File Hippo

Like downloading stuff? Me too. Like downloading useful stuff more? Me too! We're so much alike- you and I. That's why I'm providing you with a nifty link to the File Hippo. We can ride on it together. Hippos are big, so we can both fit on it.

File Hippo
(Ride the hippo with me!)

Although it appears to be a website to stay updated on downloads. I think it's something more than that-and better than that. They seem to have very short and accurate reviews (time-saving!) of the downloads and many of the programs are new to me, but look stable, fun to try and most of all- useful!

While Mailwasher can be checking my email for spam in my mail client- Thunderbird, I can be listening to music with SUPER and riding the hippo with Opera- e.g. surfing the web ;)

P.S. I may be switching this blog over full time to my main website, http://Chexed.com/ I just want to give you the warning so if you subscribe to my blog you wont be surprised when you land at Chexed.com. I'm twice as friendly there as I am here though and half as funny- so you have nothing to worry about. Ok, so sometimes I'm funny there maybe. I'll be redirecting my feed here to pick up at Chexed.com.

If you have any thoughts on this please let me know! Thanks! David

On the Prowl For New Trends!

I recently came across a site who finds out new trends and posts about them! They almost always post pictures with them from my experience and there are sure some strange pictures! You can even signup as a trend hunter to post new trends and make a bit of money, which makes this a useful tool.

Trend Hunter
See a hot trends or let your writing fingers bend!

The thousand words these pictures tell are funny, awesome, or disturbing. All of which is entertaining, right? :D I'm labeling this site occasionally offensive due to some sexually provocative imagery that's sometimes displayed in trends.

Art Fire - Sell Your Art Without Fees

Art Fire is a place where new artists and old artists alike can sell their art in form of home decor or body decor! Body decor is of course a fancy pantsy method of saying Jewelry I just made up since it does fit the description "Body Decor."

Art Fire
"Sell without Fees. Create without limits!"
(That's their tagline, I didn't make that one up)

Here you can buy jewelry, chairs, gloves, dolls, toys, tools to make those things yourself and much more! Just go to their site and look at their category list (currently on the left side). The contents are interesting enough that you'll enjoy looking at a couple of the categories.

Oh, and I forgot the most important part, they don't charge the sellers to sell! That's good news for sellers and buyers, because buyers don't have to pay jacked up prices to cover for fees! Everyone wins :) The company makes their money apparently from advertising, but that's nothing new... There's ads where people pay close to the most to sell, eBay.

Who Needs an Ego Boost?

This is just a cute little site that may make you giggle, or someone else like a friend for that matter who may need a bit of cheer. Make sure you click on the different categories to explore and click "Click here for another compliment."

Giant Ego
Get all of the compliments you'll ever need.

In case you didn't know... You are AWESOME!

A Beautiful Reality

I've come across many websites on the web. The ones that stick with me the most are usually the ones which have the biggest impacts on my life. They're not always Web 2.0 tools, search engines, or social websites.

The Great Illusion
Sometimes they're mindful to the soul.

With well written words and well chosen complimentary images, if read slowly or many times, the meaning that can be found here can make one much wiser.

Disturbed but Safe at Work!

I found this a somewhat disturbing website to promote work safety. However, I think this will make people think a little more about safety at work.

Rating: Somewhat Disturbing

Not Worth It
(Think before you make a stink!)

This could be useful to employers to help make their employees more safety conscious at work as long as it's not psychologically damaging to them lol. I suppose it may have only been a shock to me because I had no idea what to expect. If you've ever seen a work safety video, you may have a taste of this already. If not, don't eat anything really slimy before you look hehehehe... (It's not gory, just the manner it was presented in I found somewhat disturbing).

oSkope Visual Search

Very similar the image search engine "elzr imagery," Oskope also searches multiple image directories. While I don't consider it as practical because it's a bit more resource heavy (slows computer a bit + needs Adobe Flash to run), I do consider it more appealing to the eye and much more functionable!

The search works different in the respect that you can only search one service at a time. The list of services where images can be pulled from is Amazon.com, Fotolia, eBay, Flickr, Yahoo, and YouTube.

oSkope
Get your image search on!

Now, onto the functionality I was talking about. The functions include making thumbnails bigger (little drag-bar on the right side), changing the basic layout of the pictures (left side), and a little folder that you can drag pictures into and email them to someone else or yourself as a reminder. I've been playing with this site for a while :D