Andy chats about the latest technology and interesting websites each week with Nerissa Pace on the "Talking back the night" radio show, heard across Australia.

 

Top 3 websites – new year’s resolutions

http://www.ehow.com
At ehow.com I found a basic guide which takes you through the steps of making a new year’s resolution.

http://www.how-to-keep-your-new-years-resolutions.com
Another good website for helping you make your new years resolutions and stick to them!

http://www.blogthings.com/whatshouldyournewyearsresolutionbequiz
If you’re still not sure what your resolution for the new year will be, try filling in the form on this website.Type in something like ‘lose weight’ and it will suggest 5 unusual resolutions for 2006

www.hiaspire.com/newyear
This is a New Year's Resolution email reminder service. Get an email once a month to remind yourself of those promises!

Using eBay to sell unwanted Christmas Gifts
If you’ve been crazy enough to brave the ‘stocktake sale’ crowds, you may have picked up a bargain at the shops, but at this time of year, online auction sites such as ebay are a bargain hunter’s delight….and a great place to offload unwanted pressies too.

Just try typing “unwanted xmas present” into the search box at www.ebay.com.au and you’ll see what I mean!

Here are a few tips to help you sell your ‘unwanted gift’ on ebay

*Be honest in the description and always include a photo
*Be realistic about the price; find a balance between getting a good price and offering a real
bargain for someone else.
*Also on the topic of setting a price, check to see if anyone else is trying to sell the same, or a
similar product and price yours accordingly.

If you’re looking to buy…

*Read the item description VERY carefully
*Make sure you are aware of the retail price of something before you bid
*Be aware of postage or other delivery costs before you bid
*Check the sellers ebay rating and read their feedback from other buyers and sellers
*If the seller accepts it, use an online payment service like Paypal to speed up the process of
buying

 
Top 3 websites

http://www.deadbodyguy.com
Everyone wants to be in the movies…especially the owner of this website…only he aspires to play the part of a dead body.

http://www.cuteoverload.com
Lots of images on this website to make you go “awwwwwwww” and make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

http://www.moviemistakes.com/best.php
We all make mistakes…but they’re not always seem by millions of people, so when it happens in movies it’s big news. This website invites people to point them out…and features a list of the top movie mistakes as voted by visitors.

Using Webmail
Webmail used to be something that you used only if you often moved around between computers often…and it still is a great way to ‘travel’ with your email, but there are some other advantages of using webmail email services.

Stop Spam, Phishing and Viruses
Most good webmail services screen or filter your e-mail to help keep you safe by deleting or quarantining dangerous, or potentially dangerous e-mails. G-Mail for instance has a really great spam blocker, will not open pictures or links be default unless you tell it to, and recognizes e-mails with possibly forged headers and warns you that the e-mail or sender my be fraudulent!

Less Clutter on your computer
With servies like Yahoo and Google’s Gmail offering up to 2.5gigabytes of storage space for your email…that’s a bunch of data not taking up space on your hard drive!

Send larger emails.
I don’t recommend sending email with attachements over 5 megabytes…however with MSN Hotmail, you can send email up to 10 megabytes in size…something that your everyday email probably doesn’t handle very well as most email service providers cap email sizes at just couple of megabytes to keep everything running smoothly.

Choices
Hotmail – http://ninemsn.com.au – Free for a limited size account, good virus and spam protection (they were the first commercial webmail provider in 1995)

Yahoo – http://mail.yahoo.com.au – Larger email inbox size for free at 1 gigabyte plus the ability to quicly creative disposable email addresses.

Gmail – http://www.gmail.com/ Now offering 2.5 gigabytles of storage space. At the moment gmail is by invitation only.

If you would like a Gmail webmail account I will send invitations to join Gmail to the first 20 Nelly at Night listeners who drop me a line - wells.andy@gmail.com

 
Top 3 websites

http://www.smartyhost.com.au/
People posting photos of themselves with celebrities. Upload your own celeb snaps!

www.buy-n-shoot.com
This website features reviews on the latest digital cameras, a classified section for both new and used camera gear and best of all, a section featuring some tips on how to get the most out of your digital camera.

www.productionmonkey.com
An amazing Dream image generator. Type a few keywords into the webpage and it returns this seemingly random montage of images...somewhat like a dream.

ThoughtSafe – Great gift for teens – www.thoughtsafe.com

Teens can use this device as their private journal. It's password protected and can be used on any computer.

Inside the thought safe program you can store all your friends names, numbers and even photos,and of course your daily diary.

At the moment you can’t buy the Thoughtsafe in any shops…You can buy on the Australian website for around 60 dollars including postage!

www.thoughtsafe.com