Archive for the 'Play Time' Category

Time on your hands…I mean, desktop

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

That menubar clock a little small? Want an analog clock instead of digital?
Check out Vlad Studio’s Wallpaper Clock (Chameleon Clock for Windows.) It embeds a clock and the date in some of the coolest desktop wallpapers I’ve seen. This guy’s art is simply amazing, and ranges from whimsical to sophisticated, with holiday themes available as […]

Make Headlines

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

What? Those young pups don’t believe what you’re telling them? Prove it: send them the evidence in a “snapshot” you took of the newspaper story. OK, so maybe they don’t know what a newspaper is, but it sure looks official. And you can always tell them it showed up on Dlisted.com first.
Newspaper Clipping […]

Speaking of Image Apps…

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Adobe launched Photoshop Express Online today, and I’m impressed.
It offers just about everything you need for quick image manipulation and has a host of connections and ways to share, post, embed and generally move photos around. You can upload from your drive (2gb storage free) or connect to other photo storage sites like Facebook and […]

The Best Grandparent Ever!

Friday, February 15th, 2008

That’s what you’ll hear if you can score one of these before next holiday season.
On Valentine’s Day, Fisher-Price introduced Elmo Live. His mouth opens and closes as he speaks, he waves his arms, sits, stands, laughs, sings, tells stories…he’s, well, Live! Watch the video…pretty amazing technology.
Supposedly available the middle of October, but we’ll see. In […]

KILL, KILL, KILL…HO, HO, HO.

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

And I don’t mean “ho” as in the Santa expression of mirth.
If you’re looking for a video game for the kids or grandkids (and that’s probably what they want this year,) it’s pretty easily to go astray. Many of the games heavily promoted are full of violence, sex and digitally-reproduced profanity. Frankly, many of them […]

Name That Memory!

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

OK, here’s a little holiday fun. TelevisionTunes.com has the best archive of old television theme songs I’ve found, plus a really fun “name-that-tune” game.
Can’t remember what that “bar” line was in “The Ballad of Davey Crockett?” Now you can…have fun. Just be careful with your ego: this has a lot of 70s and 80s […]

Couch Potato 2.0…umm, 2.0

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Still looking for that TV fix, when you want it? Can’t find the show you want? Try Sidereel.
This is a slick site with links to online viewing of just about every popular show, plus movies, music and more. Some are legitimate links to network streams, others are, well, not so legitimate. But the streams are […]

The Fake Me

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Want to be 18 again? You can be, well, at least as an avatar.
You probably heard about them first in conjunction with Second Life. But avatars are everywhere right now, and getting lots of buzz. They’re also getting serious consideration as both marketing tools and potential targets. See this Harvard Business Review article.
If you’d […]

Anytime Eastern/Samething Central

Friday, October 19th, 2007

A report released Monday shows that more people are using online to watch television broadcasts. According to The Conference Board and TNS, viewership is up to 16%, six points higher than a year ago.
Seems that “personal convenience” and “avoiding commercials” are the primary reasons…duh.
Consumer Internet Barometer
So, what are they watching? Well, more of us will […]

Iran So Far

Friday, October 5th, 2007

So, here’s the Saturday Night Live video all the news guys are talking about.