Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Get Price Drop Email Alerts with PriceAmbush
11:58PM Gina Trapani | US only – Shopping service PriceAmbush tracks product prices and emails you about significant drops. Search for a product on PriceAmbush—like a Wii, or an iPod—and click the “Add Alert” button to enter your email address and target price. (The significance of your “target price” isn’t clear, and of course, a disposable email address is a good idea here, as where to remove alerts isn’t obvious either.) Seems like a good service for tracking that purchase that’s just a few bucks too ’spensive at the moment. Thanks, Shelly! AU - looks like a US-only site at this stage, although I couldn’t see any information on the site about where the shops are that they track. Certainly the pricing is just done in one (US) dollar amount. PriceAmbush.com More »
Search Flickr Images by Colour with the Color Fields Colr Pickr
11:29PM Kyle Pott | The Color Fields Colr Pickr webapp searches Flickr for images using only a colour wheel, and no other search fields. Simply click on the colour you’re interested in and Flickr images made up of mostly that colour surround the wheel. The Color Fields Colr Pickr is extremely accurate and can immediately identify images that closely match your selection. If you’re looking for another way to search for background images, try Wallpapr. Color Fields Colr Pickr [Krazy Dad] More »
Take Notes Online with NoteSake
11:00PM Lifehacker US Edition | Free webapp NoteSake makes taking and saving notes online easier than ever. The interface is much like Notepad on steroids: a regular text editor that sports features for extra formatting goodness, such as the ability to recognise *bold* and _underline_ formatting. You can also designate the appropriate course and tag your notes for easy slicing and dicing. Once you’re done composing your notes, you can preview the finished copy, print it as-is, or you can download it in .doc or .pdf format. Better yet, NoteSake allows you to share your notes with a friend, or you can create a group so that a bunch of your classmates can collaborate online. NoteSake More »
Check Local Times with Google
10:30PM Kyle Pott | Make Google your personal scheduling assistant with the search phrase what time is it. I know, I know, your computer has a clock—so why do you need Google? To find the local time in any city. For example, searching for what time is it London will return the time in London. If you don’t insert any city after the search phrase, Google will return the time in your local city and the big 7: Washington D.C., Denver, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Chicago, Phoenix and Anchorage. While you’re using Google to check the time around the world, don’t forget that you can also use it as a calculator, to find movie times and check the weather. It is 9:43 PM in Gwalior – Google tells you [Technoworld] More »
Share Mobile Shopping Lists with Knotler
10:00PM Lifehacker US Edition | Webapp Knotler manages and shares your shopping lists, which you can access at the store from your mobile device. Knotler requires no registration, supports simultaneous edits by multiple users, and is built on a clean and simple AJAX interface. Create your list, add your items, and then choose to share it with your roommate, partner or spouse. Best of all, Knotler is available as a standalone website, iGoogle gadget, mobile application or WAP application, so you can pick up where you left off while on the road or once you’ve hit the grocery store. Thanks, Martynas! Knotler More »Best Comment Thread Roundup
11:33AM Gina Trapani | Run Multiple Versions of One Programjunkan says: “This is wonderful! Will try this out.” Forty Free Alternatives to Windows Applicationsrich bradshaw says: “More people need to know about these applications.” Are You On Autopilot?riazm says: “Does anyone else want to strangle themselves when they read about self improvement?” Make Fast Food More NutritiousDJHeath says: “The easiest way to be more healthy with fast food places is to not go in them in the first place.” Build Your Virtual Library Online with Google Book SearchConnieH says: “I adore the functionality of LibraryThing and the ease of which it lets me sort and tag my books — and I say this as a professional database developer who knows just how hard good design can be!” More »Personal relationships
11:23AM Gina Trapani | Gaming expert Margaret Robertson says MMORPG’s are a great place to size up a potential mate because you can get a good sense of their (real-life) character how they behave online. More »Linux tip
8:30AM Kyle Pott | Trying to make the Linux switch at work? Follow this guide to get Outlook configured for Thunderbird and Evolution on Ubuntu. More »
