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Etsy – the handmade market place

I ran accross this earlier today. Its a site for selling handmade goods. Very well organized and easy to use with some cool products. My biggest complaint is that the clothing isn’t browsable by mens and womens styles. Here’s their brief definition of what Etsy is: Etsy is an online marketplace [ READ MORE ]

Google office productivity suite?

Ok, so I right before I posted about writely, a friend sent me a link to another upcoming product from google: http://www.google.com/googlespreadsheets/tour1.html . Thats right, not only does google have a web based word processor, they also have a spreadsheet solution. Lets compare: Microsoft (Commercial) Open Source (Free) Google (Free, web based) MS Office OpenOffice.org Mozilla Google Word processor Word Writer Writely [ READ MORE ]

Writely as a blog editor

A while back I posted an article in the tools blog of the dev site (http://jesstedder.com/dev/blogs/tools ) a post on writely , a web based, ajax intensive, word processor. It turns out it can be used as an editor for your blog posts as well, I’m actually composing this post using writely and [ READ MORE ]

Send in the idiots

  • May 30th, 2006
  • Posted in books

I heard an interview on NPR with the author of a new book, _Send in the Idiots_. Its written by an autistic man about 4 of his autistic classmates from grade school and what their lives are like in their mid-twenties. Excellent book. Check it out here: “Send in the idiots”:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1582346194/103-3154671-1236608?v=glance&n=283155 [ READ MORE ]

homer j simpson rules

  • May 19th, 2006
  • Posted in Humor

Its been a frustrating day and week. I can always count on homer to cheer me up a bit. Here’s a pic of homer being bored that really lifted my spirits today. !http://jesstedder.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/HomerSimpsonPicture.gif! And here’s the one that really got me thru… !http://jesstedder.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Desktop%20Background.bmp! [ READ MORE ]

Google notebook

  • May 16th, 2006
  • Posted in google

There's a new tool from google that seems very useful so far.  Here's the description from the site ( http://google.com/gn ): Google Notebook makes web research of all kinds – from planning a vacation to researching a school paper to buying a car – easier and more efficient by enabling you to clip and gather information [ READ MORE ]

Another funny video

Another damn funny video.  Will ring true for all the computer nerds out there. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1329362959167995041 [ READ MORE ]

Meg’s blog

Meg, my darling girlfriend, now has her own little niche on the web.  Keep an eye on this one for startling tidbits about everything and nothing. http://megroudebush.com   [ READ MORE ]

eMusic – Music downloads with no DRM

  • May 4th, 2006
  • Posted in Music

Relatively new music download service.  Key feature: downloads are plain MP3's, no DRM embedded.  Average 25 cents per song.  50 free songs at signup. Check it out: http://www.emusic.com/ [ READ MORE ]

cool video – Gnarls Barkley – Crazy “Original”

  • May 4th, 2006
  • Posted in Music

 Keith Hays sent this little gem along.  Definitely cool with a freaky worschac (sp) animation going on….  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgKUnhCANTY&search=Gnarls%20Barkley%20Cee%20L [ READ MORE ]