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BubbleShare

BubbleShare.com is worth checking out if you have images that you'd like to share online. Some of the features include:

1. No registration required
2. Photo sets can be 100 images max
3. Audio annotations of photos, 30 seconds max for each image
4. Auto playback of photo set and any audio annotation
5. iPhoto plug-in available for exporting
6. Idiot-proof design

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Fast Internet Surfing

I have a high speed cable connection through Comcast so I probably don't need the Google Web Accelerator. But I couldn't resist making my connection faster so I installed it today on my computer.

Google Web Accelerator is an application that uses the power of Google's global computer network to make web pages load faster. Their website says that dial-up users may not see much improvement because the Google Web Accelerator is currently optimized to speed up web page loading for broadband connections.

Google Web Accelerator uses various strategies to make web pages load faster, including:
- Sending your page requests through Google machines dedicated to handling Google Web Accelerator traffic.
- Storing copies of frequently looked at pages to make them quickly accessible.
- Downloading only the updates if a web page has changed slightly since you last viewed it.
- Prefetching certain pages onto your computer in advance.
- Managing your Internet connection to reduce delays.
- Compressing data before sending it to your computer.

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Frappr!

A link for the website Frappr! was posted to an email list that I'm on the other night. The call from the poster was for everyone on the list to map themselves using Frappr!

Frappr was created by Brian, Kun and James at Rising Concepts, who wanted to see where all their high school and college friends went after they graduated.

Frappr (Friend Mapper) lets you see the zip code where your friends live or work, letting you find out who works in the office building next door and who lives in the apartment complex across the street.

It's a great addition to any group list or site!

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How To Get A Human On The Phone

There is nothing more frustrating then calling an 800 number and getting lost in their automated menu system. How many times have we all just wanted to press 0 to speak to a person?

Enter the Get Human website... Get Human lists instructions that will help you get directly to a human voice for 108 companies.

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Flip A Coin

Well if you need to settle anything with a flip of a coin, this seems to be the place to do it... Flipacoin.net has 78 coins from 27 countries to choose from. And you can flip the coin using your browser.

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