Posts Tagged ‘website’

geocities-izer

Dancing Babies, webcounters and bad color schemes. That was Geocities. Now that it’s gone, we can only remember the horrible designed, left for dead websites. Or do we have another option?

Wonder-Tonic has created the Geocities-izer – a website that will turn your favorite website into a Geocities – looking page. Complete with all those bad .gif files like spinning floppies and Bill Gates – turn to Devil.

Although Dorkazine doesn’t look that annoying, you should see what sister-site Geekazine looks like. Talk about a Packer fan’s dream – Green and Yellow with dancing babies…

The website also has quick links to sites like New York Times, Boing Boing and YouTube. Check it out with your own favorite website or just keep looking up Dorkazine. I wonder what Sportazine would look like…

Y’know, just the other day I was having this conversation at my day job with co-workers. Can you get fired by posting something online? Specifically social network sites like Facebook?

Well, British Airways suspended 15 cabin crew members because they allegedly posted inappropriate comments on their Facebook pages.

About a dozen cabin crew have been suspended while investigations are being carried out. The suspensions had to do with a number of reasons, including inappropriate comments the staffers posted online.

BA is locked in a long-standing dispute with cabin crew over issues including wages, job security and working conditions. The union has called for a strike vote by members. 15 flight attendants allegedly wrote Facebook comments and sent private emails about a “name and shame” list of pilots who volunteered to help break any strike.

The airline has also demanded that unions reveal the identities of a further 32 members of the cabin crew who posted messages about the list on a thread on its discussion forum.

The wave of suspensions began last weekend, after one cabin crew worker acquired a list of 40 pilots who had volunteered to work as cabin stewards should a strike be called. That worker posted a message on a Facebook page saying they had the list, and asking others what should they do with it.

Those under investigation received calls from airline management, ordering them to attend meetings at the crew report center. Those meetings have resulted in 17 suspensions so far, it is believed. Some of those suspended insist they had not read the Facebook message, nor replied to it. Others, who were not Facebook friends, say they were suspended because someone else had messaged news of the list to them through Facebook. So, most were suspended on the basis of guilt by association.

On the whole, it is an obvious witch hunt. However, it does give one an idea of just how careful you should be on websites like Facebook. This story is only the latest example of how social networking, blogs and the internet can be your undoing in the workplace.

I have seen and heard many different diets, but this one takes the Cake… er…. Cookie. Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet says it will help you curb your hunger, therefore you will loose the pounds. The Cookies come in many flavors and – along with shakes and suppliments – give you a system to shed those pounds.

Over 30 years of experience, 50,000 users and a new website at Cookiediet.com,Dr. Siegal has worked hard to get people results. And results he has – some of the Testimonials really want to make me eat cookies.

I just wonder if they have them with a creme center….

I remember when Jib Jab started. The videos were really choppy but the content was fun and rang true. The site is political humor and it is hilarious.

I would say the mainstream started to catch this site in 2004 with a little short called “This Land is Your Land”. I remember it because our whole office was downloading it and the higher ups had to send out an email asking people not to do so. The short had George Bush and John Kerry singing the popular Woody Guthrie song while cutting down the other candidate.

Since then the productions have gotten a lot better. The Latest one “Time for some Campaignin” is the same idea as “This Land”, but it really looks like a lot of time has been put into the quality.

Best part about it is they now have a feature where you can insert your own face into the video. Just check out who shows up in this one below….