TwitterFall: Keep Tabs on Hot Twitter Subjects

Austin Keenan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:27:00 -0700

Finding new people and keeping up with hot topics on Twitter can be a real pain if you don't feel like "following" every person you come in contact with. If you use Twitter to gather information on what's the day's buzz, then TwitterFall might be for you.

ExecTweets: Twitter for Biz Buffs

Austin Keenan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:00:00 -0700

With Twitter exploding as the new big thing in social networking, a slew of different user aggregators are popping up to allow you to find who's who on Twitter. Microsoft's ExecTweets is site that groups together all of America's top business executives for your microblogging pleasure.

Facesaerch: More A Book of Faces Than Facebook

Austin Keenan — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:00:00 -0700

When profiling a certain celebrity, there always comes a point where you wind up looking for that perfect picture to accompany your article. Its easy enough to use Google to search for images, but more often than not you wind up getting images that are unrelated to the search you're on.

RockDex: A Measure for Bands Effectiveness on Social Media

Austin Keenan — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:00:00 -0700

Social media is one of the cheapest, most effective ways of branding. And for musicians, branding is what it's all about. An artist can spend time developing social media accounts and multimedia promotions to get their name out there, but how can they tell if it's effective? Well, unless you have big money to spend on market penetration assessments, you can use RockDex.

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!

PopIxy: The Tabbed Search Engine

Austin Keenan — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:30:00 -0700

Back when Firefox first came out with tabbed browsing, it rocked the internet world. No longer were people managing huge clusters of browser windows. They now could keep things organized by tabs and move quickly between them for a truly powerful surfing experience. Now there's a tabbed search engine that aims to impress you in the same way.

Join the Resistance in the Terminator Salvation Multiplayer Game

Austin Keenan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:00:00 -0700

This is the most well-rounded browser-based action title I've played in some time. Fun, intuitive, and challenging enough to keep you hooked for quite some time, the game is sure to impress.

Google Labs: Google Squared

Austin Keenan — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:30:00 -0700

Google Labs, the experimental division of Google, has made public their developing project Google Squared. The concept of Google Squared is to take searching into related topics and offer multiple forms of links and related media.

Navify Adds Multimedia to Wikipedia Entries

Austin Keenan — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:15:00 -0700

It's always good to find a site that enhances the experience of using the phenomenally popular Wikipedia to create new and useful pages for researchers and casual searchers alike. That's what Navify is all about.

Bing Vs. Google: First Impressions

Austin Keenan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:00:00 -0700

Microsoft has spent considerable time and effort to get attention to its new search engine, the hopeful Google-killer Bing.com. Let's see how the two sites stack up against each other, after just one day of use.

You Be the DJ with Electro-House Blender

Austin Keenan — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:35:00 -0700

Did you ever go out to a club and listen to some thumpin' dance beats and think to yourself, "Hey, I could do this?" If you have a passion for electronic music, or even just a curiosity into how it's done, then this is the site for you.

Avatar Pho.to: Make Animated Avatars with Ease

Austin Keenan — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:00:00 -0700

Avatar Pho.to is a service that focus more on giving you animated avatars that other avatar editing sites. The genius with it is in it's extreme simplicity. The site offers you a host of animation options. Then you upload your picture, choose an effect, and you're done. The lack of options seems to work well for Avatar Pho.to because everything works just as it should.

Turn Your Pictures Into Works of Art at PsykoPaint

Austin Keenan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:21:00 -0700

PsykoPaint just released their beta edition of online software that allows you to upload a picture and modify it to make it look like an actual painting. It's very simple to use and the results are great looking. It's a really cool way to give your images and distinct and different look that you're in control of all the way. It's time to get your artist pants back and make some masterpieces.

Pick the Right Moment to Take a Bathroom Break with RunPee

Austin Keenan — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:30:00 -0700

Surely you've been in the position where you have to run out to the bathroom in the middle of a movie, but you don't want to miss anything good. It's so hard to gage when the right time to take a leak is. And with the price of movie tickets always going up, you sure don't want to ruin your viewing experience just to go to the bathroom. That's where RunPee comes in.

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.

Your iPhone Camera Needs TiltShift Generator

Austin Keenan — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:00:00 -0700

Go ahead, take out your iPhone. Go try to take a good picture with it. Are you really satisfied with those results? Even if you are, you can get a lot more out of your iPhone's camera by putting the pictures through some simple processes to enhance the picture quality. If you're not a big Photoshop junkie, take a look at TiltShift Generator. It's a great little online application that makes touching up your photos a snap.

Blerp: Bring Your Discussion Anywhere on the Web

Austin Keenan — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:31:00 -0700

Link aggregators are all the rage these days. As a blog reader, surely you frequent such sites as Digg, Reddit, and a host of others that enable users to gather things that they like from the web and share them with other users. Blerp is an aggragator in the same vein, only it focuses on the conversations that surround shared sites, instead of merely passing the links off to users.

Laid-Off Workers Display Business Cards at CardsofChange.com

Austin Keenan — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:30:00 -0700

We've all been feeling the crunch of the world's economy slowing down into this current recession, but a few hopefuls out there are trying to make the best of it. CardsofChange is a site that collects the modified business cards of ditched workers all over the world and puts them on display. We'll all get a few laughs out of these images, but maybe some of these bright individuals will find themselves a new gig, too!

Get Plenty of DIY Projects From Easy2DIY

Austin Keenan — Tue, 19 May 2009 20:00:00 -0700

Home improvement is easily one of the most fun and rewarding hobbies one can take up, and the internet has proven to be a good place to find information on lots of those particular projects on you "to-do" list. Easy2DIY is an all-in-one stop for your fixer-upper projects that includes tutorials, shopping, and advice.

Stupeflix Helps You Easily Make Great Looking Videos

Austin Keenan — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:00 -0700

With a name like Stupeflix, you've got to be wondering what's up with this site. What the site does is provide you with a graphical interface that allows you to create your own slide show videos, complete with soundtracks, text overlays, and image legends. What makes the site a real winner is that it's not just easy to create these things, but you have all the freedom in the world to create your video.

Track Your Wikipedia Pages with Wiki Alarm

Austin Keenan — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:00:00 -0700

Recently, Irish sociology student Shane Fitzgerald fooled numerous reporters by inventing a fake quote just hours after the death of French composer Maurice Jarre. The quote, originally posted on Jarre's Wikipedia page, wound up in blogs and publications around the world. Fitzgerald says this was done to teach journalists the importance of double checking the facts listed in Wikipedia before publishing them. Maybe some of these writers would have been hip to the hoax if they had used Wiki Alarm.

See Jacko's Amazing Auction Catalogue at JuliensAuctions.com

Austin Keenan — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700

The King of Pop has been feeling the crunch of the recession just like the rest of us, and now he's getting a little hard for cash. In an effort to stay afloat, Michael Jackson has decided to start auctioning off items from his world-famous Neverland Ranch. For this endeavor, Jackson has employed Julien's Auctions to create a catelogue of what's up for grabs. JuliensAuctions.com will give you an interactive experience as you peruse Jacko's mysterious and bizarre auction items.

Get Workout Tips from StrongestMan.org

Austin Keenan — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:15:00 -0700

Summer is just around the corner! Are you ready to show off that beach body yet? If you're still getting around to developing that perfect six pack of abs, you may want to consider StrongestMan.org for a little information. The site has a graphical interface that lets users select workouts by muscle area, and pulls routines from sources likw WikiHow and Del.icio.us to give you what you're looking for.

Good Vibes at ThankingOfYou.com

Austin Keenan — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:09:35 -0700

Do you ever have those moments when you look back upon your past and think of someone who greatly impacted your life? Ever wish that you could reach back and give them a personal "Thank You" for being such an influence? This, and many other themes of gratitude, is the basis of a new social website called ThankingOfYou.com.

Graffitti Creator is a Shrine to the Artform

Austin Keenan — Wed, 06 May 2009 08:45:00 -0700

Graffiti, as an art form, has evolved very quickly to involve everything from depictions of urban surroundings to territorial tags of gangs. Many may think of it as the defacing of public property, however Graffiti Creator sees it differently.

Travel to the Tombs of Ancient Egypt with Musée de la Civilisacion

Austin Keenan — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:45:00 -0700

Musée de la Civilisacion, as you may have guessed, translates from French into "Museum of Civilization" and is located in Quebec, Canada. Their latest exhibit takes you back to ancient Egypt to learn about the process behind mummification, and the significance of the rituals these desert dwellers engaged in to secure a blissful afterlife.

Got the Swine Flu Blues? Check Out Idemc.org

Austin Keenan — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:30:00 -0700

With swine flu giving the world the willies about traveling, hand washing, and even breathing, it would be great to have an up-to-date referrence as to what the situation is around the world. If you've been following the media's coverage of the pandemic, you get blasted every day with a dose of fear that can only be good for ratings. Why not see how things are really shaping up?

Headlines From Around the World on Newseum.org

Austin Keenan — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:00:00 -0700

If you're a news junkie like the rest of us, you'd better take a look at Newseum's new addition to their website. They've got headlines from around the world on a graphic interface that is both easy to navigate and comprehensive to the entire globe.

Alpoy Makes It Easy to Make Custom Avatars

Austin Keenan — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:00:00 -0700

If you're a frequent visitor to forums, then surely you know the importance of having a cool avatar. The net nerds of the world will never take you seriously unless they like whatever crazy picture you use to mark your forum territory first. There's plenty of different ways to make custom avatars using offline programs like Photoshop, but now there's Alpoy, a site dedicated soley to avatar collections.

6 Authors 6 Stories 6 Weeks

Austin Keenan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:07:14 -0700

This website won SXSW's award for "Experimental Websites" back in March, and looking at it now, I can totally understand why. The site is by far one of the most unique things I've seen on the internet this year. Beyond that I'm a totally avid reader, and this site will tickle the fancy of any bookworm or lover of short stories. Enter into the delightfully interactive story-telling world of the aptly titled We Tell Stories.