TenHunt - You Win, I Win!

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:18:25 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

The guys over at TenHunt.com just announced a new referal program called "You Win, I Win!". If you refer a friend, and they win the random participant prize, you win the same prize. The only requirement is that you must finish the hunt within the time limit.

Everyone sign-up with my referal code and let's win some prizes!

http://www.tenhunt.com/refer/?K0MiK

Random Box O Stuff

Monday, November 27, 2006 4:13:33 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I just ordered a Random Box O Stuff from Home & Beyond. Three random items with the chance for a PS3 or Nintento Wii! I'll post the contents when it arrives.

Microsoft Network Monitor 3 has released

Thursday, November 23, 2006 9:10:54 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Microsoft just released version 3 of their free network monitoring tool.

Here are some of the new features:

  • A completely new user interface
  • Real time capture and display of frames
  • Simultaneous capture on multiple network adapters
  • Multiple simultaneous capture sessions
  • Network conversations and a tree view displaying frames by conversation
  • A new script-based protocol parser language, and script-based parsers
  • Support for Vista/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003
  • Support for 32bit and 64bit platforms

Network Monitor 3 is available from Microsoft Connect.

Gmail trick - Figure out who is giving out your email address

Friday, November 17, 2006 4:09:46 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

If you use Gmail, this neat trick will let you know if anyone gives out your email address. When you sign up on a web site instead of entering username@gmail.com, put in username+websitecom@gmail.com. Gmail will ignore the + and everything following it, so you'll still get the email. To find out who is responsible for an email, you can click the Show Details link. You can also search for username+websitecom to see all of the messages sent to that address.

Source: Find out who gives away your email address with Gmail trick

Why you shouldn't get a job

Friday, November 17, 2006 3:56:13 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Here's an interesting article from Steve Pavlina: 10 Reasons You Should Never Get a Job. Let me know what you think.

weffriddles

Friday, November 10, 2006 4:04:58 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Check out the cool puzzle adventure weffriddles. Careful, it's addicting!

Interesting new websites

Friday, November 10, 2006 12:47:50 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Jellyfish is calling itself a "buying engine". They help you find what you are looking for from a trusted merchant, and then promise to give you at least half of the money they earn for referring you to the store. Stores spend advertising dollars to lower your bottom line by offering cash back, the lower the price, the higher they are on the results list.

The really interesting thing about Jellyfish is the smack shopping! deal of the day. Each day they put an undisclosed quantity of an item up for auction starting at the regular price. Then every few seconds the price begins to fall until all the items are gone. Buyers will need to make the tough choice between waiting for the price to fall and buying before the item is sold out. Past auctions have resulted in 10 people getting 2GB iPod Nanos for free, and 50 portable DVD players sold for as low as $60! They even have a blog for the deals.

TenHunt.com is an online scavenger hunt where players race to answer questions to win a prize. Each hunt will require players to answer 10 questions by visiting sponsor sites to get the answers. The next hunt starts today at 7:19 PM Pacific. The winner will receive a 30 GB Video iPod.

Xuqa (pronounced zoo kah) is an interesting social networking/popularity contest/game. Players earn "peanuts", the in game currency, by playing poker, competing in modeling contests, filling out research surveys, and referring other users. They can use the peanuts to purchase privileges and tools to help them along the way to reaching the highest status level of 10. Players who reach level 10 are awarded with a $1,000 cash prize.

Where to Start

Thursday, November 09, 2006 3:08:02 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I just read a great article by Kathy Sierra over on Creating Passionate Users. Kathy talks about how to grab the attention of your audience right from the beginning and keep them interested in your message. A must read if you are a presenter or author!

This is the first time I've seen her blog, but the other articles look interesting as well. Subscribed!

Zune Theme for Windows XP

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:25:20 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Microsoft has provided a new theme for Windows XP based on their new Zune mp3 player. It's black with an orange start menu, and I like it. It looks nice with the black Office 2007 theme.

Get it here.

Will it Blend?

Friday, November 03, 2006 2:46:33 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Video here.