Weekend Web 2.0 roundup for December 2nd

by Chris Gilmer Dec 2nd 2007

CollegeRuled
Get your schedule organized at school. This site lets students put together weekly class and activity schedules and print it out in a nice clean manner. Schedules can be hooked up to Facebook profiles. You need an .edu email address to use the tool.

iDesktop.tv
iDesktop.tv is another way to watch YouTube videos. The applications lets you download videos to the desktop in formats like mov and flv quick and easily. Other features include playlists and clip sharing.

BootB
Think you have what it takes to be an ad exec and know what sells and what doesn't? BootB is a social type of place where brands drop their creative challenges, and creative's, including agencies and freelancers solve them. The winner of course, gets the account dough.

TimmyOnTime
It just got a little easier to manage your time, especially since if you already have an IM tool open all day. TimmyOnTime uses the power of Instant Messaging applications to track time using reminders and nudges. With commands, Timmy starts timing new sessions until you message back 'stop'. It is currently only available for AIM and Google Talk users. MSN tracking is broken. Look out for a mobile version coming soon.

Bambora
Destination 411. If you are heading out to a new place, you might not know what you are totally getting yourself into. So why not ask a few questions about the hot spots and must see places. Bambora lets travelers help each other plan, and share travel information.

Tags: BAMBORA, bootb, college-ruled, idesktop-tv, timmy-on-time, timmyontime, web2, web2.0

Featured Time Waster

Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

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