Group Instant Messengers (GIM’s) that allow you to connect to Instant Messenger have seized attention because they make it possible to connect to those networks and chat from computers where it is not possible to install Instant Messenger software.

Meebo was one of the first Group Instant Messengers and Koolim is a comparable service may just overtake the former.

Popular web services like Meebo get blocked from school, university and work networks quite frequently and it is always nice to have an ace - Koolim - in your sleeve. Koolim should work even if the computer you are working with is protected by a firewall. (Do I hear hackers, porn surfers and time wasters rejoicing?)

Koolim Web Messenger supports the major Instant Messenger networks: AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Google Talk and ICQ plus several lesser known networks such as Jabber, X-Fire and Gadu-Gadu.

Every user has the option to either log into any of the IM networks by entering his username and password or by signing up to Koolim and handling matters from the inside. How’s that for ultra convenience and ease of use?

I’ve been finding ways of killing boredom since I discovered gadgetry.

Waiting in line at the grocers? No prob! I fire up my Treo and read my PC World archives.

Killing time at the gas station? Ha! Fire up my P990i and read my latest rss feeds.

Driving a long way? The ipod nano lets me listen to cool pod casts on PC trends.

Now I add the Home Theatre Watch to my arsenal of anti-boredom implements.

Everyone at my bus commute drooled in envy during the 30 minute trip. While the rest of humanity sighed in gridlock, I simply activated the cool babe and watched a hi-res, dolby powered Spiderman 3. Conversation rang clear and true with nary a stutter in playback.

Bonus: the mini-skirted blonde next to me kept craning her neck to see spiderman swing thru the buildings- while I snuck glances at her milky whites. Continue Reading »
Home Theatre Watch Review

Admit it. You sometimes wonder what pleasure those crackheads get from doing hash or smoking pot.

Ask any druggie to describe the experience, and you’ll get ramblings, expletives, superlatives and a whole pile of gibberish. What can you expect? Half his brain cells have just been friend.

But you’re still curious. Right?

There’s a safer way to take the rollercoaster ride without the risk.

One word.

AYA HUASCA.

Aya what?

Aya Huasca. It’s an herb, totally legal in all states and nations. This little scrub gets you feeling that giddy sensation grass does but without the brain cell side effects- and mandatory jail time that follows.

I just puffed a bit and I can say this: it puts valium to shame with the ease and bliss that floods you in seconds.

No hangover and impotency after.

Check it out at salviasupply.com

GadgetUniverse proclaims it the most advanced technology in footwear- “The only shoes that make you feel like you are defying gravity. Walk taller and with more confidence than ever! ”

Cool claims! When two friends bought it and then eighteen eventually followed suit, I knew I had to scope it out.

My browser gave me the lowdown:

Scientists investigating shocks absorption for buildings during earthquakes discovered a special polymer that was both light weight and absorbed shock and vibration. This material lead to the revolutionary material used in the Catapult MMXT3 Gravity Defyer Shoe. The researchers and the engineers behind the Gravity Defyer Shoe surprised the entire shoe industry when they launched the first of its kind energy reciprocating shock absorbing sole in a dress shoe nonetheless!

It was scientifically constructed with a hidden 1/8 inch shock under the heal that releases its reciprocating resistance power each time you step. As your weight changes to the balls of your feet, the hidden shock absorber generates upward pressure pushing your body upward. This mechanism gives you the feeling of jumping like a kangaroo (or some say feel like flying) each time you step with the Gravity Defyer Shoe.

Hey, how about that! Shoes with real bonafied shock absorbers that bounce.

Bill let me try out his Marseilles model shoes - and in the 30 seconds I used it I was a convert. They did bounce. I actually felt like flying- from leather shoes!

Not even the Nike Airmax 360 or the Adidas Bounce KG gave me this much power and comfort.

These are real springs that BOUNCE! And bounce with a BOING!

I kid you not: you’ll bounce faster and higher with these secret agent shoes than Shaq Attack in Air Jordans.

And the comfort. Sublime bliss. Better feeling than memory foam. It’s literally walking on air.

I almost murdered my friend to keep his shoe.

I woke this morning feeling like dung. My head ached. My stomach rumbled. And I kept thinking about all the work.

Then my son popped Yanni’s Santorini into the home theatre system.

BAM

Instantly, my mind soard to unimaginable heights! If there’s aural orgasm, this is it- the melodies transport you to highs and lows of epic emotion.

My eyes dripped tears at the mastery.

Grab yourself a copy of Yanni. Now. It will floor you!

Snazzy lens with some caveats

Pros
Exquisite focal length, superb pix along mid to long focal length, commendable aperture

Cons
Middling picture at wide end, sliding zoom ring, hefty.

The Lowdown

I purchased this for my EOS-400D to replace my standard 18-55mm lens. As soon as I got in on the camera I realised how much heavier it was, nearly half a pound. Got a bad back? Avoid it. However once I got used to it, I found it balances with the camera quite well and as a nice solid feel to it.

But as I started to use it, it has help to deliver fantastic results, though it’s a fringes a bit at the wide end and will flare in the sun easily unless you have the lens hood attached

This lens had been a pleasure to use, nonetheless, once the zoom ring loosens up a bit with use; it will sometimes slide when pointing the camera downwards and the lock function is a bit of a gimmick as it only works right at the 17mm end which is the only point where it hasn’t ever slid from.

Sometimes staying till 3am working at my internet empires knocks my libido hard. My girlfriend chastised me: “Marcus, you get turned on by your keyboard, not by the Twins! Let’s talk about this.”

Before it escalated to a full blown relationship disaster, I tried Irwin Naturals Steel Libido on the reco of a friend.

Man. On the first night I used it, our household looked like a quadruple X love den.

I mucho recommend this!

Forgive my delay in updating the posts. You see, I’ve gone crazy downloading software from freewarepalm.com into my aging Treo 650. There’s software here more valuable that some useless commercial software sold at handango.com

Financial calcs
Photo manipultors
Games…
all free!

Grab yourself a sandwich and a tall drink. If you’re a palm lover like myself, this site will keep you glued!