Archive for November, 2006

Cool Tools Roundup

Here’s a list of some interesting tools that have been reviewed by bloggers recently.
SaveSpell lets you find and track name-based domains.
The SEO Book Keyword Suggestion tool lets you type in a keyword and get information about it from all the major search engines.
Andre Chaperon provides a free page rank checker.
TitleZ compares Amazon sales rankings on [...]

Here’s a list of some interesting tools that have been reviewed by bloggers recently.

SaveSpell lets you find and track name-based domains.

The SEO Book Keyword Suggestion tool lets you type in a keyword and get information about it from all the major search engines.

Andre Chaperon provides a free page rank checker.

TitleZ compares Amazon sales rankings on thousands of books.

And here’s a piece of Javascript you can stick on any page (not just blogs) so people can add your page to del.icio.us.

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Great source of freebies

If you’re looking for free stuff, FreebieFanatic has hundreds of articles on sources for free food, free baby stuff, free stuff for pets, etc. There are also offers you can apply for directly from the site to get free samples of all sorts of things. Browse by category to find brands you use, [...]

If you’re looking for free stuff, FreebieFanatic has hundreds of articles on sources for free food, free baby stuff, free stuff for pets, etc. There are also offers you can apply for directly from the site to get free samples of all sorts of things. Browse by category to find brands you use, and brands you want to try out.

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Addictive Reflex Testing Game

Here’s an addictive game that tests your reflexes - Sheep Dash. You have to tranquilize five escaping sheep before they get away, and it tells you how quick your response time was.
Here’s another one: The Reflex Tester. Click start, wait for the screen background to change colors, and then hit stop as quickly [...]

Here’s an addictive game that tests your reflexes - Sheep Dash. You have to tranquilize five escaping sheep before they get away, and it tells you how quick your response time was.

Here’s another one: The Reflex Tester. Click start, wait for the screen background to change colors, and then hit stop as quickly as possible.

And another fun one: Reflex Flash Game. Choose between the numbers or letters version. As each number or letter is illuminated, you have to type it in. Again, it times your response and tells you how quick it was. This one also has high scores, and tells you where you rank.

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Going mouseless

There’s a really excellent post on keyboard shortcuts and plugins that might make it possible to forgo your mouse altogether over at LifeHacker. It contains instructions, movie demonstrations, and links to other articles on getting what you need to do done without a mouse.
If you’re a Firefox user, and you like using keyboard shortcuts [...]

There’s a really excellent post on keyboard shortcuts and plugins that might make it possible to forgo your mouse altogether over at LifeHacker. It contains instructions, movie demonstrations, and links to other articles on getting what you need to do done without a mouse.

If you’re a Firefox user, and you like using keyboard shortcuts more than the mouse, be sure to check out the list of FireFox keyboard shortcuts in this article.

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Branding yourself

From a self-help website comes this article on knowing who you are. It includes exercises on figuring out your traits, good and bad, and then helps you look at how to “market” yourself in the best light (while still being perfectly truthful). This is a lot like building a corporate profile, or a [...]

From a self-help website comes this article on knowing who you are. It includes exercises on figuring out your traits, good and bad, and then helps you look at how to “market” yourself in the best light (while still being perfectly truthful). This is a lot like building a corporate profile, or a profile of the target customer. The more easily and quickly you can define yourself to people in a way that makes them glad to know you, the better your confidence, reputation and “brand potential” will be. Whether in personal relationships or business networking, this type of exercise can benefit you.

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Disguise your Nano as a tin of mints

Want to protect your Nano from both theft and damage? For $15, you can get a holder from iDisguise: it looks like a tin of mints (wintergreen or peppermint) and contains foam padding inside to protect your Nano.
Thanks to Gizmodo for the tip.

Want to protect your Nano from both theft and damage? For $15, you can get a holder from iDisguise: it looks like a tin of mints (wintergreen or peppermint) and contains foam padding inside to protect your Nano.
Thanks to Gizmodo for the tip.

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