ResizR: Resize images the Web 2.0 way
Yes, it's another Web 2.0 app that has dropped the 'e' a la Flickr - and this one has also capitalized that final R! They're definitely kicking it up a notch.Okay, all joking aside... ResizR is definitely a handy utility. It'll save you approximately 10 seconds in image resizing, since you don't have to fire up your graphics program and use the "image size" feature (or whatever it's called in the app of your choice). Use the slider to specify the image width (or just type it in the text box), select your image, and click the big 'ResizR' button. Voila! Your image has been resized.
Image resizing niftiness aside, the ResizR web site is, if nothing else, a one-stop shopping destination to see all the latest Web 2.0 tricks in action. It really feels like a developer who just learned AJAX decided to show off his or her new skill set. It almost feels like self-aware satire.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
