Friday, December 29, 2006

Netvibes.com & Pageflakes.com - The Ultimate Portals

PageFlakes.com


Netvibes.com


Web 2.0 at its best. These two sites provide all that you could ask for on one single page...and then some more. Create your own customized homepage with News, Weather, Instant Search, Videos, Photos and lots more. Modules available are so varied that you will be in a fix on what to include and what not. While Pageflakes allows you to add 'Flakes' (addons ranging from chat to sms to world clock), Netvibes comes with its big list of 'Modules' which provide equally interesting widgets. Further both allow you to display RSS content from any feed of your choice thus making the latest news and articles from any site available at your fingertips. This is definitely something everyone should try out.

More Information:
  • You can drag and drop any tab to any position you want. How your homepage will look is entirely upto you.
  • Be sure to go through all available addons or modules available. Detailed information on each is provided to help you make up your mind.
  • You can add multiple pages with different content on each page in case you run out of space.
  • You can set permissions for each page and can restrict your homepage to selected friends or make it viewable by the entire public. Likewise you can also surf through other peoples pages.

Pandora.com - Your own personal DJ



From the guys who brought you the 'Music Genome Project', comes another ambitious but successful endeavour. What started out as one friend asking another for advice on related songs of interest has grown into a vast treasure trove of musical information. All you need to do is to provide 'Pandora' with the name of the artiste or song and let it dig into its comprehensive database of songs, each of which has been analyzed for over 400 musical attributes. Blending scientific data along with purely human conscience, it will generate music sure to cater to your tastes and help you discover songs you never knew existed.

Click here to visit Pandora.com

Thursday, December 28, 2006

FaceResearch.org - Averaging faces



FaceResearch.org lets you take part in 'facial attractiveness experiments' which allow you to discover traits people find attractive in faces and voices. You can use its Computer Graphic technology to mix many faces and find out what the average face might look like. Upload your own image to get it averaged as well.

Click here to visit FaceResearch.org

FilterMusic.net - Online Web Radio



FilterMusic.net provides a list of high quality Internet Radio stations. You can listen to streaming music from over 15+ genres including Electronic, Rock and Jazz. All you need is a good connection and WinAmp. A weekly updated RSS feed allows you to keep track of new stations as they get added. The site is available in 11 languages.