Social networking for sick people

Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have spawned all sorts of copycat sites, like online destinations for seniors, babies, pets and the like. But here’s one you may not have heard about: A place for patients of cancer and other serious illnesses to find support and share their journey.

It’s called the Caring Bridge and it is a deeply personal and yet inspirational resource designed for patients and their relatives to keep loved ones informed during difficult times.

In return, family and friends give patients and caregiver support through guestbook messages, responding to the patient’s online website and journal… creating a special community of family and friends to rally around a loved one at the time of a health crisis or accident. Read the story »

Financial calculators to help you know your assets

From the PC Milke report on NBC-TV… The crazy financial roller coaster of the past week has had us all gasping for breath and wondering just how secure our assets are un these tumultuous times. I’ve found some online calculators that will help you cut through the financial fog.

When it comes to personal finance, you can never know too much. So start Read the story »

BlackBerry Storm takes on the iPhone

The BlackBerry Storm looks like the strongest rival to the iPhone and is sure to make this fall’s smartphone race the most intense yet.

Designed to satisfy the needs of both consumers and business customers, the BlackBerry Storm smartphone combines the powerful communications features, global connectivity and personal productivity advantages of the BlackBerry platform with a revolutionary touch-screen technology that dramatically enhances the touch interface and enables easy and precise typing. The world’s first “clickable” touch-screen responds much like a physical keyboard and also supports single-touch, multi-touch and gestures for intuitive and efficient application navigation. Read the story »

Does Wi-Fi help get better grades?

How important is Wi-Fi to the average college student and how is this technology changing the way that they study, communicate (with professors and classmates) and even socialize? Here are a few example results from a recent study conducted by the Wi-Fi Alliance and Wakefield Research:

· 73% say Wi-Fi helps them get better grades
· 90% say Wi-Fi access is as essential to education as classrooms and computers Read the story »

Next Time You Email the World, Use BCC. Please.

Ever been irritated to find your e-mail on a message sent to a gazillion folks? We found a website that teaches those ignorant mass cc’ers e-mail etiquette. Next time you get one of those send-to-everybody e-mails, send a reply to the sender that instructs them Next Time You Email the World, Use BCC. Please..

Wanna go into space? Send your picture up for $2

That’s the idea behind a site called IntoSpace.org that, for $2, will send your photo into space on a space vehicle it plans to launch in 2010.
It will print a catalog that will consist of 300 sheets (300 “rockets”), every “rocket” will be able to deliver up to 1000 “astronauts” by occupying the place of 25×40 cm. on a single sheet.
Cost of 1 seat(1×1 cm ~ 0.4×0.4 in.) is only $2.
But if you have a blog and mention it, like I just did, they’ll give you a free ride. Heh Heh.

Google now has a Contacts management type address book

Google keeps introducing new sites and services. Have you seen this? Now there’s a Google Contacts site.