Great Sites

Sharing some of the good, bad, ugly or just plain interesting and useful sites on the web.

Advertising That Really Works?

Advertising That Really Works? I think so!



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Will It Blend?

Will It Blend? From coke cans, pens to rake handles. I guess they need to prove the point at $399.95US, this is more blender than anyone will ever need.



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Holiday Tree from HP

Nothing says "Merry Christmas" quite like a printed Holiday Tree from HP. Hey it's the thought that counts, right?



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Kinky Koalas Peep

This really is quite some Christmas display, lol!
Myer stores in Sydney may be closing the toilets to stop homo activity, but their Melbourne counterparts are putting it in their windows for all the world to see!! Check out these cute little blighters in this years X-mas window display!


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Project Moustache

Project Moustache encouraging the defacing of advertising everywhere. It's ironic that the people bearing the brunt of this excercise; the cleaners have nothing to do with the advertising. This type of advertising only exits because someone sold the ad space.



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Da Breakup Song

Break up in style with Da Breakup Song type the person's name and choose 2 reasons you want to break up, then let Lady Raptastic do the breaking up for you!



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geoGreeting

geoGreeting because nothing says it quite like buildings can. geoGreetings spell out greetings with the aerial view of buildings which form the shape of letters. Hovering the cursor over the letters will tell you where in the world the building is located.



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WS_FTP Home 2006 Free

Vnunet.com is offering the full commercial version of WS_FTP Home 2006 free. This offer will expire December 28th, 2006. Here's a note from the site: Note, ignore the ‘time limited demo’ reference on this page. This is the full commercial download and does not require a serial code.

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Reg Tag News Publications

Red Tag News Publications is a monitoring service for the delivery of business and consumer publications. The monitoring is done by a network of individuals that receive free magazine subscriptions in return for reporting the day they receive the magazines. Currently there appears to be opportunities for monitoring in Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Sweden and USA.

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Evil Children's Books

Evil Children's Books, my favourites are, "The Little Girl that died from laughing" and the one picture below.



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Find It!

Find It! Find what is gradually appearing or disappearing from the picture. It's harder than it sounds. If you're having trouble make sure you read the clue before you try again.



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Giveaway of the day

Giveaway of the Day offers commercial software absolutely free. Each day a new software title becomes "Giveaway of the Day". The free software will be available for 24 hours, possibly more for free download. Not a trial version or limited version, but a registered legal version free for Giveaway of the Day visitors.

I've not downloaded any software from Giveaway of the day but if you are going to here is something from the site to note:
We will pay the software publisher for the Giveaway license, and our visitors will only receive those after downloading a special verification program and agreeing to the Terms and Conditions, thus protecting software publishers’ interests and making our initiative beneficial for both clients and publishing companies.

Found via dumb little man

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Betty Beauty

Betty Beauty, color for the hair down there. Say no more!



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Blingh2o

Put a bit of sparkle into your water, well on the bottle with Bling H20. Bling H2O comes in Limited Edition, corked 750ml, frosted glass bottles, exquisitely handcrafted with Swarovski Crystals and contains award winning natural spring water. At $20.00 for the Baby Bling 375ml bottle and $34.95 for the 750ml, frosted glass bottle. There is of course the plastic bottles which can be bought by the case, but if it's the "bling" you're after then you'll need to buy the glass bottles.



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Web 2.0 Logo Creator

Create your own Web 2.0 Logo. Even though this site was created as a joke it produces a professional looking logo, reflection and beta tag optional.



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Nope... It's Soap!

Nope... It's Soap!, that's the title of the website too. Hand-mixed, individually formed (no moulds here people), cappuccino scented soap. Might make a nice gift idea... or not.



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Sushi Anyone?

Check out the sushi at Koo-Ki Sushi, it's chocolate. A creamy white shrimp with a smooth white almond filling atop a dab of green tea "wasabi" on a crisp rice cookie. You can even eat the dark chocolate plate, edged with edible copper or gold luster.




The Little Dude Can Dance

The little dude can dance alright. This is hilarious, look at him go!



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Scrybe: Sneak Peek

Scrybe is an amazing new online/offline calendar tool that offers:
  • offline access
  • a fluid interface
  • time zone support
  • handy print formats
  • an export feature to export your data to other applications
Register at the Scrybe site for a beta invite.


Stationery Movies

Stationery Movies that's right famous movie scenes with a stationery twist. Office supplies become the stars of the show with these cryptic movie scenes. Post-It Notes, Post-It Note Index Flags and Scotch Magic Tape as never seen before. Guess the 20 movies to enter the competition for a chance to win a stack of DVDs.



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Free copy of Ace HTML Pro 6.0

Free copy of Ace HTML Pro 6.0.

The AceHTML 6 Pro HTML editor and design software has a host of features, including:
  • Flexible and customizable user interface
  • Coding support
  • Web development aid
  • Code reuse
  • Quality assurance
  • Productivity tools
  • HTML editing
  • Project management

Note: This product installs an Internet Explorer browser toolbar unless you select "No, I do not want to install the VMN Toolbar" during installation. Offer available until November 24th, 2006.

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Cool Javascript Effect

Here's a cool Javascript Effect that works on any web page with images. Wait until the web page has loaded then copy and paste the code below in your your browsers address bar.
javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.getElementsByTagName("img"); DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position='absolute'; DIS.left=(Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5)+"px"; DIS.top=(Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5)+"px"}R++}setInterval('A()',5); void(0);


Animated Lightning Image Generator

Animated Lightning Image Generator one of the image generators available at Glass Giant.



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Skype MiniCards

Here's a great offer from Moo and Skype. 10 free Skype MiniCards, the cards can be personalized with your name, email address, Skype name, website, blog etc for free. What's even better is Moo will ship the minicards free to anywhere in the world! There are 10,000 minicards to be given away all that's needed is the promo code "freebie".

While I'm plugging free stuff if anyone is interested in more freebies, check out my other blog The Freebies Blog.



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ImageChef

ImageChef would have to be the best image generator site I've come across. Download the images you create or sign up for a free account with free image hosting. Most of the images are free however some require "image credits" which you purchase. Below are some of the free animated images available.

ImageChef.com - Create custom images  ImageChef.com - Create custom images
ImageChef.com - Create custom images  ImageChef.com - Create custom images

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Yotophoto

Yotophoto is an image search engine for free-to-use stock photographs and images. Images are either in the public domain or released for use under a Creative Commons license. One of the great features of Yotophoto is search by colour, enter a hex value or use the colour picker to select a colour.



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Ashampoo Burning Studio 5 Free

Ashampoo Burning Studio 5 Free
In the great tradition of Ashampoo software, this CD/DVD/Blu-ray burning application makes it really easy to create & copy your own data, video, audio and multisession CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
From the page:
Note ignore the reference to 'time limited demo' on this page. You can obtain your full serial code from within the application. To do this, follow the instructions during installation, or within the program, click Internet > Register.
Just a note I had problems trying to download this using Firefox, I had to use Internet Explorer. I've installed and registered the program and have burnt a data cd, no problems at all. The offer expires November, 14th 2006.

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How to Hide Files in JPEG's

Here's an interesting tutorial on how to hide files in JPEG's. No software is needed and it works with Windows 2000 and XP.



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New Numa The Return of Gary Brolsma

The Numa Numa guy is baaack! Gary Brolsma makes his return in the video, "New Numa The Return of Gary Brolsma". There is no way you could possibly beat the original.


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DownloadThisVideo

DownloadThisVideo is a site that makes it very easy to download videos from sites like YouTube or GoogleVideo. Simply copy and paste the video link into the space provided and your download will begin. The site also has a Wordpress plugin WPvideo, which makes it easy to add videos to your blog posts and pages.

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Google User Experience Research Study

Here's a chance to participate in Google User Experience Research Study, with the possibility of getting paid. Fill in the form to register your interest or check out the FAQ to see what's involved.

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