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Swirve Personality Test
Posted on June 14th, 2005 @ 2:25 PM EST
If you’re bored and would like to kill some time take the Swirve Personality Test to get your personality rating. You can see if we’re compatable by adding jeff [at] xhtmled dot com to your friends list. My results are listed below which are for the most part, quite accurate.
The Protector
You’re a cold-hearted bastard, plain-and-simple. You always jump into everyone elses’ lives and try to “save” them, whatever that means. OK, that’s not true at all, but that is how many others see Protectors. Sucks, but true.
First off, you’re not at all cold-hearted. Sure, you’re not the most outgoing of people, but those close to you know a much more outgoing, fun side of you. You also don’t try to “save” people. You just worry about others and want to make sure people are taken care of. You’re big on safety and security. It would be nice to get more credit for the good you do, but you know there’s more to it than the attention and glory.
You’re big on work — hard work and commitment. Understandable, given that taking care of people is not something to be taken lightly. Others might see you as a bit of a bore though. I say screw them. You know what’s important, and you should stick to it. Just don’t judge others for not having that same ethic.. it’s not a common thing, and you’ll be happier if you accept that flaw in others.
Possible Careers: Doctor, Insurance Agent, Conservationist
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FreePhotoiPods.com
Posted on November 2nd, 2004 @ 6:29 PM EST
Gratis has released a new website called FreePhotoiPods.com where they’re giving away free iPod Photos, which Apple just released about a week ago. The neat thing about these is that you can not only use it to export photos from your Mac or PC and display them on a TV, but it also has a razor-sharp color LCD screen which enables you to view the album artwork for your songs in addition to your photos.
In order to get one you’ll need to have 10 people sign up as opposed to 5 which is required to get a regular iPod. Here’s my referral link in case you’d like to sign up. Good luck!
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The Anti-Bush Video Game
Posted on September 30th, 2004 @ 3:09 PM EST
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I just stumbled upon The Anti-Bush Video Game and found it rather amusing. It’s a bit harsh but I think Bush deserves it. Characters such as Hulk Hogan, Christopher Reeves, Jesus Christ, John Edwards, and more all join in and help fight against the Bush Administration. It’s definitely worth playing if you have the time. If not, you can select the issues from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page to see the educational parts.
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Keep Going Firefox!
Posted on September 17th, 2004 @ 4:37 PM EST
Three days ago, Mozilla launched a new marketing campaign to chip away at Internet Explorer’s marketshare with Firefox 1.0 Preview Release. They set a goal of one-million downloads in ten days. After just three days, there have been close to 790,000 downloads, which brings them within arm’s length of their goal with another week to go. You can view the total amount of downloads at Spread Firefox.
I’ve been using Firefox for the past year, while it was in the beta testing stage, and although I liked it a lot more than Internet Explorer, there were several bugs that I experienced. The other day I downloaded the Preview Release and installed it on my Windows machine. After the install completed, I had a few problems so I deleted my profile so it could create a new one. After loading it for the first time, I immediately noticed that all of the bugs were gone and several enhancements had been added.
New Features That I Like
Find Bar
Press [CTRL] + F and the Find Bar will appear at the bottom of the window. I frequently use the “Find in this page” feature when I’m looking for a certain word on a page that has a lot of content. The new toolbar has Next/Previous buttons and also a Highlight button that will change the background color of all instances of the word throughout the page.
Address Bar Background Changes Under SSL
While viewing a website under SSL, the background of the address bar turns yellow to let you know you’re currently viewing a secure site.
Favorite Extensions
One of the best things about Firefox is that you can install extensions to add new functionality to your browsing experience. Listed below are a few of my favorite extensions:
Web Developer
A toolbar that has a lot of nice features such as disable JavaScript, CSS, etc., view/edit CSS, show passwords (instead of seeing ***** you can see the password), display image paths, outline block level elements and table cells, validate HTML, CSS, links, etc. just to name a few.
Tabbrowser Extensions
Enables you to add a close icon on each tab.
IE View for Windows
Adds “View page in Internet Explorer” links to the content an link context menu. This is useful when stumbling upon pages that only load correctly in IE.
Secure Password Generator
A nice tool to generate random passwords.
Bandwidth Tester
Tells you the bandwidth of your Internet connection.
If you’re a Windows user and are still using Internet Explorer, I strongly recommend downloading Firefox and using it instead. It’s been about three years since Microsoft has released any updates to IE. They’re not planning on releasing any updates to the software unless you upgrade your entire operating system to their next version of Windows (which isn’t due to be released anytime soon). By switching to Firefox, you’ll be able to use extensions, tabbed browsing, a built-in popup blocker and Google toolbar, you’ll be using a browser that conforms to Web standards, and most importantly your Web browser will not be susceptible to all of the fundamental design flaws of IE which in-turn, increases your security and prevents adware and spyware from being installed on your system.
Update (September 26th, 2004)
Not only did Firefox reach their goal of one-million downloads in 10 days, but they doubled it! Awesome!
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Free iPod!
Posted on August 2nd, 2004 @ 4:33 PM EST
Want a free iPod? All you have to do is go to freeiPods.com and enter your email address then complete one of the nine offers they have. You’ll then need to refer five friends who do the same thing and an iPod of your choice will be mailed to you within a few weeks. I first thought this was a gimmick but I’ve heard of people online who have already received theirs so it’s the real deal! If you’re feeling skeptical or think it’s just another pyramid scheme, check out Engadget, Wired News’ article Making Free iPods Pay Off, or Forever Geek.
I recommend the eBay offer which requires you to open a new account and place a bid on any item on their website. You don’t have to enter any credit card information when signing up and you also don’t have to win the auction, you just need to place a bid. If you find an item that has just been posted with a low starting price, you’ll most likely be outbid before the auction is over.
Here’s a link that contains my referral code: Free iPod!
Update (August 10th, 2004)
They are no longer offering the eBay offer and it will not return. I recommend signing up for the RealRhapsody or AOL 9.0 with MusicNet offer.
Update (August 15th, 2004)
I currently have four referrals and only have one more to go! The Ancestry.com offer is back. The good thing about this is you get instant credit.
Update (October 18th, 2004)
I received my iPod today! See this post if you’d like to see pics.
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Win 4,400 iTunes Songs & an iPod!
Posted on June 1st, 2004 @ 12:45 PM EST
The USA Network is offering a promotion for its new series “The 4400”. One Grand Prize Winner will receive 4,400 iTunes songs and a 40 GB iPod. Five First Place winners will receive a 20 GB iPod and five Second Place winners will receive a 15 GB iPod. The contest ends on July 12 and one entry can be submitted per person per day. Good luck!
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