neat links…

passpack password manager - “A tool that protects your passwords everywhere you go. You can save all your pins and logins in one single place, and access them from home, the office or anywhere else!”

teux deux - “TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, browser-based to-do app”

lumosity - Brain Games to improve memory and attention

from netted by the webbys

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Tagged as: links,lists March 29, 2010 @ 08:45 am

if you’ve not seen….

the “Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something”, get busy!

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Tagged as: lists,memes March 09, 2010 @ 03:26 pm

this week’s collection of ZOMG I LOVE THIS STUFF

the bloggess and avery edison - best. websites. EVER.  ...among all the other best sites EVERs.  but srsly, i’m now declaring my undying love for both of them.  forEVER.  !!!  do NOT miss “jesus and judas”.  warning: slightly *cough* irreverent humor OR the time thebloggess scared blair from facts of life!

also, must see this movie:

another 25 websites to have fun with your photos - i’ve only played with a couple of these, but i’ll work my way through the list eventually!

then, seen on craftine: this AWESOME needlepoint graffiti!  that is so f’n cool!

but, of course, you can’t do graffiti needlework without your very own: walls notebook - be your inner banksy!  want. this. book. 

and last, but certainly not least, this is COMPLETELY NSFW.  unless you have a really cool boss.  or work in the porn industry.  or do gay phone sex for a living.  ...in which case, this is probably more of a documentary for you…

enjoy!!

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Tagged as: humor,crafts,videos,links,lists,peoplewhokickass July 27, 2009 @ 09:43 pm

cool links on a ~hot~ day

nearing 100F again today with humidity around 77%.  you could take a bite out of the air, but you’d need to blow on it first to cool it off enough.  me, i’m stayin’ inside where it’s ~cool~, lest i spontaneously combust.

anyways, mah collection of neat links for the week:

100+ alternative search engines you should know - (there’ll be a test later.)

50 free resources that will improve your writing skills - (i kin tipe n speel jes’ fine, kthx.)

30 calorie peanut butter - (lick off the spoon?  more like leave a spoonful and lick out the jar.)

and to close it out, a coupla ~neat videos~.  stoned cats and bill maher, what more could you want?

dude.  wait.  whut?

“we don’t have a left and a right party… we have a center-right party and a crazy party.  over the past 30 years, democrats have moved to the right and the right has moved into a mental hospital.” - bill maher

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Tagged as: humor,politics,food,writing,links,lists,webdesign July 03, 2009 @ 02:31 pm

i heart expression engine!

there are absolutely tons of modules/extensions/plugins for expression engine.  the ones i’ve found most useful are these:

modules:

solspace freeform: Freeform allows you to create simple forms on your site to collect information from your users. Postings to your forms are recorded and organized in your EE database as well as optionally mailed to the notification emails you supply. You can receive attachments from submitters and have those attachments stored in your database as well as mailed back out as attachments to admins or the submitting user

linklist: The Link List module organizes your links to other websites. With the Link List module, you can add/edit/delete links, display links on any webpage.

low nospam: Low NoSpam will check comments to see if they’re considered to be spam by the chosen service, either Akismet or TypePad AntiSpam. It can optionally also check incoming trackbacks, gallery comments, forum posts and wiki articles. Caught (gallery) comments will be set to Closed for further moderation. Caught trackbacks, forum posts and wiki articles will be discarded, since these do not have a native moderating system in EE.

solspace tag: The Tag Module allows you and your users to add Tags to weblog and/or photo gallery entries. It’s a very powerful module that allows you to create several different features in your templates using robust functions. You can show Tags that belong to an entry, view all entries that are Tagged with a specified Tag, show related entries based on shared Tags, and build a Tag “Cloud” to show and weigh all Tags in system. Additionally, your members can also subscribe to Tags, and view entries based on Tags they’ve subscribed to.

extensions:

lg twitter: LG Twitter is a Multi-Site Manager compatible extension that allows you to post Tweets to Twitter.com from your ExpressionEngine control panel. Tweets can be posted through a Twitter tab which is added to the publish / edit form or through the “Quick Tweet” bar.

plug ins:

links mentioned: Extract and display links from your entries.

randomizer plus: Allows you to show random content in your template. The “Plus” feature is that you can modify the random content in your template instead of in the plugin file, and can use any separator for the items.

md eexcerpt: Creates excerpts after stripping out tags.

trunchtml: Truncates HTML/Text after the specified number of characters.

weather icon: Shows Current Weather Conditions by querying the NOAA website.

wimpy mp3 player and wimpy player: An MP3 player jukebox for your ExpressionEngine site.

i should, also, include two tools that i make use of, but that aren’t specifically for expression engine.  they can be used on any site:

share this - Website publishers can embed the free ShareThis button to increase traffic to their site. Sharing your site’s content to contacts on Facebook, MySpace, AIM, email and text messaging ensures sharing with ease.

sphere - Sphere connects your current articles to contextually relevant content from your archives as well as from Blog Posts, Media Articles, Video, Photos, and Ads from across the Web.

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Tagged as: computers,lists,webdesign,ee,tools June 24, 2009 @ 10:20 am