Random thoughts about News on the web
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Just got back in real late from covering a Hockey game for my Athletic Training hours and I'm kinda beat. But instead of going to bed I turn on the comp to get some news from the rest of the day. Immediately I turn to Digg, since it is my favorite all around tech news source, but I always turn to News.Google.Com for my daily fix of all the world's news. I think it's probably the best aggregator of news sites, since it takes sites in English from ACROSS the globe, not just from the US or your region. I don't like CNN much, and FoxNews is horrible.
What site you guys use for News? Anything else worth visiting?
Post your thoughts
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:57 PM 17 comments
Payday loans and cash advances
Since it's payday for me, which is always a great day, I feel I might as well talk about some cash advance or payday loans that some people take. I've never done of these personally but I know people who have and have looked into it one time when I needed this computer part. It's great being able to get a cash advance or a payday loan but if you don't have the abilitiy to pay the loan within a short period of time you can be in for some financial hurt.
I know some of you may not have a clue of what I'm talking about. But if you need a faxless cash advance there's resources you can use to learn more and understand risk. PaydayCashAdvanceLoans.biz is a site that can help you with resourses such as finance calculators and a city-by-city cash advance directory. Their web site is easy to navigate and comprehensive as well.
If you need a cash advance or payday loan don't be afraid to check out PaydayCashAdvanceLoans.biz.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 2:23 PM 3 comments
Labels: Saving Money
Wii-looking PC from Shuttle
Most people know Shuttle for their Media PC's or Small Form Factor (SFF) PC's, but now I think they're going to know be known as the Wii-copying PC makers. They just released a PC that's a dead giveaway for a black Nintendo Wii.
I don't know about you but I think it looks WAY too similar. The news is from Digital Battle via Digg so check it out and post your thoughts. Is it imitation through flatery or just a shameless knock-off?
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 1:54 PM 0 comments
CouponChief does it again, Circuit City coupon codes
I love giving out coupon codes, it's great since people actually need them and people love saving money. I have a CircuitCity right near my dorm and it's a great store for all your electronic and computer needs, especially with the 24 minute policy they got. If you need some Circuit City Coupon Codes on that next purchase, those coupons from Coupon Chief might help you out. If you need any more coupons for store such as Dell, Overstock, and many more Coupon Chief has plenty for all your needs.
Check them out, I'm definetly going to be picking up some gifts there.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 10:49 AM 0 comments
Labels: Free Stuff, Saving Money
Opera Mini Ver 3.0 Impressions
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Just got the chance to mess around with Opera Mini 3.0 in my class today, since I'm bored by the presentations we generally have to do. There's not really that much changed but I'll highlight the things I thought were great improvements.
1) Feeds, adding Feeds to OperaMini is crucial and makes it much more worthwhile now that it's got it, doesn't work with Atom feeds tho
2) Larger pages load better now, instead of splitting up a large page it may load it completely, which can be a good thing for most ppl but bad for some
3) The fact that large menu's are compress is key for browsing those long pages, makes everything so much simple
4) Secured HTTP access (HTTPS) is also key, for your bank/Paypal accounts as well.
There's tons more stuff but overall I'm happy and it's a great upgrade, it's only a small 98kb download and it's amazing what Opera Mini does with those 98kb.
Anyways off to relax, more later
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 10:15 PM 0 comments
Labels: Cell Phones, Internet
Nice website on buying radios
I just saw this interesting online guide to buying radios from the people at electrical-guide.info. They've made a really nice looking webiste to help buyers uncover the truths and myths about radio technology. There's a lot of new technology involved in Digital Radio these days and this site should be great a great help for those who want a nice radio. They have guides on what kinds of radio best suit your family needs. They got nice pictures of the leading models or popular brands, great graphics and helpful guides. I actually enjoy the site a lot and think anyone looking into a radio this year should take a look.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 12:02 PM 0 comments
Labels: Electronics, Gift Ideas
Interesting article about Sex and Social Networking (Myspace) sites
Ah yes, someone's found the reason why my MySpace gets flooded with constant messages or friend invites from 23yr old model looking girls that are just too beautiful to seem real. Well it's been researched and tried, tested and true that sex sells, and to target users on MySpace and other social networking sites, companies are using "fake" profiles to reach us. I've seen this for a couple of years but it seems that MySpace/mainstream media is only know catching up to this.
There's a great article from the people at ReadWriteWeb about this HERE. Pretty interesting stuff, check it out.
Enjoy!
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:30 AM 0 comments
Cool MySpace Promotion Program
I know a lot of you guys use MySpace and I think it's a way great to reach your friends, learn about new bands or learn about new products. Well there's some new software out there that automates all these things for your potential band or company called Badder Adder. It's a MySpace Friend Adder where you can have the software manage on auto-pilot to add friends, message people, send comments, bulletins, events and accept friends. Would be great to get the word out on your up and coming band, since the more you get the word out the more audiences you may be able to reach.
Check it out at www.badderadder.com and post your thoughts.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 9:44 AM 0 comments
Labels: Internet, Marketing, MySpace
Opera Mini Ver 3.0 Released!
I don't know if anyone out there uses this program as much as I do. Opera Mini is a small cut down version of the regular Opera web browser (which is one of my favorite browsers as well) made in Java format for cell phones. It's small in size but has most of the features of it's big brother. The greatest thing is how it reduces the size of large webpages into pages that are capable of being viewed on the screen of your cell phone. I use it pretty much all day during class on my SonyEricsson W810i along with my nice 6$ a month unlimited internet through T-Mobile's Tzones.
ArsTechnica, which is a great site I try to read everyday, has a nice press release and short article about it, which you can read HERE. I'm going to give the new version a test drive and report back tomorrow. To download it directly you simply have to go to www.operamini.com
Enjoy!
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 12:19 AM 0 comments
Labels: Cell Phones, Internet
Wallhogs - Lifesize Posters for your Room
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Imagine having a 7" tall poster in your room of the hottest chick on campus, or of your favorite beer, teams whatever on your wall. Wouldn't that be sweet? Well with Wallhogs you can. They can blow up a photo or graphic 7" and up to 4" wide and put onto a semi-adhesive vinyl. With it you can put it on your wall within 5 mins and never have it peel, pretty awesome stuff. It's really durable (they claim have walls destroyed and the vinyl still intact, which is impressive) and they got a 30-days , no questions asked guarantee in case you don't like it or are not satisfied.
There's so many things you can do with it, for the office, children's room, dorm room, for your store, etc. It's pretty amazing and if you have something you love to put up and need a large size I'd check them out. I'd make a lifesize one of me running, just to remember those days when I'm older. I wonder what you'd make, like you can put your your Harley like this guy below, but I'm not into motorcycles like him.
Should make a great gift as well, since it is the holidays and all, check them out at Wallhogs.com and post your thoughts on which one you'd get.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 9:53 PM 3 comments
Labels: Cool Stuff, Gift Ideas
Updates on the Personal Site/Blog
Yes I'm going to be boring and state that I've done updates to my personal site. If you haven't checked it out yet, the URL is http://dasnipe.atotchat.org. It's also in the top corner and in the sidebar as well, just in case you forget. It's on a different approach from here, where I speak more personal real life things there, as opposed to here where I talk about what I think is cool in the Tech world, or Gaming, or some sports and other random things. There it's going to be more personal, and I might rant a bit more, so it'll be interesting even if it is just to laugh at me.
Check it out and post your thoughts, I did it on WordPress so I can own my content, and I'm going to install some cool Plugins and Themes for everyone.
More later and check it out, remember the URL is http://dasnipe.atotchat.org.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 8:52 PM 0 comments
Labels: Blogs, Internet, Personal
Watch the New Spider-Man 3 Trailer
I don't know about you guys but I've seen both Spider-Man's (been a fan of Marvel Comics for years) and the movies have been pretty good as well. I saw the early trailer for this a while ago when I went to see Pirates of The Caribbean 2 but this trailer blows it away. You just have to Swing in to see the new, full Spider-man 3 trailer at VideoDetective.com. They have the largest collections of trailers on the net, and they have games and contests there as well so it wouldn't hurt to take a look now wouldn't it.
Visit VideoDetective.com to see this and many more cool trailers.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 1:39 PM 1 comments
People keep asking me for this all the time so here's a link - Free Anti-Virus Software
Monday, November 27, 2006
Since Windows always asks for up to date virus software as part of it's Windows Security Center I thought I might as well post the free Anti-Virus I use personally. I'm a big fan of AVG, never had a virus infection since I've had it, it's compact and doesn't take much resources unlike paid subscription programs like Norton.
It's from a company called Grisoft, they've been around for years and been supporting AVG Free in order to get corporate or other institutions to purchase their software, so if you need some good AV for your office, contact Grisoft and pruchase their stuff. It keeps my AVG free, lol.
Btw what AV software you guys use? I hear Avast is the other popular free one, never used it tho.
Anyways here's the link to AVG Free 7.5 HERE so go test it out and let me know what you guys think.
Later,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:04 PM 0 comments
Great Nutrition and Supplement Site
If you guys don't know I've been taking Vitamins and Supplements for my hip. I had surgery 2 years ago in December and hip pain for a year before, however I'm still running and my vitamins are a main reason why. I've looked at a couple of sites online but nothing compares to N101. N101 Nutrition has a huge selection of nutritional supplements, vitamins, herbs and natural beauty products. It's got solid low prices and for those who like to shop in buck they got some volume discounts and free shipping on many items. It's a great one-stop website for everything from skin care to sports nutrition, so if you need some vitamins or supplements like me to perform then you should check them out at N101 Nutrition.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 10:12 PM 0 comments
Actually watched TV tonight, surprised about the level of Interactivity
I actually watched the show on NBC called Heroes and I was surprised at actually how good it was. I gave up on TV due to time constraints but I was enjoying the show. A little bit of Sci-Fi, a little bit of Drama, an intense story that's a huge mistery, makes for some pretty good stuff.
Anyways I was surprised at the website for the show. Before I even was watching it my friend was showing me the website and the bio's of the characters and a bunch of other stuff, pretty cool to be honest. Anyone out there watch it? It's not that bad.
To visit the website you can see if off NBC.com at http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/. It's even got a good URL, look at that.
Alright time to relax.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 10:03 PM 0 comments
Why I NEED an HP Digital Camera
If you've Veronique aka Flaming Tamale's post on the Payperpost blog you'll see that they've got a new sponsorship with HP and she got a nice digital camera from them. Honestly I think it's about time she got something but you know I think I word hard too and maybe it's time I get something too. I've been busting my butt, working hard, posting hard and being a team player. I'm on the boards, I've pimped my blog, I've been the best postie I can. I have to cut out real life things to sacrifice for PPP, but I love them for it. To me this digital camera would be a reward, it would keep me working 110% and it would be a great thing for the upcoming holidays. I'd take pictures of Canada, specifically of Montreal, my hometown, in the Winter. It's a beautiful place and I think everyone would like some nice quality pictures. Hopefully a nice digital camera from HP would be a great way to do tihs. Tell me I'm crazy but I love Montreal and I love the winter and you should see the sights.
Anyways write comments and help Ted pick me as one of the lucky 5 winners from Payperpost and HP, c'mon PPP I love you guys, lol.
Thanks,
-Steve
This post is brought to you by the fine people at HP.
Posted bySteve at 5:42 PM 1 comments
Labels: Digital Cameras, Payperpost
Funny FutureShop Commercial
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Just thought I'd share this with everyone shopping and looking for laptops I thought it was hilarious. It's a FutureShop (almost the same as BestBuy, and owned by BestBuy, in Canada) on YouTube, found it on Digg, which is where I find 75% of the interesting stuff on the net, lol. So enjoy and lemme know if you think it's funny.
Btw this guy's an idiot, lol.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 11:57 PM 0 comments
Now this is a cool toy
Toys are getting better and better every year, I remember my action figurines and all that but these things take the cake. They're little Aliens that are grown in a test tube, they even have a chip with a heartbeat and everything. You add water and the feeding materials called sloog that comes with it and it starts growing. You can then interact with it using the website called alienadoptionworld. It's a great thing for kids to watch things grow and online interaction is another great feature I wish I had something similar when I was growing up. A kit with 2 aliens and a bunch of other stuff is only 40$, which isn't bad considering the prices of toys now at Toys R Us.
Here's a picture of what the kit looks like.
Check it out and post your thoughts, what was your favorite toy? Did you grow it? lol
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 3:42 PM 0 comments
PS3 Hacked already, lol
Yep just read over the Kotaku.com (great video game news site, on par with Joystick.com) that they've managed to rip a copy of Madden '07 using the onboard linux that you can use on the PS3. I think it's only a matter of days, not weeks, before we can execute backups since they say the structure is like the PSP and we all know about the PSP hacks that are out there, lol. (If you don't type PSP Homebrew in google)
The full article is here on Kotaku, the same site (the one Kotaku links has links on how to install a 750gb HD and other things) so visit them HERE and learn how to hack your PS3 before you manage to get one in febuary, lol.
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 2:36 PM 0 comments
Labels: Hardware, Sony, Video Games
Forget coupon sites, get cashback - Dealking.com
I've visited Dealking.com since I've seen many people refer to them on Howardforums and I don't know why I haven't let you guys know about them. Dealking.com is easily one of the most aggresive cashback sites on the net with a lot of good deals where you can get money back on purchases. This makes some things, such as a prepaid T-Mobile phone, free after cash back or a cheap Cingular Prepaid phone as well.
Check them out at dealking.com for those offers and many more.
Thanks,
-Steve
Posted bySteve at 2:23 PM 0 comments
Labels: Cell Phones, Free Stuff, Saving Money
