Travel three decades back in time — via satellite images
Almost everyone reading this has perused Google's collection of satellite images, either on Google Maps or with Google Earth. Perhaps you've wanted to get a bird's eye view of your own home or visually traveled to some far away political hotspot. But one place you haven't easily been able to ...
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Personality matching dating website showdown
Virtually all the internet's dating websites can be fit into two categories: those with personality matching and those without. In the latter category, Match is the most popular (and, as we argued in a previous review of dating websites, one of the best). But there are literally hundreds of other websites ...
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Nextdoor, Pheed and Sulia
You might think that the internet needs another social media website about as much as it needs another blog with photos of cute cats. But, unlike cat photo blogs, social media websites keep evolving. Remember when Friendster, MySpace and Classmates.com were at the fore of online social media? Technology and ...
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A Tumblr blog of pantry finds — and what to do with them
Imagine that you're cleaning out the back recesses of your kitchen pantry and discover there a you-don't-know-how-old can of Haggis, a can of tomato paste, a half-eaten box of orzo pasta, a bag of Funyuns† and a container of orange-flavored dessert syrup. What can you do with them? Well, you ...
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Wow potential business partners — inexpensively
Almost every printer in the world prints business cards. Many will print business cards cheaply. And if you want to print your own business cards all you need are some blank ones and a good quality printer. But what if you want a business card that will really make you stand ...
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Crayon Creatures adds a dimension to children’s art
Kids' drawings are no longer stuck existing only as, well, drawings. The internet, together with 3D printers and other inexpensive personalized production methods, have created a cottage industry companies that can transform your kid's artwork into a stuffed animal or a customized carpet or, now, a sculpture. That last item is ...
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Infographics compare WordPress.org to WordPress.com
Start-up bloggers often ask us whether they should host their own WordPress blog or get a free one through wordpress.com. Below are two infographics that compare those options. But if don't have time to look them through, we'll tell you now: Hosting your own blog is MUCH better than having WordPress ...
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Find Saint Nick’s exact GPS coordinates
Can can one person possibly brings gifts to all the children of the world in one night? That's many-a-child's first skeptical query about the Santa Claus story. For parents so inclined to provide a modern answer to that question — and for anyone looking for some online Christmasy fun ...
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