Archive for the ‘Websites’ Category

Video Game Invasion!

Probably one of the coolest videos Slicksta has seen in a while. No Mario Bros. in NY?
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. – une vidéo Art et Création @ Yahoo! Video

Sick of Beta

Slicksta is sick of hearing about beta releases. Limited beta. Private beta. Public beta. Closed beta. Beta invites. “Beta” is a label slapped on sites and used as an excuse for bugs, sloppy design or poor performance.
Launch when you’re ready and deal with problems as a natural part of running a website.

Ways to instant message at work

Some companies make it really hard for their employees to use instant messaging programs at work. Slicksta thinks this is terrible and wants to help you stay in touch with your buddies! If you find your IM access blocked at work try one of the following sites:

Meebo – One of Slicksta’s favorite websites / services [...]

Great resources to kick-start PHP/MySQL development

Looking to get into PHP/MySQL development? Building websites as a hobby can be fun and rewarding albeit time-consuming. These open source technologies make web development accessible to anyone with a computer and an idea. Here are a few sites and services that Slicksta found helpful when he was learning.

Sitepoint.com – This site if full of [...]

Organize Football Pools Online

Slicksta launched another project this week: OfficePicker.com. He was dismayed by the poor usability and lack of fun-factor on those other sports sites so he created his own, simple to use tool for football pools. In under two minutes you can setup a pool and invite your friends and co-workers to join.
The first NFL game [...]

Cafe Confidential

Steven Bochco, the creator of L.A. Law and Hill Street Blues joins other Hollywood heavyweights with the release of a series of clips on video-sharing site Metacafe called Cafe Confidential. Listen to everyday people (girls next door and guys across the hall) talk about embarrassing situations, weird family members and losing their virginity. It’s voyeuristic [...]

Business 2.0’s Next Net 25

Business 2.0 has published an updated list of startups to watch in the coming year. The author predicts that there will be flame-outs with too many newbies chasing different ways to bring traditional media online.
The losers are likely to be those companies that try to make money by pouring old-media wine into the new Web [...]

How to watch TV online

Christorpher Null does a good job summarizing five ways to watch tv online for Yahoo! Tech:

TivoToGo which requires Series2 or higher. Of course you’re SOL if you don’t have a TiVo.
Official streams from the major television networks: NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox
AOL’s In2TV for classic (read: old) television programs
Beeline or wwiTV for international programming
Downloads from [...]

Fun with Rasterbation

Slicksta just got tipped off about a cool site that lets you rasterize any image whether saved locally or on the web. Use the Rasterbator to create giant posters that print out on regular sheets of paper. It’s a totally cool way to decorate your space.
» Visit the gallery to see how other people have [...]

YouTube’s Super Vote

This year YouTube is hosting a poll for the best spots from SuperBowl XLI. The top ads are ranked by users and overall results are updated hourly. Slicksta encourages you to visit Super Vote to see clips you missed and vote on your favorites. The winner gets a coveted spot on YouTube’s homepage tomorrow.
There is [...]