Month: November 2004

Great tips for dinner, movies, shows, dates, you name it. Have a great time, while hanging on to your cash: Link: A night out on the cheap.

Damn. 6 minutes of Middle Earth, mouth-open madness. I’m not usually one for owning DVDs, but this is beyond impressive: Link: The Trailer for Extended DVD – Return of the King – Lord of the Rings.

How I wish that truth were not stranger than fiction. But alas, the ever-wise U.S. government does not want people to smile for visa or passport photographs. Granted it’s to do with biometrics, but really, this is about as sensible as patting down Grandma for explosives at airport security. Link: Smiling Frowned Upon in Visa … Read more

Trying to figure out how to keep tabs on your website’s stats? Here’s a great comparison of some of the major web stats players: Web Log Analysis Matrix Link: Web Log Software Matrix – SitePoint Open Source Blog.

Now this is innovative. TypePad, the company who powers and hosts AntSaint, has announced that TypePad subscribers can give TypePad subscriptions this Christmas. What a cool idea… I’m just wondering who on my Xmas list may want to be a blogger… Link: Everything TypePad!: Avoid the Malls: Give the Gift of a TypePad.

Americans! There’s so much more to traveling abroad than finding the next McD’s while trying to drive stick on the left side of the road. Walk. Wear a plain t-shirt (you know, what they look like when Aberhoochie and Twitch isn’t stenciled on there). Open your ears and close your mouth — and be amazed … Read more

Hmmm, these might come in handy for dating, too: Two proven ways to get over the fear of rejection – SitePoint Selling Web Design Services Blog

I’ve played a little with Open Office, any honestly I haven’t been impressed. Maybe that’s unfamiliarity, maybe it’s that I haven’t used it enough, I don’t know. I still really dig Word. But it’s good to see what else is going on out there: Link: PC Magazine reviews freeware Office replacements – The Office Weblog … Read more