Finding Those Oldies But Goodies

April 7, 2011 — Mrs. Mecomber

There’s something very disconcerting about hearing songs that were popular when you were in high school referred to as “oldies but goodies” on the radio today. :-p I ain’t THAT old, Mr. DeeJay!

I have found such a fun website! It’s devoted to oldies music from the 50′s, 60′s, 70′s, and 80′s— with over 15 million songs! It even had a small flash movie of the old TV show Happy Days. Oh my word, remember that?! Don’t you just feel younger and happier remembering how simpler life was back then?! LOL

The website is a hoot to explore. You can get retro DVDs, CDs, single downloads, and even *gasp* cassette tapes or vinyl albums! There’s a ringtone section up and coming- I’d really like to get some snazzy, moldy oldie ringtones. ;) The website features music not featured in music stores, too. I did a little searching around and found some old, rare stuff, like Indian Reservation by the Raiders and Andrew Gold’s Thank You for Being a Friend on a promotional CD. Pretty neat! There was also a very old compilation album under their “featured artist” section, “Summer Jam,” an album that I’d never seen before! And oh my word, remember when Cher had blonde hair??

Anyway, if you’ve been searching around for a website where you can find those golden oldies that no one else seems to have, give this website a peek.

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How Nerdy Are You?

August 27, 2009 — Mrs. Mecomber

This was one of the funnest quizzes I’ve taken. LOL, I am proud of my score. :dude:


You Are 68% Nerdy


You are a pretty big nerd, and you’re getting nerdier every day.
Don’t worry if you don’t have friends… there’s always robots.

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A Great (and Free) Music Website

April 7, 2009 — Mrs. Mecomber

Here’s a terrific new site for you music lovers out there: Kerchoonz. It’s a social network website built by musicians and music lovers, and you can listen and download the music for free. Amazingly, the music artists are paid for their music, while Kerchoonz offers the free srvice for music listeners. They basically share the advertising revenue generated from the site. This is a GREAT place to mingle if you are a musician, too– you can get your music to the masses. You can also make friends, watch videos, post messages on forums, chat, create playlists and do all the things that social network sites do. Very nice! The website is in Beta right now but it looks fantastic.

Kerchoonz also has these little “kwidgets” that you can put up on your own website, to inform your readers of new music and music you like. There’s a lot to see and do here– make a profile, build your own customized kwidgets, listen to and download music (and it’s all legal), and earn “points” to get stuff like upgrades and goodies. It’s all very nice and open, and the place seems to have a very active community.

The creators of Kerchoonz are refreshingly friendly and open. (more…)

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Create Your Own Animations

October 19, 2008 — Mrs. Mecomber

Hey look what I found, this looks like fun. I haven’t tried it yet, but I intend to send it along to my son (who loves stuff like this): Animasher. Here’s a tutorial I found for it.

This looks like a mix of Windows Movie maker and PaintShopPro. This looks like so much fun! It’s a great program for kids, I would think. You can let the creative juices run wild.

P.S. I think you have to sign up to use the service; be sure to use a “dummy” email address. It’s not likely this site will send spam, but it is wise to preserve your “real” email for personal use, IMHO.

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Good Online Chess Games

June 16, 2008 — Mrs. Mecomber

My husband is nuts about chess. He found a terrific online chess game. You register and sign up to play with players from all around the world. Players are graded by points, and can create profiles. I have been watching my husband play, and I’m very impressed by the very sophisticated software. It’s pretty amazing! It’s free, too. It’s called ChessAtWork (also called Play the Immortal Game). My husband is QUITE addicted! SO if you have a husband who is supposed to be looking for car parts or fixing the plumbing, and who you’d rather not tempt with online games, better skip this one. Just warning ya.

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Entrecard SiteHoppin Toolbar

May 2, 2008 — Mrs. Mecomber

I am a member of Entrecards (although not for this blog– just my five others, lol!). I thoroughly enjoy the traffic it has brought me as well as the wonderful new blogs and bloggers I have discovered. I’ve made some true friends through the community. I have to admit that I’ve also seen some real doozies out there, too– some use EC to peddle their acne treatments blogs (how can you have a blog devoted to one thing, eludes me!) but most Entrecarders are there for the social networking aspect. I love it! Entirely new blogs, widgets, and tools are being spawned as a result of EC. I was very excited to read about a new toolbar called Sitehoppin, created by an Entrecarder and especially geared toward EC hoppers. It’s in the beta, but I have the honor of being able to beta test it with my Firefox browser. The concept and the style is outstanding. I’ve been waiting for another toolbar to enter the scene to rival StumbleUpon, and it looks like Josh Whitford’s invention may do it. You can read about it and see a tutorial video here.

It still has a few bugs yet (that’s why the call it “beta”!). The toolbar timed out on me a few times. I also notice that there is no category for the Entrecard Home & Garden section. :( My New York Renovator is in that category, so until it’s fixed, my most popular blog won’t be showing.

But users can submit blogs! There’s just too much to describe here– check out Josh’s site and watch the tutorial. I’m expecting great things from this toolbar!

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