TextDrive Snippets

What a neat idea. You can post code snippets for any language, tag them, then share them with other folks. Like a publically available scrap sheet, or a way to distribute little pieces of code. Perfect for us javascript types.

They should combine this with TinyURL.

Flash 8 - the new golden age of Flash

Flash is entering a "golden age". With stunning performance improvements, and amazing new capabilites like this demo. Remember in console rpgs you'd see the "Mode 7" view - where you could scroll around and go from place to place in semi 3-d?

Just wait till Flash developers really "sink their teeth" into Flash 8 (and 8.5).

VR Mag - 3d website navigation

This site uses quicktime VR in an innovative way to present it's website navigation. Zoom around on top of a beautiful mountain to select floating panels of information. Kinda interesting.

WolfenFlash - Wolfenstein in Flash 8

First off, I'm assuming you've played Wolfenstein. I'm even assuming you've played the "original" version - on an old PC, after having painstaking fiddled with the memory on your machine, etc etc.

Ok, now that most of you have left the room, those select few of you left will really appreciate just how "cool" this is. And really shows off the power of Flash 8... whoo hoo!

Yahoo - blogs as news sources

In this day full of announcements - heres another really awesome one from the Yahoo Search Blog:

Today we've begun the integration of blogs in Yahoo! News Search. Now when you search on Yahoo! News you will see blog results as well as content from thousands of trusted news sites. The experiences and opinions published on blogs make a great addition to the mainstream news people read everyday. And major world events are further fueling the growth of blogs as platforms for anyone who wants to have a public voice. At times, even everyday bloggers beat the mainstream media to a story.

In addition to blog posts, we will also be including Flickr photos and links from My Web, tapping into a large grassroots media network. By bringing mainstream and personal media together we can offer a greater variety of sources and viewpoints to the millions of people who want to find out what’s going on in the world.


Here's another link with more info.

Squidoo - finding meaning

From the site:


Squidoo makes it easy for you to create, share and discover meaning online. It's a co-op of everyday experts, called lensmasters, who build lenses on topics they care about. What's your topic?

Gada Be (search)

Bleeding, cutting edge news for you. This is a meta search engine that does lots of heavy lifting behind the scenes and is pretty nifty. I mean releasing something out of the box with a Firefox plugin and a Konfabulator widget is way cool. The new way of releasing products!

CribCandy

This is an interesting "application" of lists + tags. You use the Wists platform to help choose products that are "cool" and then browse them via this site.

Yahoo podcasts

I love where I work. Where else can you start the day with a totally cool new site dedicated to something as awesome as podcasting? Every day there's something new here, and today it's this podcast site. What's cooler for me however is not just the site, but since I already have YME - I can finally listen to "everything" - streaming, podcasts, songs, etc. all in one place. Yeah I sound like I'm imbibing the cool-aid a bit much, but in all honesty - this stuff is relevant, fun, and actually useful to folks. Go find a podcast on whatever derivative interest you have and check it out. Fun stuff!