Blog : 10 years and going strong

The word "weblog" or popularly known as “blog” celebrates the 10th anniversary of it being coined on 17 December 1997. While many people maintained regular journals or diaries before the word was coined, 1997 marked the point when they started to become a particular online pursuit.

The word was created by Jorn Barger to describe what he was doing with his pioneering Robot Wisdom web page. For some time after Mr Barger coined the term, the numbers of people who could be said to be actually writing one was small.

Official numbers are hard to find but some estimate that the size of the blogosphere in late 1998 encompassed only 23 sites.

In 1999 the phenomenon took off as easy to use tools started to appear which made it much easier to write and maintain these sorts of websites. Also in 1999 the word "blog" was coined as a shortened form of the original term.

The word was an abbreviation for the "logging" of interesting "web" sites that Mr Barger featured on his regularly updated journal.

illuminated Shower Head

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A shower head that has light built ito them. What is special about it? Well it has an in-built thermostat which controls the color of the lights based on the temperature of the water. The color of the light is White when its less than 32 and 33--41 blue and dark blue, 42--45 pink and violet when greater then 45 hot red.

The device powers itself up by running water and does not need any battery or any other power source.

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With Christmas just around the corner, we have an interesting gadget to hang on the christmas tree. Its an LED lit Christmas tree ornament. The light scrolls text messages across at all times. The pre-loaded messages are as follows

1. Merry Christmas
2. Happy Holidays
3. Happy New Year
4. Peace on Earth
5. Seasons Greeting
6. Home for Xmas
7. Joy to the World
8. Feliz Navidad

Quick Ribbon a Web 2.0 tool

With the trend of Web 2.0 designs floating around, the ribbon design element is increasingly being used on many websites. The Quick Ribbon, a Web 2.0 tool helps users to create nice looking ribbons for websites in minutes. The tool lets you format text, font color and a list of presets and pre-defined styles of ribbons. Generate the ribbon, preview it, copy the javascript and paste it on your website. Very simple and easy to use tool

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Its always about cars and motorcycle isn't it, make life easy for the Drivers and Riders with whole lot of gadgets and devices for these fuel burning machines. What about the cyclist/bike riders, well dont let my hype take over your imagination. Its nothing complicated but a very nice and unique Type pressure gauge for a Bicycle. John Wrightson is the designer who came up with the idea and design of this nice device.

Ahem! you might need some sort of Anti-Theft device to have this device not disappear.

LM959 Bluetooth vibrating bracelet

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Have trouble with phones ringing at the wrong place or else you never feel the vibrating phone in your pocket while on the go or for some reason. No problem at all with the Vibrating Bluetooth Bracelet around on your wrist. LM Technologies launch the LM959 Bluetooth vibrating bracelet. When the cell phone rings it triggers the bracelet and it vibrates around your wrist alerting of you of an incoming call or short messages.

Unzip compressed files Online

Have you been in situations where you had to unzip a file on your computer and you did not have the unzipping software on your machine? These are desperate times and situations and you are helpless. Wobzip comes to the rescue letting you uncompress files online and on the fly. The application supports almost all comressed file formats. Its a very easy and simple to use application just log onto Wobzip, click the browse button, select the zip file and press the Uncompress button. The files are listed on the page and all we need to do is click on the file and download the same. Its fast, simple and easy to use. Try out Wobzip.

Creating Portfolios - Marking your online presence

Creating online portfolio for showcasing work samples has become inevitable these days. Though Flickr is an easy and effective place to build portfolios, there are more professional webspaces were the industry professional and projects providers search for the talent pool.

“Behance” has become popular like colorofolt by showcasing the projects, collaborating like minds and projects. The site provides easy interactions to customize the portfolio pages, that gives the uniqueness of user’s portfolio.

Apart from comments the site provides the concept of “Project Appreciations”, were users will vote against show cased project. It has usual functions for collaboration of other uses like inviting to your circle, messaging, Job Opportunities, Sharing Tips and watch-list.

More Portfolio tools:
http://www.creativebinge.com/
http://www.coroflot.com/
http://www.portfolios.com/
http://www.ifreelance.com/
http://deviantart.com/ ( Art)

Zigview S2 Digital Viewfinder

The ZigView S2 Digital viewfinder is a real cool and neat Idea of having a extendeable viewfinder screen. With a 1.5 meter extension for the screen, this contraption is very cool for taking pictures in difficult angles, and for survelliance photography. The device also carries motion sensing feature.

NASA.gov 5.0

Nasa has decided to revamp their website on account of completing 50 years since NASA's inception. The NASA.GOV 5.0 offers their visitors with their improved Information Architecture with plans of introducing Web.2.0 features for better user experience on the website.

Callpod Dragon bluetooth headset

The new bluetooth headset from Callpod is called the Dragon. The mighty small device has a range of upto 328ft and you can walk around anywhere at home or office without carrying the phone.

The device is also compatible with the desktop PC and hook up with Skype calls and also switch between phone calls and VOIP.

SolarRolls from Brunton

The SolarRoll from Brunton would have many people rush to the store to grab one. One can charge all electronic gadgets on the move. The SolarRoll is very useful for travelers to charge gadgets which needs power to operate, so all that needs to be doe is to spread the Brunton SunRoll and charge your camera, mobile phones, laptops in the strangest location possible.

Thanks Giving Deals

Thanksgiving is the time for deals and here are some of the leads to make life easier.

Monster GameLink 360 Fiber Optic Audio A/V Kit
Price was: $29.99
You save: -$10.03
You pay: $19.96
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Panasonic - 5.8GHz Expandable Cordless Phone System
Price was: $79.99
You Save: $20.00
You pay: $59.99
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Free $15 eGift card with the new 4GB iPod and 4GB Zune

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Get a free wireless controller ($49.99 value) when you buy an Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 Premium
includes Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
$349.99

Xbox 360 Elite
includes Forza Motorsport 2 and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
$449.99
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Free 70-300mm zoom lens with Select Cameras worth $150

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For more check the online stores

• BestBuy deals
• CircuitCity deals
• Walmart deals
• Costco deals
• Target deals
• Compusa
  

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet

Nokia release the all new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. The Internet Tablet will hit the stores in a day or two across America. The device has a new sliding keyboard, GPS feature, mp3 playback and WiFi capability. Very handy, stylish and sleek for portability and experience of internet browsing with all comfort. It has a large color screen with touch sensing panel, browser powered by Mozilla. The Nokia N810 connects to the internet via WiFi hotspot or even a mobile phone connected over GPRS network using the bluetooth connectivity.

The OS is a Linux based maemo OS2008 which is a good platform and supports Mozilla with AJAX and Flash9 and other feaures.

Twilight Umbrellas

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Bored with the good old black and plain colored umbrellas? Twilight Umbrellas is something to flaunt around while wading through water under the heavy showers. The umbrella has optical fiber integrated within the umbrella which illuminates and shows up tiny stars that twinkle with different colors. The Twilight Umbrellas have a switch at the handle and requires 3 AAA batteries to activate the lights.