As the protests continue, the Torch Relay is definitely heating up. Keep track of where it’s at and where it’s going with this handy widget:
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Apparently the web world is fed up with PDFs, because alternatives are popping up left and right.
The latest entry into this world is iPaper, which aims to entirely replace the PDF.
The basic idea is that, like a YouTube video, iPaper documents can be embedded into any existing web page through a Flash widget, and can display PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and other document formats without the need for separate readers.
Features include viewing documents without downloading any additional software, monetizing documents with integrated advertisements, social aspects with a built in share functionality, enhanced security, and easy integration.
Edit: Box.net, a free online storage and file sharing site, is one of the first sites to embrace the iPaper technology. You can now view any of your PDF, Word, Excel, or Power Point documents that you have stored on Box.net using iPaper.
As you may or may not have noticed, I recently removed the MyBlogLog widget from the left sidebar.
It was starting to look stale, and I just don’t think it was ever that useful.
However, if you were one of the people whose smiling face showed up there each time you visited, and you had grown attached to that feature, let me know and I’ll bring it back.
Otherwise, it’s bye bye forever.
CallWave Visual Voicemail is a free service that lets you manage your mobile phone messages on your computer. It’s designed to work with virtually any cell phone, and on virtually any network, and sends copies of your messages to your email inbox, where they can be played, paused, replayed, saved, and deleted. If you’ve ever lost a message after the 14 day period that your phone company gives you, this service is for you.
If a widget is more your style, then check out the Visual Voicemail Widget for Apple, Yahoo, and Vista. Each one alerts you to incoming calls, and gives you call details like the length, and when it was received. Give CallWave Visual Voicemail a shot, and think outside the Phone (or iPhone in this case).
If Web2.0 had a hall of fame, SEOmoz would be the guardians at the gate. Their Web 2.0 Awards define the best of the best in 41 categories ranging from Blog Guides to Widgets, and will probably put a new site or two into your daily routine.
Here’s a neat little trick for those of you who are Firefox surfers and members of MyBlogLog:
- Open your cookies.txt file, and find the line that looks like:
- .mybloglog.com TRUE / FALSE 120364175 mbl_sid (long string of numbers)
- Now, change the number after mbl_sid to 2006111716255804
- If you aren’t a MyBlogLog member, just add that line to your cookies.txt file and restart Firefox
When you’re done, browse around to sites that have the MyBlogLog widget (try MyBlogLog.com if you can’t think of any others), and see who shows up as your avatar. Neat, huh?
[Via: ShoeMoney]
