Archive for February, 2008
Energy Saving Day: E-Day
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Today is Energy Saving Day, which simply asks people to turn off electrical devices not in use. The website is displaying the results in real time.
Get Data Back
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
I’ve heard some good reports about Get Data Back. The Gadget Detective highly recommended it on the Mike Mendoza radio show.
Fun Stuff
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. Some very funny, weird, and sometimes freaky stuff.
Development of a Panda Bear is a series of very cute pictures showing a baby panda from its day of birth up to toddler age.
How Much Do You Know About the Internet? How many countries can you name in 5 minutes? Is Your Brain Wired for Creativity? Would You Eat Your Buddies in a Blizzard? These are just a few of the fun quizzes you can try out at Quizzes, Widgets and Cool Things
The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun is a wonderful Flash animation, full of Wisdom and useful tips for breaking out of your rut and trying a different approach to life. It’s fun, beautiful, interesting, with great quotes and good advice. If you admire the philosophy, you can subscribe to the newsletter.
Your Fortune Cookie
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008Abiword
Monday, February 18th, 2008
AbiWord is my favorite cross-platform, open-source minimalist word processor. It’s a desktop application but launches and runs so much faster than applications like Microsoft Word or OpenOffice. It’s light, but has most of the commonly used features of the bigger desktop word processors.
Fun stuff about Death
Friday, February 15th, 2008Death isn’t always the most cheerful of topics. But often when we discuss death and dying, we forget there can, in fact, be a very humorous side …
The funny side of Death
Take a look at this gory, but very funny, edited version of Final Destination 3 on YouTube.
The Death Clock
The Death Clock is the Internet’s friendly reminder that life is slipping away. It will give your Personal Day of Death, and remind you just how little time you could have left on this planet.
After you’re dead
Okay, so you died. What do you do next? You need to check out 7 Bizarre Things to Do After You’re Dead for some inspired suggestions.


