Weekend Web 2.0 roundup for December 23rd

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Weekend Web 2.0 roundup for December 23rd

by Chris Gilmer Dec 23rd 2007

Stitcher
This iPhone or computer based website serves personal audio content. Stitcher, stitches together audio that you like, whether it's podcasts, weather, headline news or sporting events. Think of it as the Netvibes of audio, with a lot of small shows put together instead of one long audio show. To get started, visit the Stitcher site on your iPhone or click to listen to pre-made stations on your computer. Stitcher is still building out the personalized stations.

The Bureau of Communication
Forget about using old methods of communicating with people, we live in a web based world , so why shouldn't your official communications be web based? The Bureau of Communication has official looking documents for your apology's, grievances, holiday observances, gratitude, and invitations. The fill in the blanks stationary can be filled out online, stamped with airmail, confidential, embossed, private and top secret stamps, and emailed to friends. The forms are free to use, and there is no registration required to get started. (At time of writing the main site was down, however all forms remain active and linked above.)

Trackthepack
As the name hints at, Trackthepack is all about tracking packages. Just in time to see if your last second shopping will arrive, this website will keep a list of the tracking numbers for packages you are waiting on so you don't have to keep pulling up emails to copy and paste numbers. Sign up to store your tracking data and make a note on each package.

Spokeo
This web service finds information on friends and tracks their every activity. There are no approvals required. It simply pulls in friends' information from submitted YouTube videos, Flickr photos, Twitter's, blog posts, and Facebook messages. Spokeo supports information from a number of services including Amazon, Digg, Flickr, Last.fm, LinkedIn MySpace, Picasa, Slide, Vox and Windows Live Spaces. Spokeo or just plain Spooky?

Sleep.FM
Wake up to your very own social network. Sleep.FM is your social alarm clock where you can receive wake up calls from friends and family. Currently in private beta mode, users can record wake up messages or choose from a set of pre recorded ones. Still curious about the service that replaces your annoying alarm clock? Watch the video clip of Sleep.FM in action.

Tags: Bureau-of-Communication, Sleep.FM, Spokeo, Stitcher, Trackthepack, 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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