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Want to create a color palette out of an image? Look no further than Pictaculous. This online tool will let you upload any picture and then with wacky server side voodoo magic will turn it into a selection of colors you can use in your next web site layout.
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.
I have spent a lot of my free time the last few months playing Fat Princess, a PlayStation Network game for the PlayStation 3. Over time, you come to lean a few things you should do – and a few things you probably shouldn’t do, to keep the experience enjoyable.
The team from COLOURlovers have come up with a fantastic new tool to redesign your own Twitter page. Think of it as a coloring book for your social status.
Once you load the tools up, you can pick from a number of different template designs, or browse through some of the most popular ones. Then all you do is pick a color, change it – then move onto the next. The entire thing is a very zen-like experience. Well, it is if you were ever into coloring as a kid.
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.
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.
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:
This has to be the trippiest use of Twitter I have seen yet. TweetRad.io will let you listen to what others are tweeting about, using what they call “tweet-to-speech” technology. Pick one of the options they have featured across the top of the page, tech, news, sports, funny, featured or search for any phrase then wait a few seconds. Soon, your browser will be displaying and reading tweets out to you.
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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.
Disqus Review – Troubleshooting in Take Two
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 second shot.
Fast forward to about a week ago, when I decided to re-install Disqus again on Mitchelaneous.com, FirefoxFacts.com and WebHostingShow.com. As a reminder, here are the flaws the system had before:
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