Roomorama has you covered.Their website offers a peer to peer marketplace on short term rentals. Whether your want to stay for a day or a month, their users will provide what you need for a wide variety of prices. (more…)
Breaking News: The Chicago Blackhawks continue to make a splash in free agency by signing Marian Hossa to a 12yr deal worth about 62.4 million.
Hossa had 40 goals and 31 assists last year with the Red Wings, although he didn’t play very well during the playoffs (15 points total over 23 games). Hopefully this means Havlat will be bye-bye since they probably won’t have cap room to keep him.
So I have just confirmed reports that Ben Gordon is on his way to Detroit to meet with management, where hopefully (::fingerscrossed::) he will be traded. Since Gordon was considered as somewhat productive last season, hopefully we can shop him around and get something good, but if Detroit offers us something worthwhile I think it would be worth it to get rid of him here and now, considering free agency opens today.
On a personal note, I can’t WAIT for the Bulls to trade Ben Gordon. I think he’s a selfish player who holds on to the ball much too long and takes low probability shots consistently. He does give you game winning potential, but I think that potential is outweighed by how much he hurts you by throwing up bricks consistently.
Thanks to 670 The Score Chicago for breaking the story.
Many people are familiar with the Apple iTunes Remote, an application for the iPhone and iPod touch created by apple to interface with and remotely control (over wifi) the playback from your computer. Unfortunately it only works with iTunes. Until recently this was the only software of its kind I was aware of. I was quite pleased with the software but as a Linux user it was of little use to me. I would sometimes use it when a friend’s computer would be available, but other than that I had to relied on a VNC to remotely control playback from my own computer.
To follow up on BT’s recent Wacko Jacko post, it looks like news of the singer’s death was more than some sites could handle. TMZ, who broke the story, was promptly DoSed and went offline. Twitter had to disable a number of features to stay affloat and a number of additional news companies suffered under the traffic. I almost wish he’d taken the internet down; that would have been a baller way to go. Imagine the headlines, “Wacko Jacko dies and takes the Internet with him”.
http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-news-slows-web-sites/
So yesterday I got my hands on a closed beta invite for Google Voice, and I’ve had a chance to check it out. Have to say, it is a very cool and interesting way to manage your phone, voicemail, and SMS. Basically, it provides an interface where you can choose a phone number (they let you search by Word or area code), and then provide that phone number, and whenever someone calls (more…)
Well, looks like Michael Jackson won’t be touching any kids anymore. Yes, I know that’s a cheap shot, but c’mon, who could resist? Looks like the ‘King Of Pop’ died of (more…)
I’m a web developer, so I’m often on the lookout for good icon resources, whether I’m going to be using them for my job job or for my iDesign business. When I was looking over some jQuery resources, I stumbled upon a site that a very legit jQuery developer had just launched, called IconDock. This site is awesome if (more…)
Online in a foreign country, and missing your loved ones? Want a meaningful way to communicate with them that is more physical and personal than an email? Check out Blurtt, a new service that lets you send postcards just by choosing one that you would like online. They send it for you and everything, and the best part is (more…)
Surfing the web today, and came across this little gem: http://livekick.com/
I’ve used the Songbird extension for concerts, and other tools like iLike and iConcertCal, but I think this web-based free service is probably the coolest one I’ve seen yet. You can upload your artists from all sorts of services, from online tools like Rhapsody to client side files like your iTunes music library. Livekick makes it very easy, allowing you (more…)
