.51 Caters to Femgeeks

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Editorial, Internet

Watch out, Mascugeeks. There is a new Femgeek in town. Not long ago, we met Maria Webster. It is really refreshing to find other females who are geekily inclined, (not that we don’t adore our male counterparts,) so we chatted with the development engineer/webmistress about her new site .51 aka Geekspace for Women. The site, up since May, features what “geeky women are doing/building/making/hacking right now.“ By the way, Maria came up with the name after reading that women are 51% of the population and may soon be taking over the Internet.

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Cuil Search Engine, Better Than Google?

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Google, Internet

Former Google employee Anna Patterson’s search engine is alive. Cuil (pronounced “cool”) was released this week and supposedly can search 120 billion Web pages. She says that it is at least 3 times the size of Google, although that company says that they scan 1 trillion. Whoever is right, we like the idea of a search engine that uses actual content rather than ranking quantity and quality of links, as well as one that will not retain our histories or patterns. We gave it a test drive and think that Cuil is indeed very kewl.

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Maury’s Baby Maker Website

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Home Entertainment, Internet

We aren’t really into the Maury Povich Show, but we decided to try out his baby maker anyway. You simply take two images and circle the major features and voila! you make a baby. Because some of us don’t do pictures, we tried our South Park pic and an Elvis M&M. The results are fairly gruesome, don’t you think? Even by cartoon standards, this is one ugly baby, and a more difficult program than most we have shown you. Try one for yourself, but don’t expect spectacular results.

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Get Discovered at the City of Fame

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Music

Chances are you won’t be discovered at a drug store counter or the corner pub that showcases local bands, but now you have a better chance at this new website, the City of Fame. Upload your music videos or screen tests and perhaps you will be noticed, not that we think a lot of agents will be hanging on the site. Still, it is a step up from YouTube and MySpace. Registration is free and we wonder, if you make it, will the site ask for a percentage?

(Thanks, Frani)

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Spread Your Tunes on IACmusic

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Music

Independent Artist Company Music is apparently drumming up business, as we received an e-mail from them telling us that they thought we should open up an account. While it’s true we can’t play the violin, we thought the least we could do is let them know that we think that was a noble effort on their part. If you profess be an indie musical whiz, sign up for the service, build DMDs via their Ultrapage, then sell them and keep the profits. By the way, IAC has station managers to help you promote your tunes if they suspect you have talent.

(Thanks, Toby)

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Kwout Quotes

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Internet

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Selected Quotes via kwout

Kwout has come up with a way to embed a quote into your blog or website (including Flickr and Tumblr) with one click. Simply type an URL onto the home page and click their bookmarklet. Drag your mouse around the area to take the quote from, select color, size and shape, and click the “Cut Out” button. You then receive the quote with hyperlinks and the embed code. It really is quite easy, once you get the hang of moving around your mouse. Others can take your quote and post it on their website as well.

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Sell Your Old Tronics

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cameras, Cell Phones, Handhelds, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Video Games

BuyMyTronics, formerly known as BuyMyBrokenIpod, has obviously increased the amount of old gadgets that they are willing to purchase. This includes such items as Game Cubes, Playstations 1, 2, and 3, Wii’s, DS Lites, iPhones and Zunes. As you send them your broken stuff they send them off to other companies or chop off parts. Working and/or phased out gadgets get refurbished and sent to resellers. The site is planning on expanding to include cell phones, digital cameras, GPS devices and camcorder. What a great way to pick up a little spare change for the holidays. You might just earn enough to buy yourself a little good cheer.

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Check Your URL With Blog Readability Test

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Misc. Tech

Want to know how intelligent your readers have to be to get you? Critics Rant has devised a Blog Readability Test. Just paste in your URL to find out how much education is needed to understand it. It also works on MySpace, Livejournals, Facebook, and most other profiles and Websites. We plugged in Google, which came out rated “Genius,” MySpace and Facebook ranked “High School,” but you only need a “Jr. High” background to handle Yahoo. We’re not exactly sure of the method to determine the outcome, but we found it to be a pleasant enough diversion for about the length of time it takes to read the average blog.

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This is No Ordinary Pumpkin

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Household, Internet, Misc. Tech

We came across this site that features some of the most cleverly created pumpkins we have seen. Tom Nardone is more of an artist than a carver and we just thought we would share some of his special veggies. Extreme Pumpkins also features how-to advice, fire, light and pyrotechnics, design strategy, preservation, and what tools to use when carving. Tom’s site holds a yearly Halloween contest for other creative carvers, so feel free to send them a pic of your own jack-o-lantern this year.

(Thanks, Joyce)

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Only Rednecks Need Apply

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet

For all the blue-collar workers in the world, have we got a site for you. Self-described as appealing to “redneck workers,” the newly established Redneck Jobs features opportunities for plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and nurses, and includes construction foremen and business owners, among others. Founder Art Fyvolen claims that Redneck Jobs may be the “single largest market share of any niche,” at least in the South and Southwest. Post a job, put up a resume, receive job alerts, or search for a gig or potential employee in any U.S. state and parts of Canada.

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