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Bookmark This! February 18, 2005

SEO tips.

Stumbled across this doozy of an eBay page whilst researching for eTrays. It’s basically best practices for optimizing your web site for search engines, a cool eBay primer. And here’s another useful page of advice.  Write good content This is probably the single most important thing you need to do if you want to be found on the web. Even if your site is technically perfect for search engine robots, it won’t do you any good unless you also fill…


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Free Software February 18, 2005

POP Pager.

POP Pager. Forward email to your cellphone. Free. Do note that this is a .nu address (and I’m not 100% happy with .nu domains for obvious reasons). So caveat emptor, eh?  With this easy to configure mail-to-SMS/paging gateway you can get mail on your cellphone (as SMS message) POPPager is a FREE (for 1 user) application that runs on Win9x or NT 4 and that will monitor a POP3 mailbox. When mail gets sent to the mailbox POP Pager will send…


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Bizarre February 18, 2005

Low flyer.

Nope, not Photoshopped, just a very very strange airport approach in the Antilles. Another one here.


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Gadgets February 17, 2005

Ajar. Agape.

The B&D Jar Opener. Death Star kitchen design overkill? Sledgehammer. Nut. Crack? $49.99.  This handy Black & Decker Jar Opener has a collapsible design that adjusts to fit almost any size jar, from large to small. To use the Black & Decker Jar Opener, lift its handle and place a jar on the turntable. Lower the upper body to rest on top of the jar, and then press and hold the on/off button until the lid is loosened. That’s it! When…


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Gadgets February 17, 2005

Shoft shoe shuffle.

Cordless Shoe Dryers. Because wet shoes are unhappy shoes. $24.95.  An easy way to eliminate shoe moisture and odor, these small cordless dryers have tiny silicon gel granules with thousands of capillaries that draw dampness from the air without harming footwear. The ABS plastic dryers have a fold-out plug that connects to an AC outlet for charging; after an eight hour charge, they can be placed in shoes, closets, or anywhere moisture needs to be reduced.


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Awesome February 17, 2005

Race Pac.

Race Pac. £100.00. Fold up racing controls for consoles? With Dual Shock vibration? Uber cool! More here. Shame there’s no PC version though.  It’s a completely unique system, compatible with both PS2 and Xbox games stations incorporating an adjustable racing wheel with an adjustable racing seat and pedals. When the [sic] it’s not in use, the Race Pac simply folds away and can be transported to a friend’s house or stored with ease under a bed or in a cupboard. The wheel…


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cool tech February 17, 2005

Lightspace.

Lightspace. Cool RGB LED dance floor tech, kind of a dance mat on steroids. Watch the videos to get a real idea of the tech, like playing pong with your feet, or the stomping PacMan type game. Runs on Java apparently. [Thanks Dave]


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hmm..interesting February 17, 2005

Games master.

Fascinating piece on the fightback by the arcade games business, after years of slow decline caused by the popularity of home gaming consoles like Xbox and Playstation. [Thanks Kevin]  The hope is that new technology will once again push arcade games beyond what players can experience at home. Justin Burke, special projects manager at Sega Amusements Europe, thinks that this should be an easy task. “The next generation of graphics from Sega’s secret new hardware will out-perform the current excellent graphics found…


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