Archive for March, 2007
Create a Personal Music Video Channel With Last.tv
If you like music videos, Last.tv is a neat little application that takes a username from the music service last.fm and creates a personalized music video channel with videos from YouTube to watch. Last.tv is nothing flashy but does what is says it will do. Fill in your username from last.fm or search for an interesting [...]
Upload and share your music online with MediaMaster
Thanks to a post over at Lifehacker, MediaMaster: Store, share and play your music collection online, I have found another way to share music with friends, family and now my blog readers. While I like Orb which I wrote about in Create a Personal Broadcasting System With Orb MyCasting, the problem I run into is [...]
Test New Beauty Products With The TestTube Program
A couple of months ago I picked up a Time magazine that had a blurb about testing new beauty products with a company called New Beauty. New Beauty sends out 4 times a year a TestTube full of beauty products – some sample-sized, others full-sized — for $29.95 plus shipping ($38.90 total) for each shipment. I got my shipment on Monday and [...]
Track Weather with the WeatherBug
Living in the Northeast U.S. can mean quick changes in weather. Take for example last week where on Wednesday it was 70 degrees and spring-like and then on Friday we had a winter nor’ easter where we got about 6? of snow. Also, the apartment I live in faces south and I get the sun [...]
I’m alive and well and living The Secret
I can’t believe I have gone so long without writing a blog post but I have been sick with a stomach bug and then a bad cold that has my head all fuzzy making it difficult to concentrate enough to write a post. In the meantime I have been reading a lot of other blogs [...]
Don’t go to the hospital unless you want to get sick!
I just wanted to write a note to let you know I’ve been sick with a stomach bug and bad cold all week and that is why I haven’t written any posts. My dad was in the hospital all last week with a bad infection and also got a stomach virus while he was there. [...]
Watch Premium Programming With Joost
For the past month I have been enjoying watching Internet TV with Joost, an application that streams TV-like programming directly to your computer. In order to use Joost you need a broadband connection (DSL or cable), the faster your connection the better your video quality. On my DSL connection I get a pretty decent picture [...]
Create A Personal Broadcasting System With Orb MyCasting
Right now I am sitting in a hospital room with my father who is recovering from a bad infection. I brought my computer with me because they have an open wireless network for patients and family. I’m listening to music from my computer using an application called Orb which streams music from my networked hard [...]