Hotel 626: the Online Haunted House

Austin Keenan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:00:00 -0700

Frito-Lay of North America presents a Snack Strong production that you won't soon forget. This truly unique and innovative use of multiple online medias is a really cool experience (especially if you like scary movies and such). The site, Hotel 626, requires you to use a webcam, a microphone, and register with the site so that they can immerse you properly into this hellish nightmare. Don't worry it's not that hellish. In fact, it's pretty fun!

Get Scared! - 3 Sites To Satiate Your Appetite For Fear

Austin Keenan — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 07:02:49 -0800

After we covered Hotel 626, an online haunted house full of multimedia-rich material that went viral, we found our readers love to have their socks knocked off in horror. Unfortunately, Hotel 626 is no longer online, so we went to work to see where fans of horror games can go next. Check out these other scary online games that will cause your cursor to shake uncontrollably.

Take Your Sauce Everywhere With The Baggy Winecoat

Austin Keenan — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 19:41:00 -0700

The Baggy Winecoat is a simple little purse-like item that works for alcoholics both men and women that want to bring their booze with them everywhere.

The G-Point Mouse Knows Where You Like It

Austin Keenan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:10:00 -0800

Here's a mouse that puts a decidedly erotic spin on navigating your desktop.

Explain This Image

Austin Keenan — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:00:00 -0700

Ever since internet connectivity became a staple in every American household, one of the most cherished past times of surfers everwhere has been to find the wierdest and most bizarre images out there, and show them to friends and family. There's a myriad of sites out there that can bring you strange content, but much of them have become riddled with ads, useless toolbars, and spyware. ExplainThisImage is such a site that builds upon the tried-and-true practice of looking at bizarre photos from the web, while not overloading you with advertising.

Torrent2exe Makes Downloading Torrents Dirt Simple

Austin Keenan — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:30:00 -0700

Most of you probably know what torrents are and how to use them, but surprisingly there are plenty of people who still have trouble with them. Not that you could blame them. The first trick with getting over torrents is that you have to allow all kinds of firewall access and direct port forwarding on your router, which can be a bit tricky for the novice internet user. Torrent2exe takes all the guess work out of torrents for beginners and makes a simple executable file that allows the user to download their desired torrent.

Make Your Own Twitter Show With UTweet

Austin Keenan — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:30:00 -0700

UTweet takes your Twitter stream and makes it into a hip little "Twitter show" that you can enjoy and share with your friends.

Chatroulette Brings Random Chat To A New Level

Austin Keenan — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:13:00 -0700

Chatroulette.com enables quick switches between random chats coupled with seamless streaming webcam video to give users the full effect of the random chat experience.

JournoTwit Turns Your Twitter Account Into A Newspaper

Austin Keenan — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:44:00 -0700

If you're looking to get the breakdown of your account and the news in it, you can now use JournoTwit to turn your into account into a virtual Twitter newspaper.

Join The Seedy Underworld Of Black Market Coffee Purchasing At BlackSunshine

Austin Keenan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:30:00 -0700

The old cup of morning joe gets a ganster makeover at BlackSunshine.com, a seedy online underground seller for the world's most popular morning drug.

The British Museum Presents: Time Explorer

Austin Keenan — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:00:00 -0700

The British Museum has put together a great little video game adventure to get site visitors to learn more about ancient civilizations with the use of a magical time bracelet to traverse the histories of Mexico, Roma and China.

Get A Makeover For Your YouTube Page At MyTubeDesign.com

Austin Keenan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0700

MyTubeDesign.com represents one of the first and best repositories of YouTube layout designs out there, and will even help you install the theme if you're not exactly a whiz with site design.

Twit2Tel Lets You Call Anyone On Twitter

Austin Keenan — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:20:00 -0700

With a simple interface, Twit2Tel offers a service that can not only get you in touch with your Twitter buddies, but also increase your stalker status in the process

Chatab.com Offers You A Chat Application With A Tabbed Browser

Austin Keenan — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:25:00 -0700

Chatab.com aim to offer a solution to switching tabs or windows by giving you a web app that gives you multiple chat accounts alongside a web browser.

CantYouSeeImBusy.com Makes Your Optical Productivity Go Up, Actual Productivity Not So Much

Austin Keenan — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:30:00 -0700

CantYouSeeImBusy.com offers a solution for gamers who want to still look like they're getting stuff done, even if it's actually just a high score.

Google Public Data Explorer Lets You Make Sense Of Big Data Sets

Austin Keenan — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:42:00 -0700

Google Labs has introduced a project to let users explore tons of different sets of public data and compare them in ways that will make them much easier to understand.

Movie Buffs Will Have A Blast With This Movie Stills Collection

Austin Keenan — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0800

Sometimes, it only takes an image to bring back good memories.

Mood Traxxer: Music For Moods And Moments

Austin Keenan — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0800

Mood Traxxer is a streaming music player that works off of your current mood, and lets you try to either change the mood or stick with it.

Show Off Your Social Media Connections With MashedIn

Austin Keenan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0800

By connecting your social networks on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, this web app aims to provide you with a simple embeddable widget that will let your readers know how they know you.

Get Social Media Tailored To Your Liking With TheFilter.com

Austin Keenan — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:30:00 -0800

TheFilter is a site that aims to provide you with a customized content feed based soley on what your media tastes are in music, movies, and more.

Discover Your Inner AlterMachine

Austin Keenan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:30:00 -0800

Inside all of us is a perfectly-built machine waiting to come to life.

Text To Speech Is A Snap With CarryoutText

Austin Keenan — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:47:49 -0800

If you're a heavy iPod user and need to be reminded of things audibly, CarryoutText is probably a tool you could use.

Microsoft Announces Windows Phone 7 Along With Xbox Live For Mobile

Austin Keenan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:03:33 -0800

Windows 7 Phone is set to become the new standard of putting videos games on mobile phones.

Put Google And Bing Maps Up Against Each Other With DualMaps

Austin Keenan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:13:24 -0800

Bing provides a very similar service to Google Maps, and if you want to compare the two of them side-by-side, DualMaps is definitely the way to go.

The Tputh Is Out There: Social Media News For Techies

Austin Keenan — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:42:26 -0800

How do you discern what's important, and what's being talking about the most? Tputh is trying to answer that question by offering a social media aggregator based on tech news.

Yamaha Wants To Stick You In A Wheel To Save Space

Austin Keenan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:53:24 -0800

Yamaha's Wheel Rider design for commuters puts you inside of a wheel in a Tron-esque minimal-space vehicle.

Get Your Olympic Fix With NBC's Fantastic Site

Austin Keenan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:24:54 -0800

If you find yourself with Olympic fever, but can't find the time to watch all the events that you love, fear not. NBC has created a website that will bring you all the coverage you could ever desire without the hassel of having to be in front of your television until 4 a.m.

Mechanical Venus Fly Trap Will Keep Buggers Contained For You

Austin Keenan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:35:35 -0800

If you don't mind creepy crawlers, or if you want to capture them without killing them altogether, you might want to check out this cool mechanical venus fly trap.

YouTube Tries Its Hand At Finding Music You Like

Austin Keenan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:35:00 -0800

YouTube has created what they're calling "YouTube Disco" as a project to find music videos that are similar to the artist you search for.

Topsy Searches Twitter With Google-like Results

Austin Keenan — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:30:00 -0800

Topsy may have gotten an edge on Twitter's internal search function, because the way this search engine is laid out is seriously awesome.