The Great Geek Manual

  • Blog
 

Link Round-Up: February 2, 2010

6 Feb 2010  Links

Resources

10 Alternative Uses for WordPress – WordPress is the best and most popular blogging platform around. It’s free, easy to use, endlessly customizable and supported by hundreds of excellent plugins. With WordPress setting such high standards, many people have started to question why other types of sites are so much more difficult to set up and manage.

10 Web Browsers You Probably Haven’t Heard Of – Ever heard of Stainless? It’s a browser that lets you log into one website using two different accounts in separate tabs. How about Maxthon, one of the most secure browsers out there?

100+ Google Tricks That Will Save You Time in School – Here’s an enormous directory of some of the nifty things Google can do to make your life easier. I was surprised at how many of these I didn’t know.

Become a Gmail Ninja – Learn tips and tricks to save time, increase your productivity, and manage your email efficiently. Start with the tips that are right for you, based on how much email you get each day.

ChatRoulette – a new website that brings you face-to-face, via webcam, with an endless stream of random strangers all over the world. Sounds like a great new way for teenage girls to accumulate web stalkers!

Hartija – CSS Print Framework – This Google Code project unites all the best CSS printing practises into one. Hartija creates a clean, clear design style ideally suited for reading after being printed off by the user.

Top 10 Tools for Finding Cool Stuff Nearby – Sometimes the most interesting stuff in an unfamiliar city is hiding in plain sight. With the right location-aware and map-friendly web tools, you can find the best cheap eats, picture-worthy sights, and much more. Start with this list of in-the-know apps.

Two Teeny Tiny Fonts – The Bee’s Knees, has an x-height of 3 pixels and was designed with favicons in mind. The second, designed by Ken Perlin, was intended to make entire pages of text fit onto iPod screen.

Discussion

Apple’s iPad Will Be the Death of the Mobile Web
Did Google Just Multi-Punch Apple In The Face?
Steve Jobs dubs Google’s “don’t be evil’ motto ‘bulls**t”
Why so much FAIL in the digital world?

Entertainment

77 iPad Updates That May or May Not Please the Critics
The FBI is pushing to have ISPs keep detailed records of what web sites customers have visited for up to two years.
The Five Best Public BitTorrent Trackers
Focus Magazine takes a look at the State of the Internet
Stephen Fry’s Thoughts On The iPad: All 2,180 Words Of It
Twitter haiku: a great new way to deliver bad news

Tech News

Amazon Said to Buy Touch Start-Up
Apple iPad: too cheap for Taiwan?
Firefox for Mobile Makes Its Debut
Internet uprising overturns Australian censorship law
Police want backdoor to Web users’ private data
Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything



Comments are closed

Add to Social Bookmarks

del.icio.usRedditTechnoratiFurlBlinklistNetscapeYahoo My WebNewsvine
SocializerMa.gnoliaStumble UponGoogle BookmarksRawSugarSquidooSpurlBlinkBits
NetvouzRojoBlogmarksCo.mmentsScuttleFeed Me LinksYiggMr.Wong
  • Archives

    • September 2010
    • August 2010
    • July 2010
    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
    • December 2009
    • November 2009
    • October 2009

    Categories

    • Gadgets & More
    • T-Shirts
    • Geek History
    • Geekology
    • Geek Reading
    • Humor
    • Graphical Gags
    • Motivational
    • Videos
    • Webcomic
    • Japan 101
    • Links
    • Media
    • Literature
    • Movies
    • Short Films
    • Television
    • Video Games
    • News
    • Photo Galleries
    • Books
    • Quotations
    • Rantings
    • Science
    • Software & Tech
  • Related Posts

    • Link Round Up: February 22
    • Link Round-Up: March 21
    • Geek Media Round-Up: February 25, 2010
    • Link Round-Up: February 19, 2010
  • Sponsors

    • Host Color: Multiple Web Site Hosting

    •  

BlogRoll

  • Bibliophile Stalker
  • The Daily Top 10
  • The Geekanerd Blog
  • I Can Has Motivation
  • (Jeff)isageek
  • The Lair of the Evil DM
  • Lisa Paitz Spindler
  • The Presurfer
  • Not So Motivational
  • The Science of Fiction
  • Weirdwarp
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...
  • Coming Soon...

SiteInfo

  • About the Author
  • Book Reviews by Author
  • Book Reviews by Title
  • Contact the Author
  • Credits
  • Disclaimers and Notices
  • Donations
  • Hostcolor
  • Recommended Reading
  • Site Services
  • Site Statistics
  • Subscribe via E-Mail or RSS

PopularPosts

  • Blogging is a lot like Sex...
  • Motivational Monday: Humorous Posters
  • Picture of the Week: Harry Potter Porn
  • Portable Utilities for USB Drives
  • Programming is like Sex...
  • Neville Longbottom's Favorite Plant
  • Seven Unexpected Harry Potter Endings
  • Sex Advice from a D&D Player
  • Signs the IT Department is out of Hand
  • Top Ten Halo Pick-Up Lines
  • Top RapidShare Link Communities
  • Top Ten Signs a D&D Player is Gay
  • Top Ten Turn Down Lines for Geek Chicks
  • A Traditional D&D Thanksgiving
  • The Ultimate D&D Gaming FlowChart
Host Color Web Hosting

508 CSS XHTML
Website Credits & Disclaimers