My wife and I love traveling and have been on a lot of trips in the US. We have found the trips we enjoyed the most were the ones we prepared well for and remembered to pack all the things we needed. So, we usually make a checklist of items to take either in a […]
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Track Swine Flu Outbreak with Google Maps Mashup
News channels have been completely taken over by the news on the H1N1 swine flu in the last few days. Swine flu is caused by a new flu virus strain, a mixture of various swine, bird and human viruses. The US has declared a public health emergency on Sunday. Mexico where the virus seems to […]
Free Horror Movies Online: FEARNet
Following the entertainment theme of my last post where I showed how to stream your digital media to your HDTV using TVersity, here is another one on movies. If you are a fan of horror films, videos, tv shows, FEARNet is a site to visit. FEARNet is an online network for horror movies, videos, news […]
Collect Organize Things & Receipts with MyThings
MyThings organizes and builds an online repository of your stuff and lets you easily find receipts by retailer and date and get Manuals for your purchases.
SmartyPig – Savings Can Be Social Too
SmartyPig is simply a savings account dedicated to a goal that you can simply tap into when you have reached that goal. While earning a nice 3.25% APY on your savings.
Offbeat Guides – Create & Print Your Custom Travel Guides
Offbeat Guides is different where it allows you to customize your travel guide based on your travel dates, preferences and destination.
MySpace Boots 90000 Sex Offenders in 2 Years
MySpace.com isn’t going anywhere even though Facebook.com has been growing significantly. There is a great number of people who have profiles on MySpace and have a huge list of friends. MySpace has been in the news before due to MySpace private profiles being unsecure. Today, they are in the news because they got the word […]
Browse Netflix Instant Watch Movies Faster
Here is another example of how a web application providing APIs for external programmers can bring out some very cool apps. Netflix subscribers will definitely appreciate this new mashup – Netflix InstantWatcher. If you watch a lot of ‘Watch instantly’ movies in your computer or in your TV through a Roku box, you will know […]
Watching 2009 US Presidential Inauguration Online
Today is an historic day. You may be stuck in a place with no TV or at work. No worries. There are plenty of ways to catch the inauguration ceremony online and here is a quick run through. The Swearing-in Ceremony is at 11:30AM and at 2:30PM the Inaugural Parade will move down Pennsylvania Avenue […]
Canon SX10 IS – An Excellent SuperZoom Digital Camera
I have always been a great fan of Canon point and shoot cameras. We have owned a Canon A75, Canon SD450, Canon SD1100 IS. Although I had secretly harbored an interest in learning the art of photography, it hasn’t come to fruition until now. My wife got me this little beauty of a digital camera […]
Guide to 2008 Online & In-Store Black Friday Deals
Black Friday 2008 is here and for a lot of us today is probably last day at work this week. I love Black Friday’s and always on the lookout for good deals to get my hands on. This year is no different. One thing that has changed is the amount of information available in advance […]
Free International Calls to 30+ Countries with Talkster
We have seen many services like Jajah, Freedom phone, etc., that offered FREE international calling. Talkster is the new kid on the free international calls market and looks very promising. You can call your friends or family in 30+ international destinations for FREE with Talkster. How it works You can call your friends from your […]
How Presidential Elections Work in US? [video]
CommonCraft has done it again. If you haven’t heard their name, they were behind the popular videos like RSS in Plain English, Google Reader in Plain English, etc. They have a knack for explaining things in a very simple and effective way. Now, they explain how Americans elect their President in this short and simple […]
Use Twitter to Track Your Spending
I have become a Twitter-holic and it took me a while to digest the benefits of being on Twitter. I have met so many nice people and made friends and you might even be reading this because you met me on Twitter! If you haven’t connected with me, you can find me by KIntheHouse. Heck, […]
