I Can Has Cheezburger

I Can Has Cheezburger

icanhascheezburger.com

As we're in a visual mood let's finish with a little bit of fun. Crazy cats and daft dogs are the order of the day for this website. It's utterly, utterly silly. It asks you to add captions to pictures of cats to make what the site calls 'LOLs'.

You'll notice from the captions on display that the language being used is far from proper English. It's known as LOLspeak. It's cutsey, badly spelled and with terrible grammar. Click the link to LOLspeak wiki at the top to learn more. It's supposed to make the captions funnier - but I guess it's an acquired taste, and you don't have to use it if you don't want to.

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Splandoo

Splandoo

www.splandoo.com

Sometimes you see a video online and you want to save it to watch later. It's such a shame that you can't download movies from the likes of MSN Video, YouTube and Google videos, isn't it?

Actually, you can.

This site is simplicity itself. Just find the video you want to download, use the dropdown menu next to the URL box to see which sites Splandoo will work with, and then paste the URL into the box provided.

After clicking Download you'll be offered your usual 'Save' dialogue. You need to change the name of the file to whatever you want to call it with .flv at the end. This will save the file as a Flash movie.

Then you will need a Flash movie player installed on your machine to watch it from your own hard drive instead of via the web. But don't panic - Splandoo even provide a handy link to download a free player.

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Disney Print Station

Disney Print Station

www.printstation.disney.co.uk

The web is a wonderful, colourful and fun place, but it's not a good idea to spend too much time glued to your computer - especially for the younger ones.

This is a site where you can print all sorts of stuff for your small ones to enjoy offline, all provided free by Disney.

As you'd expect, the printables all feature popular Disney characters. They range from activity sheets full of puzzles and colouring in templates, to masks, photo frames and even mobiles and door hangers.

Clicking a thumbnail gives you the option to preview the printout. Remember you'll need to be using a good quality colour printer if you want to make best use of the bookmarks and photoframes etc.

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The GNU Image Manipulation Program

The GNU Image Manipulation Program

www.gimp.org

Computers are great for playing with images. Lots of websites ask creative surfers to contribute their own creations, or you might even have a website of your own you want to jazz up with a few sparkly images. If so, you can't go far wrong if you ask Gimp to lend a hand.

It's a free image manipulation program distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License, and it will allow you to make complex or simple changes to the images you're working with in a matter of minutes.

The website itself is nicely designed. It's well worth taking a gander at the tutorials under Documentation if you're new to image manipulation, as the interface can look quite daunting to the uninitiated eye. These will step you through the features of the program, from basic touching up and resizing of photographs to creating your own icons and 3D floating logos.

A powerful package that's easy to use - and completely free! You can't say fairer than that.

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slide

www.slide.com

The trouble with digital cameras is that you end up taking hundreds and hundreds of photographs just because you can. But then what do you do with them all?

Slide lets you create your own slide shows. You can use photos on your computer or from 'net sites like My Space or Flickers.

Once you've uploaded an image you can add captions, music, and display your photos as different styles of slide show.

There are some really silly styles to choose from, but there are also more simple styles.

Once you've made a slide show you can keep it private and save it as a screen saver for your computer or share it in a variety of ways - allow users to comment, or cut and paste some code that will publish it on your own blog or website, Face book page, or anywhere you can think of.

Despite the name, Slide isn't just about slide shows. You can also create a Kinfolks, which sounds a bit dubious but basically means you can customise videos too.

Anything on You Tube can be given the Slide treatment and then you get the code to display it on your own website or social networking site.

Expect to see a lot more pimped up videos and slide shows right across the 'ET from now on. Whether that's a good thing, you decide.

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really worried

www.reallyworried.com
If you're fretting about something, anything at all, this site offers to be a guiding light in the troublesome walk through life.
Here you can share your fears with the world at large, and hopefully get practical advice and information from someone who has been there before.
That's the basic premise of this website. It's not offering expert opinions from a paid entourage of staffers, but rather provides a simple yet glossy forum in which people from all over the world can offer advice and encouragement on any manner of topics big and small, from global warming to body image.
Just type what your worry is into the search box provided then see if anyone else is having the same concerns. You'll need to register if you want to post your own worries, or respond to other people's. And be warned some of the editorial can be quite grown up; there are several conversations about adult subjects on the site.

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place for articles

Economist.com

www.economist.comThis is a site from the popular publication The Economist, and includes all of their articles, past and present, plus a whole lot more. It's a really useful resource if you want to check up on some news you may have missed in months gone by.
There is insight and opinions on international news, politics, science and technology, cultural trends - in fact, for anyone running a business, large or small, this is pretty much essential reading if you want to stay on top of world affairs.
All sections are accessible through the navigation panel on the left. Of particular note are the useful City Guides and Country briefing sections, plus an enlightening collection of audio and video.

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recall

Real life. Real people. Real recall
www.reQall.com
Life comes at you fast. One minute you’re focused on the job. The next you’re organizing the community fundraiser. Suddenly you remember that you forgot your mom’s birthday. There’s just too much for one brain!
recall* is the best memory tool to integrate your memory with your life, putting more of the things you need to know and remember into one place. Wherever life takes you, recall is there.
Move your mouse over the items below to learn how recall can give you more of what life is all about.
*Patent Pending

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The need for speed

The need for speed

Your broadband connection should make the image much smoother though, but remember that just because you're paying for a broadband link that runs at 1Megabit per second, doesn't mean that you're getting that all time.

Internet service providers typically share their available bandwidth between their subscribers, so you could be sharing that 1megabit with as many as 50 other people. If they're all using it at the same time as you, then your connection's going to be slow!

There are some bandwidth speed checks online, I've even managed to find one based it India, although nowhere near you unfortunately, so it may not be completely accurate: Calcutta telephones bandwidth test.

If you're in the UK, you can try the speed tester at www.thinkbroadband.com

These are only a guide, and you'll get different results at different times of the day as the number of people on the Internet near you fluctuates. You might also check the homepage of your Internet service provider to see if they have their own test.

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my games

www.mygame.com
Games and vitals are all the rage, and with this website you can make your own viral game to send round to your friends.
For starters there's a whole bunch of ready-made games here you can enjoy. Just peruse the opening page at your leisure. I really like, a cunning colour puzzle game with a Japanese style.
Or even the game Stunt pilot which had the guys in the Click office distracted for hours.
But if you click the tab to Create Games at the top you can start having some very silly fun. Just choose a game from the simple templates. Upload your pic and then masque it and size it to fit the game. Choose a background, give it a name and hey presto: silly games to amuse all.
One final touch, if you register with the site you can save your game, allowing players to show off their high scores for the world to see

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packet garden

www.PacketGardenpacketgarden.com
And we finish with another visual treat. This is definitely one curiosity that will appeal to everyone from outright geeks - want to grow a virtual planet based on yourInternet traffic? It’s called Packet Garden, and you’ll pick it up on the website of the same name. Another quick download and you need to follow theread me instructions depending on what platform you’re installing it on. You need to install the Winnipeg software before you install Packet Garden, then just launch the program and you’re ready to go. When you launch it you need to click Start Packet Capture to begin recording your travels, then just go ahead and surf as normal. When you’been active a while pop back into the packet garden and click to grow a garden from your traffic. The longer you leave it the busier the planet, and you can adjust the sensitivity under Configure, but bear in mind the lower the number the longer your garden will take to display. There is even the option to fly through your world by clicking on Visit World, but personally I have found this to be a bit buggy and it keeps crashing the software - sort it out packet garden.

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A drive

www.adrive.com

How would you like 50GB of free online storage space with the option to share?

Just click the big black button on this site sign up, then click the link in the activation email you are sent to complete. Once logged in, managing your files is really simple, though the download/up loader runs on java so you'll need to have that function activated to work successfully.

Click on My Files at the top, then use the Upload feature to begin backing up data from your hard drive. The site is still in beta but the FAQ says they'll be adding a feature to automatically back up all the files on your computer soon.

Once your files have uploaded you'll see a link giving you the option to share them. Click this link to add the file to your shared drive, and a URL will be generated for others to click on to access that file. Simple.

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online games

King.comwww.king.comKing is a social gaming website with over 80 games to play and over 196 million games played per month. Interestingly, over 70% of King's players are women, and the stable of games is vast and very appealing. I especially like the word games.
Just browse through the sections and have a go. You'll need to register if you want to progress through the later levels, which will also allow you to take part in the multi player games and sign up for tournaments, many of which are free to enter.
But you can dive into any of the single player games to try them out with no set up at all. Competing in a tournament will earn you prize jewels, which you can use to unlock additional features on the site.
The only downside is that the annoying music and sound effects might drive you crazy quite quickly.

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photo shope

http://www.graphita.com/This site lets you do fun and silly alterations to your digital pics. Don't expect any artistically enhancing features like red eye reduction or colour filters; this place is all about fakes noses, silly glasses, outlandish hats and amusing captions.
You'll need to register to save any pictures so you might as well do that straight away. Upload a picture from your computer and then select it from the bottom panel before clicking Continue.
I found that uploaded pictures don't work in the edit screen unless you are registered, but as this site is still being developed some strange behaviour is to be expected. If you come across a problem, let them know.
Alternatively, if you're lacking inspiration or the material to work with, why not have a play with one of the preloaded pictures, also available in the bottom panel.
Once you've selected your pic it will open up in the edit window. Use the tabs across the top of the options panel to add your objects and any caption text, then just click save.
Clicking 'My Pictures' at the top of the home page will open your personal gallery, where you can use the buttons at the bottom for various ways to share your work. Again, some of the options are not yet click able until a little further down the road.

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foot print calculator

footprint calculator

The issue of climate change has been growing for a number of years now and you will certainly find quite a bit about it online.

The current buzz phrase is "carbon footprint" - your carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gasses you and your lifestyle produce in a year.

And if you have been wondering just exactly how much that is, you can work it out on the web.

There are many carbon footprint calculators around, and to be honest I think they are all far too simplistic to give you an accurate reading. I have certainly got many different results.

But being aware is one step and this calculator on the BP website has caught my eye.

It is a flash-based site with little pictures which illustrate your lifestyle as you enter details about it.

Your country, type of accommodation and the number living there are all important, so you enter them first.

Then as you continue to tell the calculator all about your home, your lifestyle, and how energy conscious you are, you can see the graphs at the top of the screen begin to grow.

I found myself almost not wanting to look as I entered my details.

But it was when I started detailing my travel for the past year that things really started to get embarrassing - you can see just how much CO2 the various methods of transport generate.

At the end of the process, you are given your carbon footprint - the number of tonnes of CO2 you generate in a year.

You are also told how you compare to your country's average.

Click "What you can do" and "Quiz" on the left of the site and you will find suggestions on ways you can cut down your CO2 emissions.

As I say, there is loads of carbon footprint info all over the web - read, digest, calculate and then of course it's up to you to decide what to do about it.

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think free

Think Free

The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites.

Ever found yourself out and about on business and you need to make a change to that Microsoft Word document or spreadsheet?

Or had to make a last-minute tweak to the sales presentation and horror of horrors you realise that you have incompatible software.

Well now you can word process on the move through an Internet browser. No fuss, no frills, and no file format issues.

The website is called Think Free. You will need to register, then you can choose to upload any documents you want to be able to work with.

You get 1GB of free space which should be plenty for day to day use. There is a premium service that provides much more storage space and cool drive syncing features, but you do not need to sign up for this to take advantage of the basic features.

Once you load a document you can choose to open and edit it, either using Quick Edit with limited options, or the more complicated Power Edit with many of the features you see on your desktop word processor.

The site's software is compatible with most basic MS Office features so you should have no problem making changes to existing documents or you can choose to create a new document from scratch and have it available for you to edit wherever you happen to log on to the net.

One feature I particularly like is the ability to share your document over the web which allows others to work on the page.

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best of you tube

Bestofyoutube.com
The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites.
Now, video blog that I wanted to share with you. Whatever you choose to call it, the video podcast is a growing attraction on the World Wide Web - and what better to blog video-style than the king of online clips, you Tube.
Best of you tube.com is a simple site with simple intentions - select the best of the You Tube posts and deliver one each week to its audience. You can sign-up for free and have the podcast fed direct to your desktop or even your pod. I found signing-up through I tunes the easiest option.
You can also surf the previous episodes on the website. So shut the office door, plug in your headphones and try and keep a poker face, as some of these videos had me literally laughing out loud.

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Love Earth

Love Earth

http://www.loveearth.com/uk/

We can sometimes forget the wonders planet Earth has to offer. Love earth.com should help us remember what an incredible planet we inhabit.

Originally designed to coincide with the BBC film Earth, this site has grown into a resource of its own.

As you would expect with a natural history site, there are tons of gorgeous wildlife images and video from across the globe, including shots of animals on land and beneath the waves.

For more insight into how these images were created for the original film there is a really detailed blog from the film makers.

And if you want to find out about any of the wildlife featured there are enough articles and images to keep any budding David Ordinaries happy for months.

The real gem in this site though is the animal tracking section. This follows the movements of tagged elephants, whales and polar bears. The data is linked to Google Maps so you can see the kind of terrain or where in the world these animals are.

A great site and a must for wildlife enthusiasts everywhere

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Street Sign Generator

Street Sign Generator
Finally, another cool little tool that might give you a few minutes pleasure and something funky to put on your desktop.
Street Sign Generator is so simple to use it is almost too simple.
You just choose a design from the limited selection by clicking the spot under the one you like.
Scroll down to enter the text you want displayed, then use the drop down arrow to add a suffix, such as Bluff, or Corner, or even a website extension, allowing you to put the domain name of your website in as the street name.
Now click to create your street sign. Easy peas.
You can right click the image to save it for later use, and then use the link below to start another if you want. My only complaint would be the lack of different signs, but you cannot have everything.

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world wide telescope

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/ We open today with a trip to the heavens, courtesy of Microsoft. This is by no means the only universe explorer on the web - we've shown lots of these in Web scape over the years - but I love the way this application works and there are some really nice guided tours as well. You'll need to download the 20MB application to start and then launch the telescope package from your desktop. This interactive application puts a planetarium on your home PC, with a telescope you control as you zoom around the skies exploring famous landmarks such as the Eagle Nebula (collections/Chandra telescope), the Antenna Galaxies (collections/Hubble images), and a little closer to home Mars, Jupiter and Saturn (collections/solar system). Use the thumbnails across the top to move between collections. Clicking a thumbnail will make your personal telescope zoom through the skies to reach its destination. You can control the image further using the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out, while double clicking a location moves that to the centre of your screen. Go into the View menu and you can change the location of the telescope you're viewing the sky from, and even set the date in the past or the future! There's lots more you can do to customize your viewing experience but I'll let you discover that on your own. When you're done exploring you can sit back and take a guided tour, accessed through the menu at the top. Some are better than others, with music and voice rather than just text, and some are very complicated. But the content is generally fascinating and will cater to astronomy fans of all ages. It's a big big Universe out there - be careful you don't get lost.

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take it apart

Take It Apart The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sites.
Are you the type of person who likes to tinker?
Do you love to take your old electronics items and such like, and get inside them to see how they work?
If you are, this next site is a dream come true, just do not pull apart anything you can still make use of, or it could easily turn into a nightmare.
Take It Apart is the ultimate tinkerers destination.
Dissecting electronic gadgetry, just for fun, is the websites tag line and there is also a disclaimer advising you not to actually do this, on the opening page.
But for some the urge to get out their screwdriver is just too strong, and those people will find plenty on these pages to relate to.
Scroll down the opening page for a list of categories on the left, from music to gaming devices and all sorts of other bits and bobs.
Most sections contain step-by-step text and picture guides to the disassemble process, but occasionally you will find a video too, like the one for the PlayStation2.
My favourite was their dissection of a hard-drive, not recommended if you are squeamish about surgery on disks

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Youmint/Free sms

www.youmint.com/network-akki28

YouMint is a unique social utility that lets you send Free SMS in India and download Free Mobile content!
YouMint pays you to invite friends and to receive SMS promos! It might just pay your Mobile bill

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