Trapster.com
I’ve told this idea to a lot of people and I am SO glad that someone has decided to do it. The way I envisioned it was using something like twitter to let people know about traffic situations and more importantly where speed traps are located.
There is a ktlink here in Hawaii that displays HPD’s traffic reports so if you’re about to make a trip you can quickly check for traffic accidents or congestions.
However, using trapster you can report and get reports on current speed traps. What I most like about this feature is that you can use Jott.com to actually phone in where those sneaking cops are hiding.
So I hope that helps! I’ve signed up and will be checking it out for a little bit.
Chipin
If you need money, donations, help, whatever. Chipin is a neat site that will link your paypal account and give you a clean interface to help your friends, family, strangers help you reach your goals.
Here is an example that I have created:
TryMango Goes Live – Introducing Mangolanguages.com
I’ve mention
ed language service Mango before. Since then I’ve played around with this language service in my attempts to learn Japanese. If you are looking for help learning how to read, write, speak, and hear different languages (11 so far) then you should definitely check Mangolanguages.com. They incorporate a clean user interface and provide you with different voices and dialect variations to help you master the language of your choice.
Leaks: Internal AT&T Manual For Handling All Kinds Of Customer Complaints – Consumerist
The Consumerist has gotten there hands on some pretty useful information if you are an AT&T or Cingular customer.
Here’s a direct port from the AT&T/Cingular internal database on how to handle complaining customers. These are the document every customer service rep in their call centers uses to deal with you when you kvetch.
Sprint Drop Customers Who Point Out Sprint Drops the Ball
Customer called Sprint to get error resolved. Sprint cancels his contract because he ‘called customer service too much.’ I must say, this seems like a great way to get out of a contract. If you know me personally you know that I
(An intense and passionate dislike.)
HATE
That is right. Sprint is 5 points BELOW the industry average and the company that is doing the best is only 4 points above the industry average. According to the chart, that means that generally, people on the Sprint network are getting sub-par service. Yes, I am sure that some people don’t have any complaints about Sprint but they are not the majority according to this study.
Glubble: Parental Control in Firefox
Glubble: Parental Control in Firefox
Glubble is a very impressive browser plugin that adds parental controls to Firefox. Glubble transforms Firefox into a locked down environment where kids can only surf approved sites, while parents can easily log into a restriction-free account for normal web surfing.
Glubble also re-skins Firefox with a simple and appealing kid-friendly look while logged into a child account. The browser under Glubble is a completely controlled environment, meaning all of your bookmarks and most of your other plugins are hidden while logged into a child account some plugins, like Flash for example, will still work — a good thing considering how many childrens sites utilize Flash.
Read More… [via Read/WriteWeb]
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
Grandcentral.com was recently acquired by Google. I was also given an invite and decided to start playing with it. This is definitely something that I want to start using. Basically Grandcentral.com gives you a phone number of your choice. This phone then connects any and all of your phones together. For instance, my mom is either at home or out and about with her cell phone. I can try both separately but if she had Grandcentral I could call one number and it would ring both phones.
Grandcentral has TONS of features as well.
Here’s a list:
Screen Callers
Know who’s calling and screen unknown callers
ListenIn
Hear why someone is calling before taking the call
Call Record
Record calls on the fly and access recordings online
Block Callers
Unwanted callers won’t be able to reach you anymore
Notifications
Receive voicemail notifications via email or SMS
WebCall Button
Let people call you from a web page without showing your number
CallSwitch
Switch phones in the middle of a call
Click2Call
Call from your addressbook and save your typing
Mobile Access
Visual voicemail for your mobile phone
Ring Different Phones
One number that rings different phones based on who’s calling
Greetings
Personalize your voicemail greetings by caller or group
RingShare
Go beyond the ring and choose ringback tones for your callers
So. Here is my ‘Web Call Button’ Try it out.
Google Releases 3D Warehouse and Sketch Up
3D Warehouse is where users can submit 3D models of anything. Why would Google ever want to get into this? Remember, Google is getting into everything. They will one day rule the world. So you need a 3D model. Download it. They also provide a free 3D modeling program called “Sketch Up”. I’m definitely excited about this because I was recently going to get back into 3D modeling in Lightwave but I think I am going to just do this. Also, I just learned that Adobe has released a plug-in for Photoshop CS3
RSS to iPod
Don’t you hate it when you don’t have the time to sit at your desk and go through your RSS feeds? I do. It would be really nice to read my RSS feeds at the doctor’s office, boring parties, at the beach. I don’t know why I never thought of this before but I found a great tool to help me get my RSS feeds onto my iPod. It is called iFeedPod and if you are an RSS junkie like me then this is a must. It takes your feeds automatically collects them converts them into notes and puts them on your iPod. I was actually quite amazed at the speed at which this was performed. Best part of all is that it is FREE.
Google Maps + Craigslist = Total Kickbutt Apartment Search
MapsKrieg – CraigsList Apartment Listings Mashed With Google Maps
iWear – WEAR your iPod
iWear is a product that actually allows you to wear your accessory on your clothing.
From the website…
• Practically invisible! It is hidden behind your clothes and leaves the front row to the iPod design itself.
• You can use it with practically any clothes such as jeans, skirt, pants, T-Shirt, sweater or even a scarf.
• (up to 1 mm textile thickness).
• It can be attached and detached with one movement.
• iWear does not use any chemical glue or something which harm your clothes.
• It holds your iPod safely but does not prevent your movements.
The PC Decrapifier
So, you’re the proud owner of a new PC. You anxiously open the box, dumping out the contents, casting the instructions aside. You feverishly push your old PC off the desk and get the new one set up. On the floor lies a pile of plastic wrap and twist ties. Your brand spanking new PC boots up only to greet you with a plethora of pop up advertisements pestering you to pay for anti-virus software or sign up for a music service. Your desktop is littered with website links for ‘special offers.’ The system tray is already full of programs that continuously use your internet connection to make sure that you’re ‘up to date.’
“When did I ask for this?” you ask. Well, you didn’t and that’s where the PC Decrapifier comes in. The PC Decrapifier attempts to remove all of the crap on your PC that you never asked for or wanted. To manually remove all of this stuff by hand can take at least an hour (depending on the severity of the infestation.) The PC Decrapifier will detect the ‘crap’ on your system, you choose what to uninstall, then sit back and let the PC Decrapifier work its magic.
All of this stuff is placed on your new PC because the big companies like Dell, HP and others sell advertising space on your PC to put more money in their pockets at the expense of your time and frustration.
The PC Decrapifier is a program free for personal use to help the average computer user combat this problem. It is also available for PC technicians at a small fee to use as a tool in their everyday business to save a tremendous amount of time.
Michael Tyson’s AutoRate
AutoRate is a nifty little program that automatically rates your itunes music with the following formula:
rating = (100 * ( (play frequency – lower) / (upper – lower) ) – skips per month * 5
I’ve tried it and it worked great. I’m glad because I often dwell on what to rate a song and sometimes can’t decide. I know, you should see me at 31 flavors, it’s not a pretty site.
TVShows
TVShows automatically downloads your favorite tv shows. All you have to do is subscribe to the shows you watch and it will automatically get the torrent files and open up your preferred bittorrent client. I have just now installed it and it’s working perfectly. This is probably one of the best tools I have come across in a long time.
SnÅ«zNLÅ«z – Wifi Donation Alarm Clock
Connects via WiFi to your online bank account, and donates YOUR real money to an organization you HATE when you decide to snooze! Gotta love ThinkGeek
Google Voice Local Search
Google makes 411 free and available. Call 1-800-GOOG-411 or click the link above to read more. All calls are free and they will even connect you to the business free of charge. Long live the Google empire!
Soda Geyser Tube
$5, looks like an awesome investment however, I’m strapped…anyone wanna buy me one?
Just get it, I kinda don’t know how and really don’t feel like figuring out a way to explain what it is so you can read about it here.
Sign up for it and add me as your friend! – JPhilipson -
OpenOffice 2.2 Released
OpenOffice is an cost effective alternative to Microsoft Office, and by cost effective I mean FREE! That’s right. You get Microsoft Office’s Powerpoint, Excel, Word, et cetera. How is it free? Because OpenOffice is OpenSource. Actually it I like it better. I replaced my MS Office 3 years ago on my PC and never regretted it. I almost was fired from Best Buy because I would recommend it over Microsoft Office. So there you have it.
Top 10 Greasemonkey Scripts for Productivity
Top 10 Greasemonkey scripts to improve your productivity by lifehack.org