http://malektips.com/sites_to_browse_help_and_tips.html Informative, educational, funny, and some just plain odd websites. There are sites related to food, music, movies, shopping, sports, and much more. en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:19:55 GMT Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:19:55 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Custom webmaster@envprogramming.com (Andrew Malek) webmaster@envprogramming.com (Andrew Malek) http://malektips.com/graphics/logo_88x30.gif http://malektips.com/sites_to_browse_help_and_tips.html 88 30 http://malektips.com/skin-electronic-devices.html Purchase skins for all types of electronic devices including calculators, iPods, netbooks, PDAs, and printers.

Looking to express yourself on your cell phone, digital camera, digital photo frame, DVD player, iPod, laptop, netbook, PDA, printer, or even a USB flash drive? Skinit lets you create a device skin you can apply using your customized text and images. Or, use one of hundreds of pre-created designs including charities, colleges, entertainment, flags, holidays, music, sports franchises, and video games.

Purchasing is simple - choose your device from those supported by this site, then choose from designs available for the device or use the customizer tool. Add the finished product to your cart and complete your order....

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Despite the controversy, despite his personal life, his work was revolutionary. Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop", died on June 25, 2009. To help remember his amazing musical talents, below are a few websites where you can play some of his groundbreaking videos.

And groundbreaking they were. I still remember as a young kid standing in front of a television set at a Hills Department Store, watching the dance at the end of "Thriller", a dance that people to this day are still imitating. To say as a little kid that I had never seen anything like it before would be an understatement....

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TinEye is a reverse image search engine where you can upload images to see if similar ones exist on the web. This lets you find out if an image is copyrighted and where else it is used, whether or not higher-resolution images exist, and it might help you find out the description of an image where the subject is not known.

To use the service simply upload an image on your hard drive or paste an URL to an image. Click the appropriate "Search" button and TinEye will check for possible matches using its image identification technology. If you plan on using the service often, plug-ins are available for Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:05:22 GMT http://malektips.com/tineye-reverse-image-search.html http://malektips.com/slashfood-foodie-blog.html Slashfood is a popular blog for foodies and everyone else who enjoys a good meal.

Slashfood is a blog for foodies, covering everything from cookbook reviews to food preparation tips, recipes to food for holidays, food-related gadgetry to news of restaurant openings, and even gummy bear surgery. Yes you read that right - this site is eclectic.

A wide variety of tags on the front page let you search for stories by season, food type, holiday, type of news, features (such as wild edibles and hacking food including a picture of the Mona Lisa made from meat products), food time, location, type of cooking, choices, additives, beverages, and events. ...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:04:43 GMT http://malektips.com/slashfood-foodie-blog.html http://malektips.com/tonight-show-twitter-tracker.html Keep up-to-date with celebrity tweets with the Tonight Show Twitter Tracker.

Can't get enough of those sweet celebrity tweets? Gotta know the celebrity "Tweet of the Week"? Mocking the celebrity use of Twitter (and Twitter itself), The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien created a skit called the "Twitter Tracker" with an overly-aggressive voice-over announcing celebrity tweets. There's also a poor animated Twitter bird that ... well ... you'll have to see the skits for yourself.

Since there are just too many "CRRRAAAAZZZZY TWEET"s that can fit in the show, there's now, you guessed it, a tongue-in-cheek Twitter Tracker website (with its own Twitter feed). You can follow along with "tweets" from celebrities such as Billy Ray Cyrus, Britney Spears, and Pink. ...

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Just when you thought it was safe to enjoy another frosted baked treat, here comes "Cake Wrecks", a website dedicated to "any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate". This site does not just list cakes that were messed up during the baking process, but cakes that probably should never have been attempted in the first place.

Cakes mentioned include poorly-duplicated cartoon characters, congratulations cakes for things most people would not be proud of, cakes dedicated to the mythical powers of Chuck Norris, cakes with just too much "stuff" thrown on top, and yes, a cake that looks like a jar of mayonnaise. ...

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Tired of searching through dozens of recipe websites and blogs for a new take on chicken fajita salad, pineapple pizza, or lox and bagels?

RecipeBridge scours over 200 websites and blogs to find matching recipes for your query. You may find results from popular sites such as Emerils, About.Com, and Recipezaar, or specialty sites such as the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Chef Paul, and Back of the Box Brand Name Recipes....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Tue, 26 May 2009 17:05:02 GMT http://malektips.com/recipe-metasearch-recipe-bridge.html http://malektips.com/newspaper-layoff-maps.html Display newspaper-related maps including where layoffs have occurred and where newspapers have shuttered their print editions and moved exclusively to the web.

Newspaper difficulties have seemingly become a fact of modern life. When this tip was written, Denver lost one of its two main newspapers. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer went exclusively to the web. Major newspapers have severely reduced their staffs or threatened to close.

The "paper cuts" website was developed by Erica Smith to track what is happening to the US newspaper industry. While maybe this site should not be viewed by already depressed newspaper workers, it does serve as a historical illustration of what is happening to this news medium. ...

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ZIPskinny offers to "get the skinny on that ZIP". Enter a zip code into the website to display a variety of related census data including income, occupation, age, and other demographics. If textual statistics aren't your cup of tea, ZIPskinny offers colorful charts representing the information.

ZIPskinny lets you compare a zip code with its neighbors or up to 20 other zip codes. See which neighboring zip code is the most densely populated or has a higher graduation rate. Display which zip code has the most married couples - and conversely, which one may cater to a singles life....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 6 May 2009 18:41:14 GMT http://malektips.com/zipskinny-cenus-data-zip-code.html http://malektips.com/radio-station-list.html Display a list of radio stations near your hometown or where you will be traveling.

Looking for Talk Radio, Blues, Classic Rock, Sports, Country, or other radio stations near your home town or where you will be traveling? Especially if you're driving, don't waste time turning a knob or pressing buttons, preventing you from fully concentrating on the road.

Radio-Locator bills itself as "the most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet", and with links to over 10,000 webpages and 2,500 streams, it's hard to argue. You can search for radio stations in a particular city or zip code or display information on a station by its call letters. You're not limited to US stations; this site supports a worldwide search. Plus, if you plan on listening to radio over the Internet, search supported stations by format. There's also an advanced search page with more options....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:51:48 GMT http://malektips.com/radio-station-list.html http://malektips.com/usb-coffee-beverage-warmer-cooler.html Tired of cold coffee or hot milk when working on your computer? Your USB ports can serve a useful purpose with these devices.

Sure, your USB ports support mice, keyboards, flash drives, hard drives, digital cameras, and other seemingly-useful devices. However, what if you brought a cup of hot coffee or cool milk next to your computer and left it for awhile while programming, surfing the net, or playing an online game? Beverages can easily become too cold or too hot.

Finally you can do something truly useful (grin) with a free USB port - attach a beverage warmer and cooler to keep hot drinks hot and cool drinks cool. No longer must you throw away a half-empty cup because the drink temperature does not meet your desired tastes. Thus, this small investment may actually save you money! (jk)...

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For financial reasons, when choosing a particular charity in which to donate, many people look at whether or not the donation is tax deductible. For those who itemize deductions, contributions to these organizations, as long as the IRS rules are followed, may be deducted. *

While the IRS distributes a Publication 78 that lists charities eligible to receive such donations, a website allows one to search for appropriate charities by organization name, location, or deductibility code (this usually covers limitations for deductions)....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:27:10 GMT http://malektips.com/usa-irs-charity-tax-deductible-pub-78.html http://malektips.com/powerpoint-2007-glowing-text.html Make text stand out in a PowerPoint 2007 presentation by making it glow.

Looking for another way to make certain text stand out in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 presentation? With a few clicks you can make text glow in a variety of colors.

1. Highlight the text that you want to glow....

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:27:13 GMT http://malektips.com/powerpoint-2007-glowing-text.html http://malektips.com/sign-up-do-not-call-lists-telemarketers.html Tired of getting barraged with telemarketers? Sign up to the USA national and state do-not-call lists.

Tired of arriving home after a long day of work, trying to rest for a few minutes and then receiving call after call from telemarketers advertising free credit reports, magazine subscriptions, and automobile loan offers?

If you live in the USA, you can subscribe to the National Do Not Call Registry, managed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Once you do, within approximately a month most telemarketers should stop calling....

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Do you love coffee and want to join a community of fellow coffee lovers and discuss the latest and greatest blends, roasters, grinders, and more?

The CoffeeGeek website offers Internet users "a place to hang out, read, debate, write, or even ponder the finer aspects of coffee and espresso". The site offers news, articles, reviews, polls, and columns related to coffee. ...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:27:11 GMT http://malektips.com/coffee-geek-reviews-guide-article-polls.html http://malektips.com/fast-food-maps.html Display maps to selected fast food restaurants throughout the United States.

If you are on a diet or planning to start one, this is one website you may not want to visit...

Fast Food Maps displays the locations of approximately 50,000 fast food restaurants in cities across the United States using Google Maps. You can zoom in to display the number of locations by city, or zoom in further to display individual restaurant locations. This site lists locations for the following chains; displays for each can be toggled on or off:...

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Tired of guzzling gas and driving an automobile just to run basic errands? Would you like to see which neighborhoods offer convenient access to groceries, movies, coffee shops, parks, restaurants, and other places?

The Walk Score(tm) website offers information on how walkable a particular location is by showing its proximity to these types of locations. Simply enter an address and a map will display with icons showing how close particular establishments may be. Plus, the site generates a "Walk Score(tm)", giving you an idea of the best ("Walker's Paradise") or worst places to be if you do not wish to drive....

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So you've got a guitarist, bass player, drummer, perhaps some brass, and a lead singer. You know how to cover a few songs and maybe you even wrote one on your own. Suddenly, a gig approaches - fame beckons - but you have no idea what to name your band?

The following sites (listed for informational purposes only) can help address this issue, providing a myriad of band names including:...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2009 02:01:59 GMT http://malektips.com/band-name-generators.html http://malektips.com/bird-watching-birding-social-networks.html Discuss with others your findings from the world of birding.

Are you a birdwatcher or perhaps even a twitcher? Tired of only sharing your findings of kiwi, heron, or eagles with friends and family and want to share your photographs with others?

The following three websites are social networks geared towards birdwatching enthusiasts. All offer plenty of photos and opportunities to share your experiences with others. ...

Read more at MalekTips.]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:03:19 GMT http://malektips.com/bird-watching-birding-social-networks.html http://malektips.com/creditcovers-skin-credit-cards.html Apply decorative covers to your credit cards.

If you find your credit cards boring and want to apply a personal touch, instead of contacting the credit card company to see if other designs are available, you may want to consider products by a company called CreditCovers.

CreditCovers describes themselves as "Skin for your credit cards". Quite simply, they are designs you can peel and place on your credit cards to add a little pizzazz every time you take out your credit card to buy clothes, DVDs, ... or pizza. A selection of designs is available including camouflage, money, question marks, and even kissing fish....

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