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Need to share a screencast in a hurry? Have a Twitter account? Screenr will help you create and share your own mini tutorials from your desktop with the world. The benefit here is that you can use a web-based recorder, on Macs or PCs to share how to do something or how something might look.
A new online tool, JustPaste.it makes it easy to share text and graphics over the Web. This service allows you to quickly paste text directly from your word processor of choice onto the online page. You can then spruce up your documents with text formatting, colors and more.
There is no doubt in my mind that Red Dwarf was one of the greatest television sitcoms of all time. Originating from a recurring radio sketch, Dave Hollins: Space Cadet, this show about an odd band of misfits traveling through space, was beyond awesome. With that said, I thought I would share with you my top ten Red Dwarf moments, from it’s eight seasons.
The Comeback of Talkie Toaster
Far from being just another off topic service, in a world filled with them, the new Web Hosting Show Coupons and Deals page will deliver, and impress you. This was a quick project I cooked up over the weekend, to better serve the public at large by delivering a better way to keep track of the latest coupons, deals and special offers from the entire web hosting world out there.
Having a timer can come in handy for all types of jobs. Lets say you wanted to work on your novel for just one hour a day, or perhaps you needed to get up from the computer a stretch a little bit every 30 minutes? The online tool, e.ggtimer.com is perfect for that.
An egg timer, for those who have never heard of such a device, is something that’s function is to measure a set amount of time. Where do eggs come into the picture? It is most commonly used to aid in cooking an egg in water. What e.ggtimer.com does is it brings that classic idea to the Web.
There are many services out there that offer widgets you can embed into your own web site layouts. How do you know which ones are the best? Well, I am not an expert. Since this is the Internet though, I can pretend.
Here are my top 10 favorite widget related web sites.
Widgetbox – Tons of free widgets to put on your site.
LinkWithin – Post related stories and thumbnails on your web site.
ShoutMix – Free shoutbox/tagboard chat widget.
Everybody can use a little help when it comes to writing. After the Deadline is a plugin for WordPress, that is like your own little sixth grade grammar book, living inside your content management system. They use artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology to find errors in your writing and to offer smart suggestions to correct them.
So, what all does After the Deadline do?
The new lists feature (that was added to Twitter a while back) has made it easier for you to share your favorite groups of people, and track their tweets. What Listiti brings to the table is free e-mail alerts when somebody, on a predefined list, references a keyword you wish to follow.
For example, you have a large list of every web host on Twitter, and you wanted to be notified when one of them mentions the word, “coupon”. You would tell Listiti that your list was located at mitchkeeler/webhosts, give them the keyword, “coupon” , and then hand over your e-mail address you wish to be notified at.
For the people who create the lists, they also provide badges for you to use to promote the lists you have created. Overall, Listiti brings a few beneficial features to this new Twitter feature, that the Twitter team does not provide by default.
Firefox isn’t the only thing celebrating it’s fifth birthday this year. This very blog, Mitchelaneous.com, is also now half a decade old. As one of my oldest web sites still in existence, I have much love for the web site that really inspired me to write more.
Thanks to the powers of the Wayback Machine, here is the earliest layout I can find for Mitchelaneous (then hosted as a part of the lockergnome.net blogs). Actually, you could probably say that Chris Pirillo (and the old Lockergnome team of writers) played a big part in this web site’s existence.
Think you have it tough? You ain’t got it tough. The people who have it tough are on SimplyFailed.com. This is an entire web site dedicated to the idea of not succeeding. You can become a fan of them via Facebook, Follow them via Twitter, read through the stories or post your own.
Here are just a few of my favorite “fails” from the web site:
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Mitch Keeler is nothing more than your average Joe trying to leave his mark on the world though both his professional work and his online projects, articles, podcasts and more.
