Archive for August 7th, 2008

Ask Slashdot on Website Backup Options

A few days ago Ask Slashdot featured a question on how to handle local backup of files on remote web servers. I’ve been trying to figure out a good answer to that question the past few days.
My problem is this — I’ve been using Cpanel to do a daily full backup of my server. That [...]

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Marvel’s Create Your Own Superhero Tool

Marvel Kids has a neat Create Your Own Superhero online tool. It’s actually fairly sophisticated with a ton of options for a Flash-based tool. At least something to do waiting for Champions Online!

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Turn WordPress Into a Private Twitter Clone with the Prologue Theme

I really like the idea behind Twitter, but everytime I go to use Twitter it is down for one reason or another. I’d also like a little more control over my data and since I’m not interested in broadcasting my Twits to the world, there’s the Prologue Theme for WordPress.

As you can see, Prologue turns [...]

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The Buffy: The Vampire Slayer Tarot Cards

Update: crap…for some reason, Dark Horse canceled this product. WTF?
I already got my order in for these. Nice cards featuring Willow and The Master there:

Action Figure Authority

I’ve been seeing more and more ads for Action Figure Authority, a business that rates toys and action figures and assigns them scores based on their condition (though apparently it has been around since 2000). There is a similar service for comic books that has been wildly successful, but I’m a bit surprised that it’s [...]

Condiment Gun

Now this is the proper way to dispense mustard,

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