Archive for January, 2007
DVD Flick: Burning Video Files for DVD Players
Thanks to the Adam Pash over at Lifehacker I am now able to burn my .avi files to a DVD disk playable on my DVD player using DVD Flick. This free program supports AVI, MPG, MOV, WMV, ASF, FLV, Matroska and MP4 file formats along with PEG-1\2\4 (XVid, DivX, etc.), Windows Media Audio\Video. MP3, OGG Vorbis, [...]
33 Sites On My Web Reading List
I haven’t been home much this week because I’ve been helping my Dad who has been ill. Before that I was sick myself for over a week. That means I haven’t been writing much on my blog, only really sharing websites I have found with short little descriptions (via my del.icio.us bookmarks).
So, I thought [...]
Revolution Health Launches with offer for free premium membership
Revolution Health, the brainchild of former AOL chair Steve Case, has launched and is offering a year free membership to those who participate actively on their site. The site offers both free and paid services to help consumers better navigate the daunting world of health care. Their aim is to build the world’s best health [...]
Take the Why Do You Blog Survey and a chance to win an iPod Shuffle
I just took the Why Do You Blog Survey that Darren Barefoot has put up to gather opinions from the blogosphere in preparation for a talk he is giving, aptly named “Why Do We Blog.” So, if you are blogger help Darren out and you may win an iPod Shuffle or two Lonely Planet books.
Also, [...]
Streaming Music with a Network Music Player
My late Christmas present to myself was to go out and buy a network music player so that I could listen to my music on my home theater system in my living room as well as my computer in my home office. Amazingly, things fell into place and I ended up with a system that [...]
Watch and Shop QVC online with AOL Video
AOL Video and QVC, a television home shopping network, have teamed up and are offering a live streaming channel — QVC Live. Now I can surf the web, watch and listen to the live broadcast and when I am interested in a product, just click on the Buy the On-Air Item and place my order.
With [...]
Blogging Resource Page From Daily Blog Tips
For all you bloggers out there, Daniel at Daily Blog Tips has put together a list of Resources for bloggers that contains some great sites especially for novices (which I still consider myself to be). The list is broken down into the following sections
Blog Directories
Feed Directories
Free Hosted Blogs
Blogging Platforms
Traffic Generators
Article [...]
My List of 43 Things
I have spent the better part of this afternoon building my list of 43 Things that I would like to accomplish in my lifetime. Some are pretty typical, some easy to accomplish and then other things are a dream. It’s been fun to surf around and find that out that others want to accomplish the [...]
Finding Music in Haystack
I’ve been in bed sick for the past 3 days and should be working but instead I found a new music website called Haystack and have been listening to new music. Haystack is in public beta and anyone can join though the community is small but growing. I don’t know if I need to join [...]
Get Moving with America on the Move
I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions because I don’t keep up with them. However, a few days ago I was watching a PBS show called Diet Wars (you can watch the complete program here) and there was a segment on our sedentary lifestyles in the modern age and a movement called America on the [...]