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

http://facesinplaces.blogspot.com/
Here's an interesting Photo website where people have taken pictures of everyday items that look like faces. It's amazing how many things you
can see a face in...from Tree stumps to tableclothes and even the bottom of your hot chocolate cup...check out the photos on the site and even send in your own.

http://www.parentpreviews.com/movies.php
Have you or your children ever watched a movie or DVD only to be surprised by the amount of language, violence, or sex it contained? If so, you’ll understanding of why the Parent Previews is very handy for parents.Because it is difficult to get an accurate picture of what you can expect to see from a movie’s poster, industry rating and/or back-of-the-box promotion, Parent Previews set out to offer extra information and take the guesswork out of finding appropriate family entertainment. In Short...other parents rate movies they have seen to fill in the blanks!

http://www.worldometers.info/
If you love statistics then you'll enjoy this website...it contais world statistics updated in real time across a bunch of different catagories.How many people were born today...how many died...how many computers have been sold and how many newspapers have been circulated...those are just
some of the numbers you can see spinning around! You can also find more obscure stats like the amount of dollars spent in the U.S on Dieting this year.Also this week...some extra websites to keep kids busy

www.learn4good.com - Free online games for kids including some educational games.

www.computerkids.com.au - You'll find lots of good activities on this site for kids from Kinder to year 6...it's a little more on the educational side.

www.neopets.com - If your kids are a bit more computer Savvy, this is the best virutal pet site on the web with over 70 million virtual pet owners.

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Top 3 websites

http://whocallsme.com/
This is a user-supplied database of phone numbers of telemarketers, non-profit organizations, charities, scam artists, and other companies. If you receive a strange phone call, input the number in the search field to see if others have received similar calls.

http://www.urbandictionary.com
If you can’t keep up with words coming out of the mouths of the younger generation then I can recommend this website…although be prepared to encounter some explicit language.

http://www.willitblend.com/
Think off all the different food items that you might put in a blender…now think of all the things that clearly don’t belong in a blender and you get this website. Don’t try any thing like that at home, but enjoy the videos on the website.

Spring Cleaning your computer

Now that we're a couple of weeky into Spring it's a good time to look at doing a bit of spring cleaning...but i'm not talking about cleaning our your sock drawer...I'm talking about Spring Cleaning your computer.

The purpose of cleaning up the content of your computer will serve two purposes....Firstly, sorting out or getting rid off all that clutter that comes in the form of things like unused programs, downloaded files, digital photos and emails will, i believe, make your computer experience more enjoyable as you won't always be sifting through files or looking for things.

Secondly, a big tidy up can also help your system run better by freeing up hard drive space and reducing the amount of programs that might start up when your computer does.

A good place to start is with the destop of your computer as I know plenty of people who are guilty of using this as a temporary dumping ground for files and it can become a mess...so DELETE what you don't need and then relocate anything you do want to keep to an appropriate folder.

As I briefly touched on, uninstalling programs that you don't use is also a good idea...just make sure you have the orignal install file or disk somewhere just in case you want to reinstall at a later date.

Now I reckon the email inbox is a great place to attack with your delete key...how many emails are you holding onto...why do you even need them all? When you load up your email program I believe that the first thing you should see is the messages that you need to respond to...everything else should either be deleted or moved to a seperate email folder so you don't have that visual clutter all the time.

Back next week thanks to AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security.
AVG is tough on threats - easy on you! Buy the AVG Internet Security 3 Pack that covers 3 computers for two years for just $123.95 at http://www.avg.com.au/

 

 

http://www.inventnow.org/
Check out the latest inventions submitted by some pretty smart kids.
Inventions include bionic wings, moon base & karate gloves.

http://thinkexist.com/
Thousands of searchable quotes in one place. Includes love quotes, famous quotes, cute quotes & life quotes.
Includes info on the author, year it was written and origin.
Have daily quotes sent to your inbox.

http://www.thepetcemetary.com/
A website dedicated to your dearly departed pet.
Upload a photo, write a dedication and share precious memories of your pet with others.