Bloglines is a great free service online. It is a web-based RSS-reader, you can access it from anywhere. In my opinion that is more practical than having a RSS-reader on my local computer.
Discover Your Self
Monthly Archives: November 2006
PortableApps.com
A portable app is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device and use on any Windows computer. When your USB flash drive, portable hard drive, iPod or other portable device is plugged in, you have access to your software and personal data just as you would on your [...]
XnView
XnView is a great free software to view, organise and convert graphics files. I use XnView myself and I like it a lot.
Instant Messaging (chat)
Trillian is a fully featured, stand-alone, skinnable chat client that supports AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, and IRC. I use Trillian and it is great to use one single client and communicate with all the other systems. Trillian is avaible at Cerulean Studios. There is a free version and a Pro version of Trillian.
Jabber is [...]
How to Regain Control of a Spooked Camel
It is fairly safe to assume that How to Regain Control of a Spooked Camel is not something I really need to know. But it turned up on my Google homepage today and lured me to wikiHow. wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world’s largest how-to manual.
ChangeThis
ChangeThis is a really interesting site. They are creating a new kind of media. A form of media that uses existing tools (like PDFs, blogs and the web) to challenge the way ideas are created and spread.
Turning the pages
Turning the Pages at the British Library is a fascinating service that lets you access some rare books in a new way.
Among the books you will find the Diamond Sutra, Jane Austen’s History of England, the Leonardo Notebook, the Lindisfarne Gospels and the Mercator Atlas of Europe.
Skype
Skype is not new but it is a great service. The basic service Skype to Skype (computer to computer over internet) is free. Over time Skype have added Voicemail, SkypeOut (call landlines and mobiles direct from Skype) and SkypeIn (receive calls from landline and mobile phones).
Pandora – Discover Music
Pandora is a great music site. Tell it which music you like and it plays similar music. For each song Pandora plays you can say whether you like it or not, that makes the selection better and better. You can have up to 100 stations at any one time.
There is an ad-supported version and one [...]
Yoga Journal
Yoga Journal is a great yoga site. They also have several interesting newsletters.
