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The Prodigem Marketplace

April 21, 2005 | In marketing, video | No Comments

The Prodigem Marketplace allows Prodigem users to sell their independent media (videos, music, etc) while not concerning themselves with traditional bandwidth costs associated with repeated large data transfers. Content providers (YOU!) simply upload their work, set a price, and Prodigem does the rest. Once customers pay for access to the bit torrent peer-to-peer session for your content, Prodigem grants them access so they can begin their download (no DRM). Prodigem collects this revenue, removes 10% + transaction costs (PayPal) and then sends you a monthly check.

The Freesound Project

April 20, 2005 | In web design | No Comments

The Freesound Project aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, …

What other sources are there of quality, royalty free, audio?

YouSendIt - One GB File Transfer

April 20, 2005 | In web apps | 2 Comments

Need to send large files but your ISP sets a size limit on email attachments?

YouSendIt has no passwords to share, no software to install, no accounts to create, and no full mailboxes.

1. Choose who you want to send a file to. It can be anyone with an email address. You can specify multiple email addresses separated by commas.
2. Select a file to send. You can send photos, audio, documents or anything else. Your file will be stored by YouSendIt without ever filling up your recipient’s mailbox.
3. Click on Send. YouSendIt will automatically email your recipient a link to your file stored on our server. Your file will be deleted after seven days.

YouSendIt Lite offers a 100mb maximum file size with a 25 maximum download per file. There are premium upgrades where you can send bigger files, hold files longer and have no advertisements.

Save, Browse, Share, and Retrieve your Documents, Photos, and Files from ANY Computer! Signup today for for a FREE 1GB account.

Update: June 19, 2006 - Skype

Question: Is there a limit to the size of the file I can I send with Skype?

Answer: No. File transfers are only limited by bandwidth and recipient’s free hard disk space.

Tags: send large files, YouSendIt, Skype

The Institute for Backup Trauma with John Cleese

April 20, 2005 | In general | No Comments

Link to hilarious video starring the Monty Python comedian.

DNS server for Windows

April 19, 2005 | In software | No Comments Speed up Internet access with DNS caching
Even if you don’t have your own domain name, Simple DNS Plus will speed up Internet access by caching all DNS records requested by your computer (or local network of computers), and fetching them again later much faster.

Bypass you ISP’s DNS servers
Simple DNS Plus pre-loads the Internet root DNS server records at startup. This makes it possible to completely bypass your ISP’s DNS servers which in many cases may be slow.

Simple DNS Plus

Firefox 1.0.3

April 18, 2005 | In software | No Comments

There’s a little tiny icon in the upper right corner of the Firefox window, just below the Minimize / Maximize / Close buttons, that is supposed to alert you when an upgrade is available. The most current version is 1.0.3, and the little icon has been visible now for a couple of days, with no additional warning of any kind. In my opinion, the Firefox alert icon is way too subtle. How many people had Firefox 1.0 installed on their computer by a friend or family member over the holidays and don’t realize there have been three critical updates since then?

Firefox exploits now in the wild

Webby Awards

April 18, 2005 | In blogging | No Comments the nominess are…

The Webby Awards recognizes outstanding web sites in 60+ categories. A web site may be entered into multiple categories if appropriate. Sites entered into multiple categories will be reviewed separately for each category entered. Web sites entered into more than one category may win multiple awards.