Interesting, Cool & Useful – Jan 07
I’m going to begin a somewhat regular posting of stuff that I’ve found around the web that I’ve found particularly interesting, cool or useful.
Interesting
- Doing work so your users don’t have to. If it were easy, you wouldn’t be creating value.
- Bilingualism delays the onset of dementia by 4 years. Iva speaks 5 languages - I wonder if its linear =)
- Aging delays for new domains. A great comprehensive breakdown of what to expect from new domains and new websites.
Cool
- Desktop punching bag that curses at you. I saw this at a friend’s place - it just asks to be flicked and then rewards you with a few foul words directed at you.
- LineRider. Sumit reminded me again what a tremendous time suck this can be.
- Simple Science Toys that you can build. I know the page is focused on “build with kids”, but screw them - these would be a lot of fun to build yourself.
Useful
- Feedburner on your domain. Gives you full control of your feeds in the future. Along the same lines as my request for reputation portability from blogger.
- Subscribe to comments plugin for wordpress. This is a feature that we’ve badly needed at JB for a long time. I’ve learned that installing wordpress plugins requires a bit of work to make sure nothing conflicts, but when I get the time I’ll install and test this.
- PC Repair System for a USB Drive. I frequently find myself troubleshooting computers - this will be useful since none of the applications need to install and can all be run right from the USB drive.
- Critical Thinking & SEO. Always think critically about every action you take or could take to improve your rankings.
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dude, one more posting without attribution (i know where you heard about line-rider!) and my lawyers will have you drowning in cease and desist (maybe even cease and decease!) letters ;)
also, the guy behind simple science toys is a colleague of mine. his desk is AMAZING.
Ok, responded to the C&D – proper attribution given. I’m still trying to figure out what the right way is to refer to other people on a public blog. People can be squirrelly about this stuff. Maybe I just use first names?
That’s pretty sweet that you know the science toys guy. I remember building those little electric motors when I was a kid – I don’t think it gets old.
You’re my favorite person to read random ideas from! (Now does this mean that you’ll go nuts 20 years before me?)