Elfster.com: Your Online Secret Santa Helper

Sometimes you’re the elf, sometimes you need an elf’s help –especially if you’re in charge of coordinating any Secret Santa exchanges. Recently I discovered a cool site that helps with such a task: Elfster. What Elfster Is A free online resource to help you coordinate a gift exchange. How You Use It 1. Register to use the site. (It’s free and super fast. Less than 30 seconds.) 2. If you’re not taken directly to the Your Exchange set up page, from Home select Start a New Exchange. 3. Plan your exchange: give it a name, determine a sign-up deadline, set … Continue reading →

North Pole Holiday Wallpaper

If you want Christmas or holiday desktop wallpaper, you’ve come to the right place. From elegant ribbons to cozy Christmas village scenes, North Pole Wallpaper is one of the best websites around for decorating your desktop this season. The wallpapers that they have are outstanding. My favorite one, the one I have on my laptop desktop is one of a single red christmas ball hanging from a snowy limb of an evergreen tree. It leaves plenty of space for my desktop icons, and is a simple design. The little bit of frost or snowflake on the Christmas ball is just … Continue reading →

Pandora: More than Just a Create Your Own Radio Station Site

Up until a couple months ago I was using my ISP’s built-in radio (Comcast’s Rhapsody Radio), but it started acting unreliably. It’d stop all of a sudden or have sign in conflicts and kick me out. Which was a shame because I liked a lot of their stations, such as their Classic Soul, Classical Piano, Essential Classical, Holiday Music (at Christmas), Latin Dance, and World Picks. Exasperated, I went in search of something else. I really dig listening to music on my computer, not having to change CDs (or buy them), or getting annoyed with local radio station commercials. That’s … Continue reading →

Holiday Blinkies

‘Tis the season for holiday blinkies! There are plenty of festive holiday blinkies that are ready to bring some spirit and joy to your blogs, web pages, e-mail and forum signatures. There are a lot of great blinkies out there to celebrate the season. Here are some of my favorites. Some of the blinkies here are considered “linkware.” That means that if you decide to use them on a web page, the creator of the blinkie would appreciate a link back to her website. But most of the blinkies I’ve found don’t have any type of consideration and are free … Continue reading →

Thanksgiving Wallpapers

When I start up my laptop each morning, I am greeted by classic Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet and Tiger, playing in the leaves. It is a festive way to begin a day or work or have a smile before I check my e-mail. Having a fun desktop is fun, and it also encourages me to keep all of my icons from cluttering the desktop. I write somewhere between 90 and 120 articles a month, and I tend to save them all to my desktop for a few days before filing them away in their proper places. But I could never cover up … Continue reading →

GodTube and Other Christian Versions of Online Websites

Are you turned off by less than savory content on your favorite popular websites? Well, you may be surprised to know that the Christian community may just have a version of that same site out there on the Internet. YouTube is a great source of entertainment and sometimes education. You can find un-aired pilots of your favorite shows, cute kids spitting up spaghetti and dads lamenting about how tough it is to get kids to go to bed. Chances are that if there is a topic you can think of, there is also a video about it. But one thing … Continue reading →

Livingroom Cam

Come inside the home of a family that lets you peek in, turn the lights on and off and visit for the holidays. I first came across the Livingroom Cam back in 2000. I usually stay away from cams on the web simply because of the tendency for many of them to be pornographic, and well, I’m usually too busy with my own life to peer into the lives of others. Back in the 90s and very early 2000s, web cameras really took off. Remember the infamous JenniCam and AnnaCam, where young women allowed voyeurs into their lives? It seemed … Continue reading →

Halloween Legends Online

This time of year, urban legends flurry around the Internet and find their way into your inbox. From the suicide victim that was mistaken for a Halloween decoration to children being poisoned by Halloween candy, there are plenty of strange stories circulating. See if you can figure out which story is true and which story was created to give us the spooks. You might be surprised by the truth. You’ll find the answers at the end of the article. Just a warning, like all urban legends, these stories, whether true or false are spread because of their ability to shock … Continue reading →

Atari 2600 Games Online

If you grew up in the late 70s and early 80s then you must be familiar with the classic Atari 2600 games. I remember running home from school and rushing through my homework so that I might pop in a favorite cartridge and battle against blocky-looking space invaders, asteroids or dragons. The Atari 2600 was like a magic box. Here was an entire arcade in my living room. and it was made even more special by the fact that I won it in a contest sponsored by Captain Crunch cereal. So even now, with all of our current technology, it … Continue reading →

Hershey’s Tricks Or Treats Online

Want a fun website that is packed with more treats than tricks? Check out the Hershey Chocolate website, where you’ll find many more treats than tricks. The Hershey’s Tricks Or Treats website is a lot of fun. When you first get to the main tricks or treats page, you are greeted with a little town at night. Spooky sounds, such as the howling moon play in the background. The sound can be adjusted or turned off, but it is really not obnoxious (no eerie screams, just one or two witchy cackles and nothing really scary). Once in a while strange … Continue reading →