There is a website out there called brightkite.com
You can check in (with the web, mobile internet, or SMS) It is cool because you can meet friends “checked in” near your location. Also, if the location is popular, you can already see notes about it.
Check out how I have used the site
Categories: Internet
I came across a cool scheduling/calendar site that is functional across many platforms. I can now have reminders sent to my gtalk, gmail, mobile phone and much more. It is also convenient because I can update it from my mobile. What’s more, it is functional with many different things, such as Google Calendars, Outlook Calendars. The pro version has even more functionality, such as syncing with Blackberries.
Visit them at http://www.rememberthemilk.com and check it out for yourself!
Here are two screenshots- one of the gtalk window, and one of the plugin into Gmail (using Firefox)
Categories: Internet
Our language is constantly evolving- here is proof-
Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster Inc. said “w00t” — typically spelled with two zeros — reflects a new direction in the American language led by a generation raised on video games and cell phone text-messaging.
It’s like saying “yay,” the dictionary said.
“It could be after a triumph or for no reason at all,” Merriam-Webster said.
I enjoy the website www.woot.com that sells exactly one item per day at normally good prices. (subject to stock availablity)
“w00t belongs to gamers the world over. It seems to have been derived from the obsolete ‘whoot’ which essentially is another way to say ‘hoot’ which itself is a shout or derisive laugh,” Think Geek said on its Web site.
Source: Reuters
I just came across a nice new feature on Google Maps. It is possible in some cities to plan a route on public transporation. Unfortunately, it is not possible here in Charleston, but we are behind the power curve. The image below shows an example from my former highschool to my grandma’s house-
You can access this map online at http://tinyurl.com/26dq3r
