users that have an account but still can’t see the clips, read on for my solution.
