Saturday, January 31, 2009

A human search engine

Most of you probably know what a search engine is. Couple of the most famous search engine is Google and Yahoo. Basically what you do is just type a keyword that related to the topic and you’ll get a list of sites. That’s just the beginning of what you really want to find. You have to check out each and every site in order to find what you want. Take for example if you’re looking for a information that related to cars and how to repair, most likely you’ll spend a lot of time searching online and probably won’t find the exact material.

Here’s a service that you might be interested if you’re not good with search engine. You can just let others to search for the things or info for you. At WeSeekIt or human power search engine, you can just tell them exactly what you look for and they do the search online for you. That’s right. Instead of you do the search online yourself, you let others do the work. It’s a new search engine power by humans. Try it out.

P/S: I think this site is good for those that are not familiar with search engine. Sometime you might spend hours in front of the monitor and might not find what you want.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

When there’s no Coffee Break

During this economic crisis, no doubt that many companies will try to restructure their business to survive. Many actions such as lay off some workers, cut bonus, reduce pay, unpaid leaves are done to get through the crisis. No matter what companies do, don’t ever try to take out coffee break. Without coffee break, there might not be any productivity as situation below might occur.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Free Ebooks Magazine and Programming Books from BooksAIO

This is not the first time that I post about free ebook site. No doubt that there are lots of free material and free stuff online. The problem is where and how to find them. Some of the ebooks that you purchase online might just be free info scattered online. Some people take the time and effort to gather all of the info and compile it into a pdf file. Basically you’re just paying for the time and effort to gather the info. Next time do a search online before you purchase anything. You might be surprise with your finding. There are lots of treasures online. Just that it might takes some skill and knowledge to find them.

Here’s the site with lots of free magazines and programming books – BooksAIO. Enjoy.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Brand new and unique social network site Acobay

Add your stuff at acobay. Well, that's the first impression from the site. Acobay is actually a social networking site that allows others to share and connect. Just check out the stuff map for popular products, similar interest and many more. You're able to find information about the best or popular place to have fun, shopping and dining. It's kind of like other social networking site, just that acobay categorize it differently. The site actually gives a unique feeling with the way they categorizes stuff.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Free Alternative CAD software and other AutoCAD related info

Frankly speaking, I don’t know much about Auto CAD design software but I do know getting the software license is expensive. Not many people able to own one especially students. That is the reason why people starting to search for an alternative software to replace it. As long as you’re able to use the alternative software to achieve your goal, then it’s all it matters. No doubt that there are a lot of functions with the use of Auto CAD program. In many conditions we only use up 10%~20% of the functions and that’s really a waste. Here’s a few of the sites that I found might be useful for those of you that are in architecture and always in use of Auto CAD. I hope that these might come in handy.

CADdepot.com - CAD shareware, demos, free utilities and add-ons.
CADspan - creates 3D printable file from any CAD model.
3D Animation Workshop - 3D modeling tutorials, lessons and software reviews
CAD Corner - Architectural Auto CAD Details
Solid Components - 3D CAD drawings for design engineering

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Turn your bath tub into a planetarium or deep sea ocean

What do you normally bring along when you’re taking a bath, a toy duck? Here‘s a product form Sega toys that you’ll love to have if you spend a lot of time in the bath tub - Homestar PRO - Home Planetarium. Check out the pictures and video clips below.


Like it? Here’s the best way that you can use this product. Homestar PRO - Home Planetarium, champagne and romantic music in bath tab. I’m sure you love one will enjoy spending time with you in the bath tab with that environment. Even if you’re still single and trying to get a special gift for a girl, I’m sure this will be a suitable one. Of cause you need to check if she takes bath or shower. For that I think you need to find a way to get that info. Asking her directly might not be a good idea.

Beside I think you can use Homestar PRO - Home Planetarium not just at the bath tub but any place as long as it’s a dark room. For sure you can easily create a romantic atmosphere with this small cub.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

A Cup of coffee shows how hard working you are

Ever wondering what your boss might be thinking if he always finds that you’re not at your work place? Well, you’ll just have to let him know that you’re around and close to your desk. You need to let your boss knows that even if he can’t see you, you still get your job done. So how do you let your boss understand that? Here’s product that help you with that.



P/S: You can try putting a hot plat under your cup of coffee before moving away from your desk. You might not get that much steam but you sure have a cup of always hot coffee. Remember to get a big cup so that your coffee won’t dry out fast.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Lots of Q stuff for you girls and kids

Just found a nice Japan site with lots of Q stuff. Basically all are pictures of cute bears, cats, ducks and other small animal. The site is in Japanese language but I think you should be able to identify them easily from the icon. The icon shows exactly what you’ll download. You’ll find calendars, plain sketch PDF file, wallpaper in 800x600 1034x768 1280x1024 sizes, screensavers, icons, postcards and many more. All the above are available not just in Windows version but Mac version too. If you love cute stuff and wanted to decorate your desktop then check out www.san-x.co.jp.

Friday, January 09, 2009

PayPal Free Calculator

We all love free stuff. Here’s a site that gives you PayPal free calculator. Well, it’s not just PayPal. The site also has free calculator for eBay, Half.com, Amazon, BidPay, ePier, Etsy and Overstock. It’s not exactly a calculator but it’s a tool specially created to calculate the fees, currency exchange and the amount of money that you earn or pay through PayPal. With these tools you are able to calculate the amount of money that you lost during transaction. It can help save you a lot of money when you’re dealing a large sum of money. You can use these tools to minimize the losses during transaction. Give it a try and check out your monthly transaction through PayPal. You’ll be surprise with the amount of money PayPal gets.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Earn money by uploading and downloading files

That’s right. You can earn money by downloading, uploading, storing and sharing files. Uploading.com and depositfiles.com is couple of site that I found which enable this money making opportunity. Is it too good to be true? Well, it’s true that you’re able to earn some money through these sites but there are some rules and regulations. First of all only members from certain countries are eligible to earn money through these sites. If you’re from US then you have the chance to earn money from the sites. You’re able to earn $5~$30 per 1000 downloads from the files that you upload, bedside that you’re able to earn money from referring others too. You might not earn much but I think you sure able to earn some. Basically if you upload some useful things that are needed, you should be able to get lots of downloads. Things like business plan, excel work file, sample of power point presentation, research data, meeting minutes, pictures, music as long as it’s legal.
There are actually lots of free uploading, downloading and file sharing sites available online. Competition between these sites struggling to survive is fierce. The idea of giving out part of the revenue to users really is attractive. At least it will attract lots of users in a short period of time. It’s actually a good idea for a start out promotional purpose. In long term basis, user friendly and good services still the 2 basic things that keep the site alive. Will these 2 sites survived? Time will tell.