Filed under: Web services, Social Software
Swaptree: like eBay but without the money
All you have to do is type in an ISBN number for the books you want to trade, or UPC code for your other media. Then list the items you want in a "want" list, similar to an Amazon wishlist.
Swaptree will automatically search for users who have what you want, and want what you have. When it finds a potential trading partner, the service will send you each an email. If you both accept, Swaptree will provide each user with the others' mailing address.
You can even print shipping labels directly from Swaptree. And with media mail rates, most items should cost $2.50 or less to ship.
The service is in private beta at the moment, but Justin's got a few invites to give out.
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, ...
