February 4, 2009

Urban Dictionary

This Web site is not necessarily for everyone, as it is describing slang, but I found it, because I heard a song on the radio talking about showing someone your grill and had no idea what it meant.

Meanings of grill:

1.) Teeth

2.) A gold/diamond plate that is molded for your teeth. It is decorated with diamonds best cialis prices and/or gold. Usually worn by rappers, Nelly, Paul Wall, Mike Jones and many others.

I was highly confused, so I had to find somewhere to look it up and I found this site. I think this site is also handy for monitoring the slang coming out of your children’s mouths. My mom wouldn’t let us use slang around the house. We always had to speak perfect English. This is what comes of having a teacher for a mom. I am extremely grateful that she did, because It made me better able to communicate.

There are several ways to surf this site. The easiest way is to type in the word you want to define in the dictionary, like I did. Put in the term you want to define and click the search button.

Or, you can go through alphabetically, A-Z, and browse slang words by letter. Or you can click Random at the very end of the A to Z listing and get a random word. There are also random listings that change on the main page.

I wouldn’t want my children using a lot of this terminology, that is for sure. Another warning that I just noticed: some of the examples do have profanity in them, so I wouldn’t recommend showing this site to kids.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

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Blogging

Kontain

If you've ever thought about blogging, but haven’t done it because it seems too confusing to get started, I sure hope you'll give Kontain a try! I’ve switched to it from where I was blogging before, because it's so easy to use!

To get started, you’ll need to sign up. Click on the Sign Up button to begin the registration process. Next, you’ll be asked to create a username, provide an e-mail address and create a password. Then simply check the box after reading the Terms of Use and click on the Sign Up button once more. Then just provide 5mg cialis generic them with your gender and birth date and click on Let’s Go!

You have 15 days to activate your account with the confirmation e-mail they send to the e-mail address you provided. You can start customizing your profile or adding an entry right away. Just don’t forget to activate your account at some point.

In your profile, you can add your name, location and a little bit about you. At the top of the page, you can add an entry to your blog by clicking on the Create Entry button.

That takes you to the entry page where you'll title your entry, add media (video, photos and audio) if you want and write up your entry. When you're finished, go ahead and click on the Publish Entry button and just like that, you’ve posted your first blog entry!

On the Features page, you can take a nice tour of what you can do with a blog here at Kontain. They’re working on adding more features for the future as well. It's a very smooth blogging setup that's so easy to use, it's definitely worth giving a try.

Also, if you don’t like it, you can always go to your account settings and delete your account with the Delete Account option. I think you’ll love this Web site. I know I do!

http://www.kontain.com/#home

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Plagiarism Checker

I know this Web site will certainly come in handy for me as a student, but it's also very beneficial for teachers who want to check whether or not the work their students have turned in is plagiarized.

It’s really easy to use too! All you have to do is copy and paste the assignment into the text box and click on the Check the Paper button. It will then process the paper, checking it against its database.

Please note that it's only intended to accurately scan whole papers, not sentences or partial paragraphs. It will tell you if the document isn’t long enough and it gives you the option to go back if the paper doesn’t meet the parameters it was set up for.

Once it processes the paper, it will show you where in the text it could be plagiarized. Check it out!

http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/

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Awesome Start

Are you tired of having a bland, blank homepage? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could customize something you actually like to look at that's filled with the links you use regularly? I know I could use something like that and that's where today's cool site comes into play!

The great thing is, even if you decide you don’t like any of the options in the gallery, you can use the plain white or plain black and still be able to customize your homepage to meet your needs.

You will find all the directions you need on the Help FAQ page. That covers everything from setting up your personal links to how you can set your homepage with the Homepage FAQ section and even how to manage your cookies with the Cookie FAQ area.

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The Start page galleries are viewable by: View All, Movies and TV, Music, Video Games and Other. You can also search for a theme by using the Search field in the top right hand corner. If you know what you're looking for, just type it in and search for it!

Once you have your theme all set up, customizing the page is very easy! Just choose what you want from the drop down boxes. For example, you can pick which search engine you want to use from the listing. For your links, select Custom from the drop down menu. That will give you new fields to fill out: one for the name you want it to display and one for the link itself.

Do you want to set up more links than just four? If so, when you’re on the Preferences page, there is a category on the right side called Advanced Options. Under that, you will find Extra Links. If you click on that, you instantly have four more slots you can fill with custom links!

Now, I have an extremely useful homepage that is equally nice to look at. I can check my e-mail, search the Internet and visit all the Web sites I love so much, all from one convenient location. Enjoy!

http://www.awesomestart.com/

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Windows Live SkyDrive

I’m always moving my files from one computer to another using my flash drive, but sometimes it’s just not practical to use it. One of my computers only has a USB port in the back, which makes it hard to access and even more, sometimes my drive gets so full, I can't fit anything else on it. Well, that's when Windows Live SkyDrive comes in handy. Let's check it out!

Windows Live SkyDrive is like a USB drive, but it’s Internet based. Simply put, you can upload your documents and download them on any computer that has access to the Internet. Want to learn more? Well, here’s how you can get the service for yourself!

1.) First, go to the SkyDrive Web site here.

2.) Next, click on the Get Started button at the bottom of the page.

3.) You’ll need a Windows Live ID to use SkyDrive. If you already have one, go ahead and sign in. If you don’t, there’s a Sign Up button on the next page.

4.) Once you’re all logged in, you'll find yourself on the SkyDrive personal homepage. To edit your profile, click on Edit Profile.

5.) Here’s how I set up my profile:

6.) Once you’re done editing, click Save.

7.) Now, to add files to your SkyDrive, click Add Files, which is located half-way down the page.

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8.) Select the folder you want to add your files to (documents, favorites, etc.) and then use the upload tool to upload to your heart’s content!

To access your files again, simply log in and click on the file you want. Easy as pie!

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