Archives for January 2nd, 2008

U.R.Celeb: Appear on the Cover of Magazines

This is another one of those "just for fun" kinds of things: U.R. Celeb is a program that you can download to create your own covers for magazines like People, Rollingstone, Sports Illustrated, and more. That means even you too can appear on the cover of your favorite magazine, or be the topic of the latest breaking news on CNN. There are templates for the following different magazines:

January 2nd, 2008
U.R.Celeb: Appear on the Cover of Magazines

Custom iGoogle Skins

One thing that I really love about my personalized iGoogle homepage are the skins that Google has available. Google periodically adds new themes to their selection, but there's only about ten of them that you can use right now.

January 2nd, 2008
Custom iGoogle Skins

Helpful Tip: Wikipedia RSS Feeds

I'm sure many of you use Wikipedia on a regular basis for information, but did you know that Wikipedia also has RSS feeds available for keeping up with changes to your favorite articles? To get an RSS feed for a particular article just go to the Wikipedia page for it, and click on the History tab located along the top.

January 2nd, 2008
Helpful Tip: Wikipedia RSS Feeds

Bookmarklet: Reveal TinyURL Destination Addresses

I've seen several sites writing about this Greasemonkey script which can be used to reveal the destination address of TinyURL's. That's cool and all, but I don't want another script that has to scan site that I visit when I only come across a few TinyURL's each week. Not only that, but the script only works in Firefox.

January 2nd, 2008
Bookmarklet: Reveal TinyURL Destination Addresses

Talk More Like a 12 Year-Old…

File this under "just for fun": A conversation between two teenagers who are instant messaging or texting can be impossible to follow if you're not familiar with their "Lingo." Some of you probably even use this Lingo which seems to have come about when instant messengers like AOL's launched.

January 2nd, 2008
Talk More Like a 12 Year-Old…

IE7Pro 2 Lets You Pause and Resume Downloads

IE7Pro just released version 2.0 to the public, and it has a few notable new features. For starters it has been modularized which will help increase its stability, and there is also a 64-bit version available on the download page. The biggest news, however, can be summed up by looking at the screenshot above.

January 2nd, 2008
IE7Pro 2 Lets You Pause and Resume Downloads

Topping Amazon.com’s "Best of 2007" Lists…

Amazon.com has just released their "Best of 2007" lists which include products in different categories that were bestselling, reviewed most positively, products that appeared most often on Wish Lists of Amazon customers, and most popular gift products.

January 2nd, 2008
Topping Amazon.com’s "Best of 2007" Lists…

Daily Downloads: Notepad++, Shareaza, FileZilla, and More

Welcome to Daily Downloads brought to you by CyberNet! Each weekday we bring you the Windows software updates for widely used programs, and it's safe to assume that all the software we list is freeware (we'll try to note the paid-only programs).

January 2nd, 2008
Daily Downloads: Notepad++, Shareaza, FileZilla, and More

CyberNotes: Firefox Profile Backup Solutions

There's no doubt that your browser stores a lot of important information that could leave you in quite a bind should it disappear all of a sudden.

January 2nd, 2008
CyberNotes: Firefox Profile Backup Solutions