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Got space? Rent it out with StoreAtMyHouse

Posted Mar 19th 2007 5:30PM by Chris Gilmer
Filed under: Business, Utilities, Web services

Maybe you are quite the organized individual and have managed to clean up some valuable space in your closet, basement or garage. Now you can either jam it up with stuff over time, or rent that space out now.

StoreAtMyHouse connects people willing to rent out the extra space they have at their apartment, house or condo, matching them up with people who require some extra storage areas.

Whether you have space for rent, or are looking for available space the site is clean and easy to search through. StoreAtMyHouse is mashed together with Google Maps so users can easily check out where the storage location is. One question that I'm sure is on many minds, Will my stuff be safe? StoreAtMyHouse does provide a legal Agreement that states that the custodian shall bear all risks of loss or damage. And of course StoreAtMyHouse is not responsible for any harm against its members.

There are not a whole lot of rental areas at the time of this post, however, if you have space to rent, listing is free.

[Thanks PHills]

Tiny Menu: Save Firefox screen real estate

Posted Dec 19th 2006 8:00AM by Ross McKillop
Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Mozilla, Freeware

Exactly as its name implies, the Tiny Menu extension allows you to compress your entire Firefox menu bar into one item. And, thanks to a recent update, that item is now even smaller. Setting up Tiny Menu isn't entirely intuitive, so I'll outline the steps to save you a bit of time:

Download and install Tiny Menu (don't forget to restart Firefox)
Click your 'new' menu (the M) and then select View > Toolbars > Customize...
One at a time (not that you have a choice) drag the items from your Navigation Toolbar into your menu bar until there's nothing left in the Navigation Toolbar
Click Done to return to the main Firefox window
Again, click your new menu and this time choose View > Toolbars > and then uncheck the Navigation Toolbar
Bask in the glory of your newly free pixels

Bingo! offers WebDAV storage with perks

Posted Nov 14th 2006 5:00PM by David Chartier
Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Productivity, Web services, Commercial, Social Software, Unix

The online storage biz sure is heating up, what with Xdrive and Files-Upload being two of the most recent and spacious notables. Now Joyent, providers of other online services like TextDrive and Connector (web-based apps for small business), is entering the space with Bingo!, a WebDAV storage solution with some handy perks. For starters, let's get the storage space and price points out of the way:

100 gigabytes of storage (10 gigabytes of bandwidth) for $199 a year
50 gigabytes of storage (5 gigabytes of bandwidth) for $99 a year
25 gigabytes of storage (2.5 gigabytes of bandwidth) for $49 a year

Powered by "Sun's amazing X4500 platform," customers receive one user account with a whole lotta goodies, such as a public folder for hosting things like images and podcasts, the ability to use your own domain or simply mycompany.bingodisk.com, as well as a complementary 5-user subscription to Connector.

All things considered, I prefer the ease and cross-platform friendliness of WebDAV from folks like Bingo! and DreamHost, as opposed to the constrictive and proprietary web UI many of these online storage newcomers employ (on a side note to developers and marketers: can you please stop using exclamation points (!) in your product names?). Of course, it is sometimes hard to beat 'free,' but with the nice array of extra options for the serious storage user that make the icing on the cake taste that much sweeter, Bingo! has a lot going for it.

SpaceShipOne bought by Google?

Posted Oct 21st 2006 4:02PM by Chris Gilmer
Filed under: Google

Did Google buy SpaceshipOne? Michael Arrington has a scoop that Google has acquired the ship and is planning on storing it in building 43 at the Googleplex. The Ship is rumored to be still in the Smithsonian museum, since it won the $10 million X prize in 2004, but could be on the way to Mountain View California. We all know that Google can afford it with their sizable bank account, especially after the recent third quarter earnings released on Thursday. Larry Page is on the board of trustees of the X Prize foundation, so he does have some insides there if indeed it came onto the market. If you have a picture of SpaceShipOne taken on October 21st, Arrington wants it, and he's willing to give an iPod shuffle to the first person with evidence. This would be a great investment for Google, and then they could get back on track with their interplanetary operations. Stay tuned for further developments.

UPDATE: It looks like Google bought a full scale replica of SpaceShipOne. If you feel the desire, you too can get one from here.

Graphically view your disk space usage with Filelight

Posted Jul 24th 2006 1:00PM by David Chartier
Filed under: Utilities, Linux, Productivity

Filelight is a Linux utility that creates a concentric graph of your computer's disk usage. Each color represents a different type of file, such as documents or apps, so it's easy to tell which is the biggest bully on the block. I found a utility like this for Mac OS X over on TUAW by the name of Disk Inventory X - has anyone seen a similar app for Windows?

No specific OS flavor is required, though Qt 3.2 and KDE 3.2 are. Filelight is available from MethyBlue and is released under the GNU General Public License.

Gamma Bros. - Today's Time Waster

Posted Jul 3rd 2006 11:40AM by Jordan Running
Filed under: Fun, Games, Windows, Macintosh, Freeware, Time-Wasters

Maybe I'm just a sucker for 8-bit-style games, but I'm really enjoying Gamma Bros. It's a space shooter that comes in web-based Flash as well as downloadable Windows and Mac flavors, and feature pixely graphics and fast action. You play as one of the Gamma Bros. who must destroy an endless stream of UFOs that invade from every direction. Use the arrow keys to move your craft around and the WASD keys to fire in four cardinal directions. When your energy gets depleted, running into your brother will swap your ships, tag-team-style. The rest is easy to pick up, but a solid challenge to complete.

Google Maps lands on Mars

Posted Mar 13th 2006 2:10PM by Jordan Running
Filed under: Fun, Web services, Google

For the interplanetary traveler, Google has launched Google Mars which lets you pan and zoom around the red planet's surface. It gives you three different views: visible, color-coded elevation, and infrared. Unfortunately there's no cheesy easter eggs a la Google Moon, but there are a bunch of markers for locating landmarks (including the legendary "face" and the less well-known Happy Face Crater) and landing sites. Google Mars and the mars-themed logo at Google.com commemorate the 1855 birth of astronomer Percival Lowell.

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Got space? Rent it out with StoreAtMyHouse

Tiny Menu: Save Firefox screen real estate

Bingo! offers WebDAV storage with perks

SpaceShipOne bought by Google?

Graphically view your disk space usage with Filelight

Gamma Bros. - Today's Time Waster

Google Maps lands on Mars

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