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Superman is Such a Jerk!

Poor Jimmy... Who knew Superman was such a big jerk? Thanks to Superdickery, now I do. This collection of classic comic book covers has tons of entertainment value.

Here are a few of my other favorites I have stumbled across:

It is crazy to look back at some of these and wonder what exactly they were thinking when they came up with these covers. Of course, the commentary from Superdickery just makes it even better.

Now one of my favorite places to kill time, I salute you Superdickery.com in all your oddness.

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Automatic Backlinks Too Good to be True

Mar/30 in Online Apps, Web Development Tutorials

Now we all want to get to the top of the search engines, as it has been drilled into our brains, we must to have a successful web site. However, I have found one service that just seems to make it a little too easy. Automatic Backlinks promises to be an easy and automatic way to exchange links between sites.

The best way I have found to summarize this would be you have a large number of web sites, and they are all exchanging links to each other – but not exactly ever between each other. One web site might link to another, but that doesn’t mean the “another” would link right back. They would be linking to a different one.

I don’t like it, and can’t recommend it. It seems like a big link exchange web site, and that type of service has been frowned upon via the search engine overlords before. You get more “link credit” to place more links on other people’s web sties depending on your Google PageRank. That alone should be enough for Google to hate it right there.

So stay clear of this one for right now, would be my best advice.

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Free File Hosting Search with Gamma Files

Mar/27 in Free Hosting, Online Apps

If you are looking for a quicker way to search the various free file sharing sites, look no further than Gamma Files. I just recently stumbled upon this file search engine and I have to say out of the many I have seen it might have the best looking interface.

It gives you the file name, accuracy, file type, size and the search engine it came from. You can also sort the results by each of these categories, search your search results, and check out the search engine provider’s page for the search term in question.

Word of warning, there is adult content and it also appears there is no real easy way to censor it out. Other than that though, gammafiles.com looks like a real winner if you are looking for an easy way to find a file hosted on the rapidshare, megaupload and other big file hosting providers out there.

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Wii System Memory Fix, Zelda, and More Gaming Goodness!

Mar/26 in Video Games

I am a huge Nintendo fan boy today. After going through my feeds, finding out all the latest news from the GDC 09 – they have just done a lot of things to make me a very happy customer.

New Zelda Game! – The first thing that got me excited as a new Legend of Zelda game coming out for the Nintendo DS. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks looks a lot like the previous DS Zelda game, the Phantom Hourglass – except this time you have a train?

Wii Solves Memory Problems! - So the second thing that got my all excited today was the new SD Card Menu added to the Wii. There you can launch channels saved on the SD cards by temporarily utilizing the Wii’s system memory. Also the Wii added support for SDHC cards up to 32GB! I am just look forward to downloading more Virtual Console games on my 2GB memory card.

New Final Fantasy Sequel – So for the third thing that left me giggling like a school girl, we have Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. A sequal to what SNES fans will remember as Final Fantasy II. Now if they would only do a sequal to the greatest Final Fantasy game ever, Final Fantasy VI.

iGoogle Gets Video Game Themes – Last, but not least, there are a ton of new video game related themes for iGoogle. So now I can start my day with Mega Man! You know, it would go perfectly with the Mega Man 9 desktop icons I released a few months back.

So if I seem a little overly happy today, now you know why.

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Create a RSS Feed From Any Site

Mar/25 in Online Apps

Is your favorite web site missing an RSS feed for you to subscribe to for updates? Here is a handful of online applications that will help you monitor web sites that do not publish feeds. Create an RSS feed for any web page with these tools.

Feedity – Very simple to use, and no fuss web page to RSS conversions.
Feed43 – For tweakers, this is the tool for you. Check out the tutorial to see all the customizations you can do.
Dapper – Easy to use tool for visually creating your own RSS feed from any site out there.
FeedMarklet – A no-fuss interface. It won’t scrape content but makes it easy to add your own.
FeedYes – Automatically generated feeds for any page on the Web.
Page2RSS – It is a service that helps you monitor web sites that do not publish feeds.
Ponyfish – Simple web-based tool that allows you to create your own RSS feeds from almost any web page.
FeedBeater – Just plug the web site URL in, and let the web site take care of the rest of the conversion.
FeedFire – This site will take virtually any web page and convert it into a fully formed and fully coded RSS feed.

Out of them all, I think FeedMarklet and Feedity probably have the easiest interface to get started with, and Feed43 has the most options to customize and tweak till you get things just the way you want them. I would suggest giving them all a shot though, and see which one does to the best job for you, depending on the page you are trying to pull RSS information from.

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Pull My Finger… Online!

Mar/24 in Odds & Ends

I am all about finding the geek candy out there on the Web here on Mitchelaneous, and there is nothing more delicious than a web site dedicated to pulling my finger… or your finger… or a really big finger.

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Point your browser towards MisterNiceHands.com and let the fun begin. What is the point? To make farting noises. Yes, that is it. With all the complex services and Web 2.0 sites out there, isn’t it nice to know that some sites still celebrate the oddity that made the Web great in the first place?

For more sound effect fun, be sure to check out supersoundboard.com.

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Bionic Commando Rearmed

Mar/23 in Video Games

Bionic Commando Rearmed recreates the original Bionic Commando game, but with a high definition twist, giving it a makeover after 20 years. I have been playing this one on my PlayStation 3 for the past few weeks, and have to say it is a great game from top to bottom.

Just calling this great game a remake does not do it justice. By mixing the old gameplay basics, with tons of new features, it stands out as how a remake should be made.

Now to be honest with you, I never played the original Bionic Commando, but that doesn’t make this one any less fun. With 2 player co-op mode, challenge rooms, and a slew of weapons, there is a lot of this 2.5D game to love.

Check out some Bionic Commando Rearmed Hits and Cheats

The best way to summarize Bionic Commando Rearmed is to say it is one of those aggravating games that you get mad at one minute, then you say to yourself, “ok, I am just trying it one more time”. It punches you in the mouth with that super extend-o arm, and makes you like it.

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Quick and Easy Photo Sharing with Imgur

Mar/19 in Web Hosting

Sharing your images has never been easier with the thanks of imgur. No, this isn’t just a tribute to the fact that all the good names are taken. Imgur makes image sharing as easy as it can. You have a browse box, where you can select your picture from, then you continue. The requirements are it has to be under 2MB, and in the jpg, gif, or png format.

Have any more questions? The FAQ would be a good place to start. Overall I like easy, I like simple so I like imgur for free photo sharing.

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Get a Hiyoooo from Ed McMahon Anytime!

Mar/18 in Hot Web Topics

Ok, maybe I like the simple click a button and get a sound effect web sites a little too much. Once you run out of all the good ideas though, you end up with things like the instant Ed McMahon “Hiyoooo!” generator.

To play with Ed’s head, just go to Hiyoooo.com.

Click on ol’ Ed’s face and he’ll let one out for you. Just consider him your very own online late-night sidekick. Now if you get to the point where I am and feel the need to use it after evering “zinger” of a joke you make, well – then you might need a little more help than this blog can give you.

For more sound effect fun, try mixing Ed McMahon with an instant rimshot.

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Black and White Wallpaper Jubilation

Mar/17 in Desktop, Free Wallpaper

In my search for the perfect wallpaper selection out there, this week I thought I would tackle the black and white world. I’m a big fan of the simplicity of black and white art and photography, so why not decorate your desktop in the same fashion?

Here is some of the best black and white widescreen wallpaper I have found out there.