Archive for November, 2006

Featured Site: 52Tease.com

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

52Tease.com — Like a lot of stores on the internet, 52Tease.com has a gimmick. There’s is a T-shirt shop that features 52 new T-shirt designs a year (a new one a week). What differentiates them from a lot of other stores on the internet, is the product is pretty good. In this case, silly t-shirt slogans. The gimmick keeps 52Tease.com on their toes, constantly coming up with ideas, some which fade away after a few weeks and some which become best sellers. Either way, the slogans and shirts are fun and 52Tease.com will even do your custom designs on T-shirts, magnets, mini-buttons, stickers, coffee cups, hats, bibs, teddy bears, clocks and thongs.

Featured Site: CartoonNetwork.com

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Don’t be fooled by the website interface. CartoonNetwork.com isn’t just for kids. Of course, The Cartoon Network offers kid-oriented programming and the website does lean towards a sense of whimsy. Games, weird sounds, even an animated cartoon greet visitors. But the site’s content holds up beneath the — literal — bells and whistles. Users can flip through their favorite shows, watch videos and shop for items in kids and yes — even adult sizes. Obviously, CartoonNetwork.com isn’t for everyone, but it’s a kids friendly site that also offers a little something more for those adults sneaking over to check out the latest mishaps of Duck Dodgers, as well as those late night Adult Swim aficionados.

Featured Site: TechCrunch.com

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

TechCrunch.com — There are a lot of blogs in the world, and we as a culture love them all. From ones about quilting to ones featuring rabid baseball fans to blogs about poetry, it seems like any niché industry has their heavy hitters. In the technology field, there aren’t many that hit as hard or as accurately as TechCrunch. Founded in June of 2005, TechCrunch has become one of the de facto resources for hot information on the technology and Web 2.0 industry. Even before TechCrunch was the first to report October’s monumental acquisition of YouTube by Google for $1.65 billion, readers, industry insiders and venture capitalist have been flocking to the website with about a millions page views happening every month.

Featured Site: GeorgiaGhostHunters.com

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

GeorgiaGhostHunters.com is a non-profit group who uses scientific methods to attempt to prove or disprove the existence of paranormal phenomena, ie. spooks, spectres, wraiths, geists and ghosts. Not necessarily designed to prove the existence of such entitites, this group of open minded people instead investigates all possible explanations of “hauntings.”

Featured Site: SiteMeter.com

Monday, November 13th, 2006

SiteMeter.com provides an easy way for counting and tracking visitors that come to your websites. This free service logs IP addressess and uses JavaScript to provide information on visitors, including the date and time of the visit and what site they linked in from. Unlike some home brewed counters, SiteMeter.com doesn’t require any complex scripting. Users simply login in to the SiteMeter.com with their website URL and a valid email address, SiteMeter.com then emails you the HTML code for your counter.

Featured Site: GreatWeddingNetwork.com

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

GreatWeddingNetwork.com is the great fusion of wedding planning and the Web 2.0 movement. This site utilizes Google Maps and Google Earth technology to mash-up a searchable database of wedding vendors nationwide into an easy navigation system. Users narrow down the search to a local area to find what they need for their wedding. Created by seasoned wedding professionals, GreatWeddingNetwork.com also offers a blog, wedding management, a forum, and contests, with a wedding wiki under development. The website is supported only by advertisements, making it free for users to find what the need for the perfect wedding.

Featured Site: KodakGallery.com

Sunday, November 12th, 2006

KodakGallery.com is more than just another photo sharing resource on the internet. Backed by Kodak, the website offers not only a place to collect a catalog of your digital photos, but easy ways to convert those digital photos into mementos. Options include holiday postcards made from your photos to cups and mugs, mousepads, puzzles, pillowcases and more. And, of course, you can print your photos online and have them sent to you in a variety of sizes.

Featured Site: LeonTheMilkman.com

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Got Milk? Leon the Milkman does, and he wants to make sure you’re drinking it. This dairy scientist from South Africa is gaining notoriety with his well crafted blog of information regarding the dairy industry. Packed with facts and news, Leon the Milkman utilizes a straight-forward writing style to teach on a range of subjects, from types of cows to making cheeses to the various enzymes in milk. He also provides a free dairy dictionary to registered members of Dairy-Info.org. Take a look at his AboutUs page for more information or to see some news articles on Leon the Milkman.

Featured Site: Netscape.com

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

Netscape.com — Known initially for it’s web browser, Netscape.com lost the “browser war” with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer nearly five years ago. Since then, Netscape has reinvented itself as a site that’s a repository of information, from news, books, health, science and technology to pets, real estate, sports, travel and shopping. What differentiates this site from some of it’s competitors is how the news is gathered. Users and readers nominate stories from other news agencies around the globe, providing direct links to the news articles and brief synopsis’s on the Netscape site. Other readers then vote on how relevant that article is, with articles receiving the most votes collecting towards the top of the page.

Featured Site: Sheff-Utd.co.uk

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Sheff-Utd.co.uk — “Football” — or “Soccer” as we call it in the U.S. — is the world’s most popular sport, with rabid fans and followers all over. The people at Sheff-Utd.co.uk are among the most rabid. The site is a fan site for the Sheffield United Blades of the FA Premier League. Located all over, faithful followers of the Blades come to Sheff-Utd.co.uk for news and information about their team — from photos of recent matches to team news and fan forums to esoteric trivia about the team. Sheff-Utd.co.uk also offers real-time game updates via MMS and will soon boast Podcasting as well.