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Friday FunFriday Fun: Need A Number?Fri, Apr 23, 2010 @ 8:33am | by CindyEspecially good for your website statistics reporting, if you ever need a number comparison to add scale go to http://www.numberquotes.com/ "Our home page was viewed 2,469 times last month, the same number of Golden Gate Bridges laid end-to-end that would reach to the planet Mercury!" Hmm, sounds impressive, doesn't it? Friday Fun: Firefox PersonasFri, Apr 16, 2010 @ 8:28am | by CindyJust as you can add a personalized cover to your Flip camcorder, or "skin" your media player, you can add a "Persona" to Firefox. Go to http://www.getpersonas.com/ and look through the gallery, or check out this one of one of my four-footed local neighbors: https://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/174914 . If you're browsing with Firefox (sorry, it doesn't work in Internet Explorer,) when you find one you like click "Wear It" or "Wear This Persona". Your picture now covers the entire toolbar. You can create your own as well, it's as simple as creating a couple of JPG or PNG files. Go here to get started: https://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/upload It does require the free Personas plug-in to use. Friday Fun: The Hamster DanceFri, Apr 9, 2010 @ 7:45am | by Cindy
Originally started as a challenge by her best friend to see who could get more visits to their sites, HamsterDance.com began in August 1998 by Deidre LeCarte. By January 1999, the hamsters achieved widespread fame on the Internet -who hasn't heard of the Hamster Dance? Well, who over the age of 30? They were eventually even featured on a tv commercial for Earthlink. So what do you do with a site like this? If you're like most capitalists, you make money off it! The original hamsters have been redesigned into 3D characters and now sell their own DVD and music tracks, including a Christmas album. Their site also promotes the hamsters through a variety of free interactive features such as a "Meet & Greet" page, games, a newsletter, message boards and more. To learn more about the furry foursome, visit http://www.hampsterdance.com. Friday Fun: Dinosaur Live!Fri, Mar 26, 2010 @ 11:35am | by CindyI'm the mother of two boys, budding paleontologists, so we do a lot of dinosaur things. If you've never seen the BBC Production of Walking With Dinosaurs, you really should. It's a very impressive arena show of life-size dinosaurs roaming the floor with a narrator giving us insights into their lives. The website for the show isn't nearly as impressive as meeting a life-size "live" T-Rex face to face, but it's still impressive. They've done a spectacular job carrying the theme from live show to site. In Meet the Dinosaurs you can hear each one roar, as you do during the show (and before: the dinosaurs demonstrate their impatience for the show to start). Of course they have a video section that shows not only the dinos in action but responses from the audience and interviews with the production team as well. There is an educational pack for teachers to use to prepare students before their arrival, from dino facts to what it takes to put together a production of this type. Aimed at the younger audience there are dinosaur games, such as assembling a pile of bones into a skeleton and excavating a fossil with shovels, chisels and brushes. They even have a "widget" to make it easy to share their site on your site (see left). For so many reasons, this site is a fun site to explore, and an effective website for promoting their show. Friday Fun: Add Bacon to Your WebsiteFri, Mar 19, 2010 @ 9:14am | by Cindy
Friday Fun: How Oscar is BornFri, Mar 12, 2010 @ 10:35am | by CindyDid you miss the Academy Awards last Sunday? You can catch lots of great video clips of the awards and behind the scenes at http://www.Oscar.com. My favorite: How Oscar is Born. Friday Fun: ID Ten T errorFri, Mar 5, 2010 @ 9:53am | by CindyThis is the new "kidspeak," from one of those children that knows more about computers than adults do. The adult was having problems with her computer so she asked the neighbor kid to repair it. In a couple of keystrokes it was all fixed. When the adult asked what was wrong, the child replied it was an ID Ten T error. What is that? Write it out: I D 1 0 T What a brat! Friday Fun: Interactive Crossword PuzzlesFri, Feb 19, 2010 @ 11:39am | by CindyAdd a custom, interactive crossword puzzle to your site! Free software from a reliable company, and quick and easy to use! Friday Fun: an iMac Prank - Invert the ColorsFri, Feb 12, 2010 @ 12:18pm | by CindyDo you have a colleague who uses Mac OS X? Next time they step away from their desk, press CTRL-OPT-CMD-8. This will invert the colors on their screen, as if they're looking at a photo negative. To restore the proper colors, just press the four buttons together again. This and other Mac OS X pranks can be found here: http://www.zaphu.com/2007/08/22/mac-os-x-pranks/
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