"Thousands of blogs are being created every week and many of them are making critical mistakes within the first week of starting. If you are thinking about starting a blog here are some things that you should think about and do within the first 7 days of starting your blog."
- PronetAdvertising.com
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Famous, yet fictional is what the list is based upon. #1 is the Marlboro Man and #101 is Paul Bunyan. I would agree with most of these on the list.
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The USA hit a population of 300 million. The world's population is growing very quickly and this can be monitored at Measurements on a Global Level. Also check out what NPR and the BBC have to say about America's population milestone.
"Fueled by an estimated net gain of one person every 11 seconds, America -- the world's third most populous country -- joined China and India with populations greater than 300 million."
- CNN.com
Stephen Wiltshire is an artist who has been drawing detailed aerial views of cities such as Tokyo, Rome and Hong Kong based off of memory from a single helicopter ride per city.
"In October and November 2003, thousands flocked to the Orleans House gallery in Twickenham near London, England, to see the first major retrospective of Stephen's work. The exhibition covered the 20-year period, from 1983 to 2003, and comprised 150 examples of Stephen's drawings, paintings and prints."
- StephenWiltshire.com
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Outpost.com was always Fry's online store and Frys.com was just a place holder site for the Fry's store. It was pretty ridiculous, but now Outpost.com is Frys.com. Check out the online grand opening. They have huge savings online because of this joining of forces.
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Social bookmarking is a good way to generate site traffic. Many sites now have social bookmarking tags on their site to help with this. iFeedReaders.com has a script generator for about any social bookmarking site you can think of. Combine the script generator with FeedForAll's social bookmarking icons and you have a lethal combination to increase site traffic.
Social Bookmark Script Generator [via LifeHacker]
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I think every man has dreams of one day being in the Elite Armed Forces, but then reality sets in and it's back to the couch we go.
"Getting in shape for the world class Navy SEALs is no walk in the park. However, if you can push yourself to the limit, then the rewards will be great!"
- NavySeals.com
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A no brainer time waster. Click in time to have your running man punch through an oncoming ice wall(s).
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Weird Al Yankovic has done it again with the song spoof, "It's All About the Pentiums." I thought White and Nerdy was quite the hit.
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Cowboy Bebop is my all-time favorite anime. Samurai Champloo coming in a very close second. 50Webs has all of the episode links.
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Microsoft Windows Explorer sometimes just doesn't have everything we are looking for in a file system navigator. SimpleHelp has compared and reviewed 15 alternatives, so you do have a choice.
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TaskBarShuffle that allows you to move and organize the applications in your taskbar. The taskbat arranges applications from left to right in the order you opened them and sometimes you need to move them around to be organized better. OCD...got to love it.
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Well today is the 6 month anniversary of "...yeah, kinda like that..." I am having a blast with this blog and have gotten positive feedback from friends and family. I hope all of you voyeurs are enjoying the Internet from my twisted point of view. I thought I would commemorate today by posting the main links from 6 months ago.
April 14th, 2006
DaFont
FamFamFam
The stuff I posted was all over the cool spectrum of thangs on the Internet! Hope you enjoyed it.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets
Microsoft Office Live
ZOHO Virtual Office
Coka-Cola and Nestle S.A. have come out with a calorie burning line of drinks called Enviga that comes in traditional green tea, berry and peach flavors. Supposedly 60 to 100 calories are burned per beverage. So if you combine the controversial Red Bull Cocaine drink and Envigra, do you get instant Hollywood status?
[via Gizmodo]
The Johnny-Light will save your marriage, help with accuracy and provide a light at the end of the tunnel. If you don't believe me, then check out the testimonials.
"Lighting the Way to Family Harmony
- Johnny-Light
TechCrunch has posted articles reviewing Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Microsoft Office Live and ZOHO Virtual Office. See which one meets your needs.
Direct Links...
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Are you a collector? Is it hard for you to get rid of thangs? Do you have a stamp collection, baseball card collection, seashell collection, etc. If you answered yes to any of these questions, then Squirl is the site for you.
"Squirl is a new way to catalog, organize and share your books, records, movies, comic books, stamps, coins, or practically anything else, and meet other collectors who are as passionate as you."
- Squirl
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With FeeTube you can watch live television and other shows for free.
"...we provide a service that allows you to watch real-time or sometimes 'pre-recorded' video streams on your computer. While this sort of technology has been around for a while, FreeTube eliminates the necessity for expensive hardware or month subscription costs and provides you with free streaming television and video on demand."
- FreeTube
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