Easily Update Your Twitter Account From Your Cell Phone, IM Software, and/or 3rd Party Applications
May 11, 2009 Best of the Web, Code & Scripts, Contacts and Networking, Online Tools, Twitter
If you love twitter, then you probably always want to tweet the whole world to let them know what your doing right now. The problem is that you does always have your laptop with you. Well thanks to MrBup.com and this post, you won’t ever have to worry about that again. Just use these tips for updating your twitter account from any of the mentioned mediums and you’ll be up and running in no time! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Best of the Web, Code & Scripts, Contacts and Networking, Online Tools, Twitter
MorgueFile.com is an Online Website Database of Royalty Free High Resolution Stock Photography
May 7, 2009 Best of the Web, Inspiration, Photo Hosts & Sharing
MorgueFile.com is a huge website database of massive amounts of free high resolution digital stock photography for personal, corporate, and public use. You have a legal right to download and distribute any photo that they have on their servers at any time. Read the rest of this entry »
SitesLike.info is a FREE Service That Recommends Websites That are Similar to All of Your Favorites
Apr 22, 2009 Best of the Web, Social Media Websites
SitesLike is a free service that allows you to find, tag, rate and share websites that are similar to each other. The websites listed on SitesLike are constantly monitored so the content is always fresh and up to date. Read the rest of this entry »
Protect Your Blog, Forum, & Website From Spam With A Captcha by Using reCAPTCHA
Apr 11, 2009 Best of the Web, Blogging, Code & Scripts, Online Tools, Security, Security, & more Security, Web Services
A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. You’ve probably seen them — colorful images with distorted text at the bottom of Web registration forms. CAPTCHAs are used by many websites to prevent abuse from “bots,” or automated programs usually written to generate spam. No computer program can read distorted text as well as humans can, so bots cannot navigate sites protected by CAPTCHAs.
Why do you want a Captcha on your website? Here a few reasons to consider using reCAPTCHA:
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Tags: Best of the Web, Blogging, Code & Scripts, Online Tools, Security & more Security, Web Services
MrBup.com is now on the Social Media Website Twitter.
Apr 10, 2009 Best of the Web, Blogging, Community News, Contacts and Networking, Online Tools, Social Media Websites, Twitter, Web Services
For those of you who don’t really know what Twitter is, here is a quick excerpt from their website: Twitter is a FREE service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Tags: Best of the Web, Blogging, Community News, Contacts and Networking, Online Tools, Social Media Websites, Twitter, Web Services
Mozilla Browser, FireFox Addon That Opens a New Tab Directly To Your Set Home Page Every Time You Request One !!
Apr 8, 2009 Best of the Web, Browsers, Desktop Apps, Firefox, FreeWare, Online Tools, Open Source, Quick Tips
New Tab Homepage v: 0.4 is a very simple tabbed browsing extension that loads your homepage whenever you open a new tab. If you have multiple homepages, the first one is chosen.
This addon is meant to be a lightweight alternative to using Tab Mix, Tabbrowser Preferences or other tab browser extensions for this single feature. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Best of the Web, Browsers, Desktop Apps, Firefox, FreeWare, Online Tools, Open Source, Quick Tips
Easily Turn A 128 Character Long URL into a 25 Character Long Easy to Remember URL with Tinyurl
Apr 8, 2009 Best of the Web, Web Services
Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have them break when sent causing the recipients to have to cut and paste them back together? Then TinyURL is the answer you’ve been looking for. When you enter an URL in the text field on TinyURL.com, the service will create a tiny URL that will not break in emails and web posting and it will never expire.
Tags: Best of the Web, Web Services
The Simplest FREE File Hosting WebSite Ever is Now Also The Fastest !!
Apr 5, 2009 Best of the Web, File and Data Sharing, Online Tools, Photo Hosts & Sharing, Web Services
FileDropper.com was created as a fresh alternative to sites like MegaUpload and RapidShare. Unlike those sites, FileDropper doesn’t reel you in and make you wait for annoying countdown timers. They don’t try hiding any download links with aggressively placed ads. It really seems like its just a basic friendly service. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Best of the Web, File and Data Sharing, Online Tools, Photo Hosts & Sharing, Web Services
Easily Find All UPS Stores, Blue Mailbox Drop Offs, or Post Offices Near Your Current Location
Mar 23, 2009 Best of the Web, Image Editing, Online Tools
Mail Box Map helps you easily find the all the UPS stores, Blue Mail Boxes, and Post Offices nearest you.
The other day I was driving around town and I had to mail a check to scottrade and I had no idea where the closest blue mail box drop off was. I drove around until I finally found one. When I got home later that night, I Googled how to find blue mailboxes. After some digging and weeding through worthless websites, I came across mailboxmap.com. Its a website that utilizes Google Maps and tells you where all the UPS stores, Post offices, and Blue MailBoxes are in any area that you tell it to search. This is a completely 100% FREE service and the only income generated by the site for its owner is done through adsense.
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Tags: Best of the Web, Online Tools
The 7 Best Places You Should Visit For Incredible Free Website Design Templates
Mar 14, 2009 Best of the Web, CSS & StyleSheets, Code & Scripts, FreeWare, Inspiration, Open Source, Templates, Website Design
So your sitting in front of your laptop and your suffering from a horrible case of writers block. You just landed a new website project, and the client wants a quick layout to see what you have envisioned for her. She’s not quite sure how she wants her web presents to be laid out, so she needs you to point her in the right direction. NOW WHAT??
Go to one of (or all of) these 7 websites and browse around to scarf up some pretty awesome website design inspiration. Weather you want to develop a XHTML and CSS or a Flash website, these 7 sites can point you in the right direction. Many of these templates can be slightly tweaked or even heavily modified to your needs as long as you credit the author. So, please enjoy!!
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Tags: Best of the Web, Code & Scripts, CSS & StyleSheets, FreeWare, Inspiration, Open Source, Templates, Website Design
