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- http://tinyurl.com/48xq6tj - A nifty app that allows you to create a blacklist for your Android phone. Block calls and texts for specific numbers, prevent unknown callers or texters from getting through, import multiple contacts into your blacklist, etc.
- http://tinyurl.com/yc6ahuv - An exceptionally well-animated short (8 minutes) from “The Story of Stuff” project called The Story of Bottle Water. Watch this beautifully-done animation and learn about the tactics used by the bottled water industry to manufacture demand and encourage Americans to continue buying over half a billion bottles of water…every week.
- http://picresize.com – Crop and/or resize images quickly. No downloads, no signups, no cost. Just upload your file, crop or resize, then save your new file.
- http://tinyurl.com/6zrh987 - If you have a friend with a tendency to go (horrendously) overboard when IM’ing or texting, try sending him one of these clever/cool/snarky callout cards. (You can find some additional callout card options for “textual harassment” here: http://tinyurl.com/67v3bld)
- http://foxfly.com – A group messaging service that “makes it easy to keep in touch with the groups that are most important to you.” Share whatever you’d like with private groups and “leave the rest, and your other ‘friends’ on Facebook.” Three things you should know: 1) The service is free. 2) You can create as many groups as you’d like, but groups have a max of 15 people each. 3) The FoxFly App is currently only available for iPhones, but the company is working on versions for Android, Blackberry, and Nokia.
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- http://tinyurl.com/4pxv5o - If you like the idea of watching a short 1930s video clip of trained dogs dressed up as actors parodying performers in then-contemporary films, I think you’ll like this. The end scene where all the prisoners/dogs are upset about the unacceptable food quality and therefore start throwing food across the mess hall is absolutely fantastic. And if you like this clip, here’s another really great one in which a beautiful dame in trouble is rescued by a valiant hero (though I’ve yet to figure out why or how the hero dog saw the vision of her predicament in his liquor bottle) - http://tinyurl.com/5lq62z.
- http://tinyurl.com/27zrejg - Sometimes a single program or process can cause Windows to slow down to an unbearable crawl. Learn how to stop these hog-processes before they start.
- http://tinyurl.com/26tzsqa - Berkeley Bionics has made an exoskeleton that actually enables wheelchair users to stand and walk for extended periods of time. The exoskeletons are “ergonomic, highly maneuverable, easily donned and doffed, mechanically robust and lightweight”. Technology that makes a true difference.
- http://tinyurl.com/39tdfyt - Though these research findings are hardly surprising, the fact that there’s “a strong correlation between higher income and increased Internet usage” does raise an enormous array of socio-economical, educational, and ethical concerns and challenges. These findings offer yet another layer of depth to consider as you watch (and read) the news, keep an eye on political events, judge the latest education statistics, follow the vacillating jobless rates, etc.
- http://tinyurl.com/22tknqh - With over 60 Analytics reports available (which is apparently more than double that of other Analytics apps), this $1.99 app offers a quick and easy way to view your website’s Google Analytics on your iPhone.
- http://tinyurl.com/2fecx2w - The short and sweet explanation as to why you shouldn’t switch your email to Facebook (aka “put all your eggs into the Facebook Messages basket”).
