Unlock Your Cell Phone

Here is another cool cell phone hacking site
unlockme.co.uk

Access the iTunes Music Store via the Web.

You can download a script toadd to your website which allows you to browse and play prview clips from the iTunes Music store right from your web site, although it won't let you purchase music - you still have to download iTunes for that.

check it out here

The "magic" of CSS

Here are some interesting sites about CSS:

CSS Zen Garden

CSS: Pushing Your Limits

Making Complex CSS Simple

Calculate Paypal Fees

This handy little site lets you see how much to charge to get x dollars after PayPal fees, or you can see how much you will get after PayPal fees.

Paypal Fee Calculator

Use your GMail Account as Online Storage

Thats Right you can upload your files to your GMail account using the information found here:

gDrive

802.11g router $9.99, FREE DVD-R 10 Pack and more deals

Netgear 802.11g router $9.99 after $60 mail in rebate

Logitech X-530 5.1 5-PieceSystem with Subwoofer Speaker $44.94 - no rebates and FREE shiping

Velocity DVD-R 4X 4.7GB, 10-Spindle FREE after $8.00 mail in rebate

Free Font Blog

A blog devoted to FREE fonts.

Click Here

Excellent Ebay Sniping Tools

here are a couple of excellent tools you can use which will automatically enter your bid in the last seconds of the auction so you almost always get the winning bid. The only way you can really lose is if bidding exceeds your max bid before the end of the auction. It is definitely worthtryin though - they have won many auctions for me.

Hammersnipe - this one has a free version which will place your bid in the last 10 seconds. But you can pay to make you bid get places in the last 2 seconds

Bidnapper - this is free to try for 10 days andafter that you have to pay.

FREE Stuff from Microsoft?

That's not like them - but it's true! If you are using a genuine copy of windows XP you can get free software from Microsoft.

Check it out Here

Hacking your Samsung a670 Cell Phone

I came across this today - all kinds of info about hacking your Samsung a670 cell phone.
a670 Hacks

If you have a diffeent cell phone you can try here:
Other Phones

Want to overclock your CPU?

Here's a site with some really helpful info for overclocking.

http://www.techreport.com/cpu/

Maxtor 250GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Hard Drive $99 no rebates

Compusa has a maxtor 205GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache for $99 in store or online.
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=316138&pfp=cat3

$40 Maxtor 160GB Hard Drive

check the following link for a Maxtor 160 GB Hard Drive for $110 - $10 Coupon Code (use coupon code 24650129) - 2x $30 Mail in Rebate with free shipping.

Click Here

FREE Belkin 2 port KVM

That's right - you too can have a spiffy new 2 port Belkin PS/2 KVM switch absolutely FREE :)

seriously it is $36 with a $36 mail in rebate. valid through 3/31/2005.

http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?sku=425558&SourceID=k26451&SourceID=k54384

A Hack a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

No wait - thats not it. Anyway - here's an interesting site about how to "hack" all kinds of stuff. I think a few weeks ago they posted about how to hack some of the newer soda machines and get free sodas. they have all sorts of weird stuff like that.

http://www.hackaday.com/

Windows Shortcuts

here is a big list of windows shortcuts:

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=251731

Compiled by +ethief. ethief@gmail.com
Run Commands
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compmgmt.msc - Computer management
devmgmt.msc - Device manager
diskmgmt.msc - Disk management
dfrg.msc - Disk defrag
eventvwr.msc - Event viewer
fsmgmt.msc - Shared folders
gpedit.msc - Group policies
lusrmgr.msc - Local users and groups
perfmon.msc - Performance monitor
rsop.msc - Resultant set of policies
secpol.msc - Local security settings
services.msc - Various Services
msconfig - System Configuration Utility
regedit - Registry Editor
msinfo32 _ System Information
sysedit _ System Edit
win.ini _ windows loading information(also system.ini)
winver _ Shows current version of windows
mailto: _ Opens default email client
command _ Opens command prompt
Run Commands to access the control panel
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Add/Remove Programs control appwiz.cpl
Date/Time Properties control timedate.cpl
Display Properties control desk.cpl
FindFast control findfast.cpl
Fonts Folder control fonts
Internet Properties control inetcpl.cpl
Keyboard Properties control main.cpl keyboard
Mouse Properties control main.cpl
Multimedia Properties control mmsys.cpl
Network Properties control netcpl.cpl
Password Properties control password.cpl
Printers Folder control printers
Sound Properties control mmsys.cpl sounds
System Properties control sysdm.cpl
Command Prompt
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ANSI.SYS Defines functions that change display graphics, control cursor movement, and reassign keys.
APPEND Causes MS-DOS to look in other directories when editing a file or running a command.
ARP Displays, adds, and removes arp information from network devices.
ASSIGN Assign a drive letter to an alternate letter.
ASSOC View the file associations.
AT Schedule a time to execute commands or programs.
ATMADM Lists connections and addresses seen by Windows ATM call manager.
ATTRIB Display and change file attributes.
BATCH Recovery console command that executes a series of commands in a file.
BOOTCFG Recovery console command that allows a user to view, modify, and rebuild the boot.ini
BREAK Enable / disable CTRL + C feature.
CACLS View and modify file ACL's.
CALL Calls a batch file from another batch file.
CD Changes directories.
CHCP Supplement the International keyboard and character set information.
CHDIR Changes directories.
CHKDSK Check the hard disk drive running FAT for errors.
CHKNTFS Check the hard disk drive running NTFS for errors.
CHOICE Specify a listing of multiple options within a batch file.
CLS Clears the screen.
CMD Opens the command interpreter.
COLOR Easily change the foreground and background color of the MS-DOS window.
COMP Compares files.
COMPACT Compresses and uncompress files.
CONTROL Open control panel icons from the MS-DOS prompt.
CONVERT Convert FAT to NTFS.
COPY Copy one or more files to an alternate location.
CTTY Change the computers input/output devices.
DATE View or change the systems date.
DEBUG Debug utility to create assembly programs to modify hardware settings.
DEFRAG Re-arrange the hard disk drive to help with loading programs.
DEL Deletes one or more files.
DELETE Recovery console command that deletes a file.
DELTREE Deletes one or more files and/or directories.
DIR List the contents of one or more directory.
DISABLE Recovery console command that disables Windows system services or drivers.
DISKCOMP Compare a disk with another disk.
DISKCOPY Copy the contents of one disk and place them on another disk.
DOSKEY Command to view and execute commands that have been run in the past.
DOSSHELL A GUI to help with early MS-DOS users.
DRIVPARM Enables overwrite of original device drivers.
ECHO Displays messages and enables and disables echo.
EDIT View and edit files.
EDLIN View and edit files.
EMM386 Load extended Memory Manager.
ENABLE Recovery console command to enable a disable service or driver.
ENDLOCAL Stops the localization of the environment changes enabled by the setlocal command.
ERASE Erase files from computer.
EXIT Exit from the command interpreter.
EXPAND Expand a Microsoft Windows file back to it's original format.
EXTRACT Extract files from the Microsoft Windows cabinets.
FASTHELP Displays a listing of MS-DOS commands and information about them.
FC Compare files.
FDISK Utility used to create partitions on the hard disk drive.
FIND Search for text within a file.
FINDSTR Searches for a string of text within a file.
FIXBOOT Writes a new boot sector.
FIXMBR Writes a new boot record to a disk drive.
FOR Boolean used in batch files.
FORMAT Command to erase and prepare a disk drive.
FTP Command to connect and operate on a FTP server.
FTYPE Displays or modifies file types used in file extension associations.
GOTO Moves a batch file to a specific label or location.
GRAFTABL Show extended characters in graphics mode.
HELP Display a listing of commands and brief explanation.
IF Allows for batch files to perform conditional processing.
IFSHLP.SYS 32-bit file manager.
IPCONFIG Network command to view network adapter settings and assigned values.
KEYB Change layout of keyboard.
LABEL Change the label of a disk drive.
LH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LISTSVC Recovery console command that displays the services and drivers.
LOADFIX Load a program above the first 64k.
LOADHIGH Load a device driver in to high memory.
LOCK Lock the hard disk drive.
LOGON Recovery console command to list installations and enable administrator login.
MAP Displays the device name of a drive.
MD Command to create a new directory.
MEM Display memory on system.
MKDIR Command to create a new directory.
MODE Modify the port or display settings.
MORE Display one page at a time.
MOVE Move one or more files from one directory to another directory.
MSAV Early Microsoft Virus scanner.
MSD Diagnostics utility.
MSCDEX Utility used to load and provide access to the CD-ROM.
NBTSTAT Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
NET Update, fix, or view the network or network settings
NETSH Configure dynamic and static network information from MS-DOS.
NETSTAT Display the TCP/IP network protocol statistics and information.
NLSFUNC Load country specific information.
NSLOOKUP Look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.
PATH View and modify the computers path location.
PATHPING View and locate locations of network latency.
PAUSE Command used in batch files to stop the processing of a command.
PING Test / send information to another network computer or network device.
POPD Changes to the directory or network path stored by the pushd command.
POWER Conserve power with computer portables.
PRINT Prints data to a printer port.
PROMPT View and change the MS-DOS prompt.
PUSHD Stores a directory or network path in memory so it can be returned to at any time.
QBASIC Open the QBasic.
RD Removes an empty directory.
REN Renames a file or directory.
RENAME Renames a file or directory.
RMDIR Removes an empty directory.
ROUTE View and configure windows network route tables.
RUNAS Enables a user to execute a program on another computer.
SCANDISK Run the scandisk utility.
SCANREG Scan registry and recover registry from errors.
SET Change one variable or string to another.
SETLOCAL Enables local environments to be changed without affecting anything else.
SETVER Change MS-DOS version to trick older MS-DOS programs.
SHARE Installs support for file sharing and locking capabilities.
SHIFT Changes the position of replaceable parameters in a batch program.
SHUTDOWN Shutdown the computer from the MS-DOS prompt.
SMARTDRV Create a disk cache in conventional memory or extended memory.
SORT Sorts the input and displays the output to the screen.
START Start a separate window in Windows from the MS-DOS prompt.
SUBST Substitute a folder on your computer for another drive letter.
SWITCHES Remove add functions from MS-DOS.
SYS Transfer system files to disk drive.
TELNET Telnet to another computer / device from the prompt.
TIME View or modify the system time.
TITLE Change the title of their MS-DOS window.
TRACERT Visually view a network packets route across a network.
TREE View a visual tree of the hard disk drive.
TYPE Display the contents of a file.
UNDELETE Undelete a file that has been deleted.
UNFORMAT Unformat a hard disk drive.
UNLOCK Unlock a disk drive.
VER Display the version information.
VERIFY Enables or disables the feature to determine if files have been written properly.
VOL Displays the volume information about the designated drive.
XCOPY Copy multiple files, directories, and/or drives from one location to another.
TRUENAME When placed before a file, will display the whole directory in which it exists
TASKKILL It allows you to kill those unneeded or locked up applications

Windows XP Shortcuts
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ALT+- (ALT+hyphen) Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu
ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window
ALT+TAB Switch between open items
ALT+Underlined letter Display the corresponding menu
BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
CTRL+A Select all
CTRL+B Bold
CTRL+C Copy
CTRL+I Italics
CTRL+O Open an item
CTRL+U Underline
CTRL+V Paste
CTRL+X Cut
CTRL+Z Undo
CTRL+F4 Close the active document
CTRL while dragging Copy selected item
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging Create shortcut to selected iteM
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
ESC Cancel the current task
F1 Displays Help
F2 Rename selected item
F3 Search for a file or folder
F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 Refresh the active window
F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program
SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu
SHIFT+CTRL+ESC Launches Task Manager
SHIFT when you insert a CD Prevent the CD from automatically playing
WIN Display or hide the Start menu
WIN+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box
WIN+D Minimizes all Windows and shows the Desktop
WIN+E Open Windows Explorer
WIN+F Search for a file or folder
WIN+F+CTRL Search for computers
WIN+L Locks the desktop
WIN+M Minimize or restore all windows
WIN+R Open the Run dialog box
WIN+TAB Switch between open items



Windows Explorer Shortcuts
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ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the current window’s system menu
SHIFT+F10 - Display the item's context menu
CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu
ALT+TAB - Switch to the window you last used
ALT+F4 - Close the current window or quit
CTRL+A - Select all items
CTRL+X - Cut selected item(s)
CTRL+C - Copy selected item(s)
CTRL+V - Paste item(s)
CTRL+Z - Undo last action
CTRL+(+) - Automatically resize the columns in the right hand pane
TAB - Move forward through options
ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Move forward to a previous view
ALT+LEFT ARROW - Move backward to a previous view
SHIFT+DELETE - Delete an item immediately
BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up
ALT+ENTER - View an item’s properties
F10 - Activate the menu bar in programs
F6 - Switch between left and right panes
F5 - Refresh window contents
F3 - Display Find application
F2 - Rename selected item
Internet Explorer Shortcuts
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CTRL+A - Select all items on the current page
CTRL+D - Add the current page to your Favorites
CTRL+E - Open the Search bar
CTRL+F - Find on this page
CTRL+H - Open the History bar
CTRL+I - Open the Favorites bar
CTRL+N - Open a new window
CTRL+O - Go to a new location
CTRL+P - Print the current page or active frame
CTRL+S - Save the current page
CTRL+W - Close current browser window
CTRL+ENTER - Adds the http://www. (url) .com
SHIFT+CLICK - Open link in new window
BACKSPACE - Go to the previous page
ALT+HOME - Go to your Home page
HOME - Move to the beginning of a document
TAB - Move forward through items on a page
END - Move to the end of a document
ESC - Stop downloading a page
F11 - Toggle full-screen view
F5 - Refresh the current page
F4 - Display list of typed addresses
F6 - Change Address bar and page focus
ALT+RIGHT ARROW - Go to the next page
SHIFT+CTRL+TAB - Move back between frames
SHIFT+F10 - Display a shortcut menu for a link
SHIFT+TAB - Move back through the items on a page
CTRL+TAB - Move forward between frames
CTRL+C - Copy selected items to the clipboard
CTRL+V - Insert contents of the clipboard
ENTER - Activate a selected link
HOME - Move to the beginning of a document
END - Move to the end of a document
F1 - Display Internet Explorer Help

Free Rock Band Fonts

Here is a site that offers free downloads of fonts used in rock band's logos. Free fonts are always good.

http://www.rockrage.com/media/fonts/musicfonts.html

MS Anti-Spyware will be Free for Personal Use

I was hoping they would do this - for once Bill did something right. It looks like once Microsoft's new AntiSpyware software comes out of BETA, it will continue to be free for personal use.

Click Here

Windows XP Tweaking Guide

Here is a free downloadable PDF Windows XP Tweaking Guide.
http://www.tweakguides.com/XPTC.html

Free Mobile Web on Verizon Phones

Here is a legal way to get free mobile web on your verizon phone without paying the $5.00/month to verizon.

1) First go to http://www.mobileweb4u.com/setup.html and select your phone model. you will get instructions on how to change the IP address and port number your phone uses to connect to the web. you will notice though that they wont tell you the IP address and port number to use. they will say xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx for the IP address and yyyy for the port. instead use 194.204.012.042 for the IP address and 9201 for the port. it worked for me and my samsung a670.

2) if that IP address and port doesn't work, try one from www.publicproxyservers.com

Why is this legal?When you pay verizon that $5.00/month you are just paying them to use their server. Basically your phone connects to their server and then to the internet. if you use someone else's server and that other server decides not to charge you to use it then theres nothing illegal there.

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie!

It looks like they are coming out with a "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" movie this spring - one from hollywood with a budget bigger than Dr. Who :)
The only one I have seen so far is the dvd set of the old UK TV series which reminded me very much of Dr Who. It seemed interesting but the effects and aliens were just so cheezy I couldn't watch it all. but this looks like it will be cool.

http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/main.html

Blockbuster's New "No More Late Fees" Policy Explained.

Blockbuster's new No Late Fees Policy is not really 'no late fees.' It's the 'Blockbuster automatic purchase program."'

more details: http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=7608949&pageNumber=0

Dedicated Server Providers

For a long time I have had servers with Serverbeach and they have been OK, but lately their slow support has been annoying me. For instance, there are two major problems I have with them which are as follows:

1) For the past several months when I reboot my server it never comes back up. So I submit a ticket and wait, and wait, and wait. This happened to me just the other day - I submitted my ticket and waited about 4 hours for a response. To me this is unacceptable when my server is down. This is a critical request and they waited 4 hours to reply. Not only that, but this has been an ongoing problem for several months now.
Shortly after it started happening, I scheduled a window with them where they could troubleshoot it, they said they were able to find the cause and resolve it so it would not happen again. But within a couple weeks - it happened again.
So once again, I set a time for them to troubleshoot it, and this time they said that there was a setting in the BIOS preventing it from coming back up after a reboot. They said (AGAIN) that they fixed it and it would not happen anymore. And that brings us to the other day when it happened AGAIN. Their response was as follows:

Subject:
Hello,
There was a bios setting that was incorrect on your server and it was causing the server to suspend instead of reboot. The setting has been corrected so you shouldn't have the problem anymore.
Thank you for using ServerBeach!

That's twice that they told me it was a BIOS setting!

2) So the second thing that has been annoying about their support is that since they don't offer any kind of hardware firewall, I have had to use Sygate Firewall. It works well but after it is first installed, it is automatically set to block all traffic. So every time I have to install it I have to submit a ticket and wait several hours for them to unblock me. This is where it would be nice if they had phone support where I could just call them up and say "click this, this and this please". And very often when there are other problems preventing me from accessing my machine, they like to blame it on sygate because "it's not an item they support".

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to bash serverbeach. They do seem to have a solid network with little downtime, it's just that their response time to critical support issues is a bit lacking. If you are looking for a cheap server with limited support for use in a non-critical environment, then Serverbeach might be OK. I am just very frustrated with then and I am venting.

With that said, I have been looking at servermatrix. They have limited management with all servers, and for an extra fee you can get full management. They offer things like hardware firewalls, Shared SQL Server Databases, NAS backups and more. And more important, they have phone support and their SLA says they will always pick up within 2 rings. Have any of you had any experience with ServerMatrix? If so, please post comments and share your experience.

Coupon Codes

This seems to be a good site to find coupon codes for online stores. Before buying anything online go here first and search for the site you are buying from. Usually there is some kind of coupon. The site looks kind of hokey, but seems to have some good content. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to find the java based search form.

http://www.coupon-codes.net/

Google Maps.

Finally, Google has released their own mapping software. It is currently in beta so there may still be some bugs, but it has to be better than yahoo maps. I can't tell you how many times I was late for an appointment because of crappy directions from yahoo maps.

http://maps.google.com/

Nero 6.6 for free?

can this be for real? Nero 6.6 OEM for free plus $7-$10 S+H

http://www.isellsurplus.com/product.asp?id=9067&c=30&s=161

128 MB flash drive for $6.99

a pretty good deal if you ask me - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007L6CM/102-4799835-3362540

Free Ringtones

here's a cool site which lets you upload any MP3 from your PC, trim it and compress it and have it send in a text message to your phone so you can use it as a ringtone. and its all FREE.

pretty cool.

http://smashthetones.smashsworld.com/

Find the Cheapest Gas Prices in your City

here is a cool site I came across that monitors the gas prices at various locations in many cities and lets you find the cheapest price. I was kind of surprised to see that they have Albany on there.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/

All the Superbowl Commercials

Just in case you missed any of them - here's a link to all the superbowl ads on ifilm. personally I thought they were all a little weak this year but go check it out and you be the judge.

http://dyn.ifilm.com/superbowlads/

Family Guy Video Game?

This is gonna be Freakin SWEET :)
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050203005465&newsLang=en

Get a FREE (Your Product Here)

I'm sure you have all heard about the freephotoipods.com and freeminimac.com type of promotions. And you have proabaly all signed up for them only to realize that your friends don't want to sign up for eFax or Blockbuster Online. That's why you should use a Conga. It's kind of like the G-Queue thing I posted about last week for getting gmail accounts. Basically you use one of the referral links from the conga to sign up for freeWhatever.com and then your referral link goes onto the conga for someone else to sign up with, and before you know it, you've met your requirements and your free item will be on its way.

Give it a try:
http://www.official4freecongas.com

or your could just sign up through my referral links to help me get free stuff :)
http://www.freephotoiPods.com/?r=11755831
http://www.FreeMiniMacs.com/?r=14511851

Play Tetris on the Side of a Building!

Ever feel the urge to play your favorite arcade game on the side of a nearby building using your cell phone? Your wait is over (sort of).

http://scastile.blogspot.com/2005/02/playing-mobile-games-on-buildings.html

Learn How to Tie a Tie.

OK this is not real exciting, but it's good for reference. Although I think I have mastered it, you never know, some of you out there may find it useful. It's amazing what you can find on the internet :)

http://www.neckties.com/knots.php#hw

Run a Web Server from Home.

For those of you who don't want or can't afford professional web hosting you can host your website from your home computer over your cable or DSL connection. Keep in mind that if you are running a business site that you rely on, I don't reccommend running it from home. But if you just want to host a personal site or something then definitely give it a try.

Here's a website all about how you can do it:
http://www.dslwebserver.com/

and if you decide to run your own website and want a nice design, try one of these website templates

If you need some help coding your pages try some of these free tutorials

Happy Hosting!

The Latest Torrent Site.

Although I am not really into the whole file sharing thing, I know many of you are so I thought I would pass this along. I guess the latest thing in torrents, since the fall of supernova, is a new site called snarf-IT.

check it out: http://www.snarf-it.org/

CSS Cheatsheet

For those webpage designers out there, here is a handy page I came across. It lists out all the CSS properites alphabetically and has information about how to use each one. Its not very exciting but definitely pretty handy.

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/propindex/all.htm

first look at IIS 7.0

although IIS 7.0 is not going to be released until longhorn comes out there is some talk about what we can expect. check it out: http://www.ftponline.com/reports/vslivesf/2005/ruest/

a TON of online games

need to kill some time? this should do the trick:
http://games.briankass.com/

coupon for Borders and WaldenBooks

Get 25% off at Borders or Walden Book Stores. Good through 2/10/05.
http://f.chtah.com/i/16/276579827/25offcobrandcoupon_203.htm

Gary's Mod for Half Life 2

For any of you who are into Half Life 2, this is a MUST HAVE. It lets you do all sorts of crazy things like turning your rocket launcher into a watermelon launcher, tie any item to any other item, make your own vehicles and a ton more. its pretty fun to play with.

here are a few screenshots:

Get a Gmail Account

I have been trying to get a Gmail account since it was first announced and have had no luck until now. I have searched through forums and all over the web and it seems like many people have dozens of gmail invites that they are selling or auction or whatever but it boggled my mind how people were getting all these invites when I cant get one.

Well I just came across an AWESOME site called G-queue.
"This is a FREE service that's offered to anyone looking to gain a Gmail invite code using a queue system meaning that first person in line waiting for invite will get an invite when one becomes available. Once the user has been issued an invite code, the second person in line is move to the front of the line and so on and so on."

I just came across this about an hour ago and within 30 minutes of signing up (probably less than that actually) I got my invite.

http://www.highwayman.org/gmail.php

Daily Dell Coupon Codes

here is a site that has tons of coupon codes for dell computers and seems to get new ones on a daily basis.
http://www.xpbargains.com/dell_coupons/

generally whenever i purchase something online, before submitting my order, I search google for coupon codes for that store. most major online stores will have coupon codes floating around out there. so for instance, if i was going to make a purchase at buy.com i woudl go to google and search for "buy.com" and "coupon code" or something similar. sometimes i get lucky and get a 20% off coupon and sometimes i don't find anything but i figure its always worth a shot.

some other places i often go for bargains are:
http://www.bensbargains.net
http://www.pricewatch.com
www.nextag.com
www.froogle.com

funny flash stuff

Homestarrunner is a site witha bunch of flash cartoons but the funniest one is a character calles Strongbad answering his email. definitely worth a look.
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html

jibjab is the site that brought us the "This Land" cartoon back before the election. Now they're back at it with "second term"
http://www.jibjab.com/index.asp

Interesting info about spyware

go to http://windowssecrets.com/050127/ - you may have to scroll down a little toget tothe spyware article. looks like giant(microsoft) antispyware and webroot spysweeper are best.

some of my favorite bookmarks

here are some random useful links:

Tech news: http://www.digg.com/users/kevinrose
Tivo Mods: www.weaknees.com
Cheap DVDs: http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com

just for laughs

for a laugh go check out www.porkchopsandwich.com. it is a collection of funny videos, images, animations and links. there is some really good stuff there but sometimes its a bit dated.