Cool Site of the Week: My Life is Average

I figured Friday would be a good day to post this since it will have you hooked all weekend.  This cool site of the week is long over due., it's the amazing Mylifeisaverage.com!  The whole site centers around providing short, almost tweet-like stories of average days.  Well, if coloring books and Harry Potter are average. The site has a kind of cult following of not-so-average people. Most of the stories are like they were written by children, but in a good way.

Cool Gadgets 3/11/09: The New iPod Shuffle

Today Apple released the next generation of the iPod Shuffle. (skipping the press conferences and keynotes as usual) But wait, where's the click wheel? Oh! They're in the headphones. Bad idea. The controls look small and hard to manage, don't they? Apple headphones are the only ones that work on the new Shuffle now unless you can get an adapter that will be released "shortly". The new Shuffle also has a new VoiceOver feature that uses a monotone voice to tell you what song you're playing. (for some reason Mac users get a male voice and PC users get a female voice) Also, there's now Playlist support. The new VoiceOver feature will tell you what Playlist your listening to by holding the center button on the headphones. I will then read the other playlists in its robotic voice. You can choose the playlist by clicking the center button when you hear the one you want. You use a control on the top of the Shuffle to turn it off and choose the listening mode. It has 4 gig's of space on it and can (apparently) hold up to 1000 songs. You won't be using this on an old Mac 9 laptop (only runs on 10.4.11 and above). It also is amazingly small, only 1.8x0.7 inches. Also, with Apple being more Eco Friendly it has all this earth saving mumbo jumbo attached to it (it's dolphin safe, right?) I wouldn't buy one though until the headphone adapter comes out; Apple headphones have a tendency to be flimsy.

Microsoft's future world is better then iRobot

This is the coolest video I've seen in a while. If this is what the future holds, I want to be there to use all the awesome tech.

Cool Site of the Week 3/2/09: AstraNOS

AstraNOS is a powerful web os. A web os in a web based operating system. It means you can access your files, data, and desktop just by going to a web site. AstraNOS is basically Windows 98 mixed with a Mac dock. It has many powerful applications, a calculator, a very powerful and rich text editor. You can also add applications, and play a few games, and customize your desktop's look with AstraNOS's sleek and easy to navigate menus. If you are always on the go, or just like the idea of accessing your files from anywhere, I would highly recommend you check this out. You can check it out at astranos.org.

Cool Sites of the Week 2/16/09

Amazon Windowshop Beta: This neat little site lets you browse Amazon's bestsellers in movies, books, games, and more on a sleek, easy to use "wall".


WonderWall Beta: This site from MSN follows the "wall" trend and lets you browse through celebrity gossip on the "Wonder Wall".



Artpad: This site from Art.com lets you paint pretty pictures and send them to your friends or hang them in a gallery. There are a plethora of options for different types of art. It's amazingly addicting.

Cool Kicks, Right?

If you have ever worn converses you'll probably not want to wear these, they look a lot less comfortable than they usually do.  Boom! Lego All Stars!