I do much of my e-mail management from within Gmail.  One of the few annoyances I have found is having somebody tell me they just sent me something, and I have to click through several links to check manually that specific POP account.  By default Gmail uses a common timing algorithm to fetch your POP [...]

Fav4.org provides users with a really simple way to start their browsing on the Web.  The idea here is to setup a simple web site as your browser’s default start page.  You can add up to four of your favorite sites to be highlighted by icons.  I really like the idea here because I [...]

Now that Google Buzz is out in the wild, your Google profile page deserves a little more attention.  So, what all have you done to spruce up your own profile page?  I’ll share with you some of the things I did to make this a much more informative page about me for Googlers to find.

Do you find the sound of rain to be relaxing?  Being from Texas, thunderstorms in the Spring are like second nature, so I really do like the sound of rain.  You can now though add that gentle sound of rain to your environment with Rainy Mood.
This web site is simple, and to the point. [...]

WooRank is an impressive new web site analysis tool worth singing the praises of.  I have several of these types of online tools bookmarked, and I have written about most of them.  The thing that separates WooRank’s analysis of a domain over any other tool is the plethora of information they provide to you. [...]

Are you looking for a way to spark your creative fuse?
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
- E.L. Doctorow
I love to write, and have done so semi-professionally for the past seven years or so.  Sometimes though, a good topic to write about it hard to find, or you might be out of [...]

Television commercials just haven’t been the same since Billy Mays passed away, right?  I think so.  If you feel like your missing Billy Mays enough to seek out his best lines from the Internet, I have a resource you should not do without. 

The last time I used the web site commenting service Disqus, I was really less than impressed.  Back in July 2009, I tried it and for lack of a better term, it was sloppy.  While the core of the system worked, it seems as if nobody there paid attention to detail.  However, everybody deserves a [...]

We all have web sites we keep checking back on day after day, while we browse the Web.  Maybe you are checking for news in Google Reader?  Perhaps you are checking your mail in Gmail?  You could be following your favorite forum too.  The App Tabs add-on for Firefox will let you shrink your [...]

The art of mind mapping is something I think everybody should get into.  It is such a great way to get your thoughts together and organized.  If your ready to take the next step, and look for a more productive way to mind map – you might want to try out one of these four [...]