Written by Teddy

I thought that for the first entry in my blog I would post something that is usefull to other people rather than a boring intro about myself (maybe I’ll do that later hah!).

As we all know the nazi’s have grabbed the TV-Links owner on Thursday and have/are probably threatening him with all sorts of nasty things if he doesn’t admit he’s a terrorist. Really, shouldn’t the police be out stopping murderers and armed robbers rather than raiding some kid’s home for a website?


Anyway, I’ve decided to give a list of what i consider to be the best TV link sites around, that is, sites where you can go find your favorite episode of Lost, Buffy or 24. I simply don’t have the time to trawl through YouTube, DailyMotion or Guba for shows or movies so it’s a godsend that the sites below exist. The list below is just my personal favorites, I’m sure you have your own and if so let me know, the more sites the better! Anyway without further ado……

SurfTheChannel
These guys are without a doubt my favorite and that’s saying something when I only found it a week ago. It’s basically a clone of tv-links but with a few nice additions. I love the way I can subscribe to any channel or show via RSS which makes it easier to keep track of my fav shows. At time of writing they have *14,712* tv episodes. The site is in beta right now but personally I haven’t come across 1 bug yet. The only drawback of this site is that the community is non-existent but I suppose that will change as the site becomes better known.

Alluc
Alluc used to be so sloooowwwwwww but they seem to have upgraded their server and now theyre nippy as hell. They have a nice crowd there and you rarely get dead links as they’re on top.

**The rest below I won’t comment on because if I’m honest STC and Alluc gives me what I need so I don’t go need much else. If anyone would like to comment about the ones below though I would be happy to edit to show people’s thoughts.

http://tvunderground.org.ru/
http://www.freetvsearch.com
http://www.craftytv.com
http://www.tvlinkvault.com
http://www.freetvsearch.com/
http://www.surfthechannel.com/
http://www.ssupload.com/
http://www.videolemon.com
http://movies.nabolister.com
http://flickpeek.com
http://www.findtvlinks.com/
http://www.shoutwire.com/viewstory/90965/Watch_Any
http://www.joost.com/
http://www.ovguide.com/
http://www.watchtvsitcoms.com/simpsons.php
http://www15.alluc.org/alluc/
http://www.live-online-tv.com/
http://www.findago.com/series/
http://online-television.tv/
http://www.craftytv.com/
http://beeline.tv/
http://www.movies-on-demand.tv/
http://www.peekvid.com/
http://aknof.blogspot.com/2007/01/free-goodies-for
http://quicksilverscreen.com/
http://Alloftv.net
http://joox.net
http://quicksilverscreen.com/ipb/
http://www.videolemon.com
http://movies.nabolister.com
http://flickpeek.com
http://showstash.com
http://teevee4me.com
http://wheeya.com
http://emuduel.com
http://www.findago.com/series/

Hope this helps some people, happy viewing!

Written by Garrett B Santos

A list of 15 websites that are either useful or entertaining. This is the second edition of a series of articles.

The following is a continuance of my previous article, “15 Ridiculously Useful Websites.” The response to that article was overwhelming. The comments left by those who read it made one thing very clear: the list was incomplete. Although I did not initially write the article with the intention of listing the 15 best sites on the web, that is how my message came across – my fault. I have decided to respond to your comments with a series of follow-on lists containing more useful and entertaining corners of the web. I hope you enjoy them:

1. Musictheory

   A grass roots website that contains lessons, trainers, as well as several other utilities.

2. iLike

   iLike is a music site where you can organize share and discover new music. There is an iLike side bar available for Windows Media Player as well as iTunes. You can even upload your own music to the site if you would like to.

3. Youtube

   This is an obvious one. Watch videos of just about anything for free.

4. Freedocumentaries

   This is an awesome catalog of documentaries about many different subjects. You can browse the films by region, theme, or title. The videos are free and are accompanied by a brief description, comments, and sometimes a link to a related page.

5. Buzzillions

   Product reviews by consumers who have been verified by the retailer they purchased the item from. You can search for specific items or go through a preference-based menu to find products and reviews that are lined up with your intentions/interests/user level.

6. Craigslist

   No matter what you need, chances are, you can probably find it here.

7. Farecast

   Farecast provides predictions and trend analysis for airfares and hotel fees. In their own words, “Know When to Buy?: Our airfare prediction shows if fares are rising or dropping. Based on the prediction, we provide a recommendation to buy now or buy later. Know Where to Stay?: Our Rate Key? indicates whether or not today’s rate for a specific hotel is a deal. It compares an individual hotel’s current rate found to its observed historical rates.”

8. Download

   Offers a central location to find free downloads for subjects ranging from antivirus/firewall to audio/video & gaming software.

9. Pixalo

   A great photography site that helps photographers no matter their skill level. It has a community forum were you can get equipment reviews and answers to your questions. The site also offers a free members gallery where you can upload your own photos.

10. Rutomail

    This site is full of links to other sites. The links are organized into various categories including business, lifestyle, and Internet, etc…

11. Gyminee

    A fitness website that allows you to set goals, track your progress, monitor and plan nutrition, and even invite or find new friends to coordinate with.

12. Roughguides

    A pretty good travel website that provides many different ways of researching destinations.

13. Bugmenot

    Type in a website that requires a username and password; Bugmenot provides you with a name and password to use?free. Useful for big websites, not really for obscure ones.

14. Wikipedia

    Another seemingly obvious site?A user-dependant research site. Wikipedia is very adaptive in that you can cruise through a subject by clicking on embedded links to visit related articles and topics. This allows the researcher to see the topic from many different perspectives.

15. IMDB

    Seriously, this is one of the most comprehensive movie information databases on the net. It is very, very thorough.

Written By PHerber

Whats worse than having to get up early every morning? Waking up to one of these weird devices going off, of course. Alarm clocks are bad enough, but now manufacturers insist on making them as strange and annoying as possible.

Puzzle Alarm Clock

We all remember the days when you could just hit the snooze button a few more times, these days waking up requires a bit more work. This fun little puzzle alarm clock works like any other morning alarm, except that when it goes off, it fires these puzzle pieces into the air.

Oh and by the way, the alarm clock doesn’t stop going off until you find all of the pieces and put them back together. Should be a fun project when you are half asleep. You can get one of these online at BimBamBanana.com for $67 dollars.

The Sunrise Creator

This is a nice change from chasing your alarm clock around the room, but still kinda’ weird. Th Sunrise Creator is considered to be the worlds first dawn simulating alarm clock.

Basically what it does is connects to any bedside lamp and gently increases the lighting as the alarm goes off, allowing you to wake up calmly, as if the sun is rising. If you need a little peace in the morning you can get one of these for $80 dollars at AlarmClocksOnline.com.

The Flying Alarm Clock

Here is another one for you to chase down when you rise and shine. The flying alarm clock, starts going off like any other alar, that is until the top portion flies off the base and lands somewhere in your room.

The alarm will not stop going off until you find the piece that flew off and place it back onto the base. If you are a sucker for punishment you can get one of these at BimBamBanana.com for $71 dollars.

Drag Racing Alarm Clock

Designed to look like the Christmas Tree at your favorite drag strip, this drag racing alarm clock is a fun way to wake up. All the lights, sounds and actions of the dragster are here. It starts with the engine revving and the tires warming up, the staging lights show the racer positioned and the starting lights go off in sequence until 8000 horsepower screams into action sending the dragster hurtling down the strip

This also has working temperature and humidity gauges to add to the effect. You can get one for $29 dollars at AlarmClocksOnline.com.

Memory Ball Alarm and Radio

Who knew you could have so much fun changing radio stations. This unique little alarm has a grid on top and each intersection of lines is a radio station. By simply touching the magnetized ball and rolling it another spot on the grid, you can instantly change the radio station.

This alarm/clock runs on batteries or standard plug and you can get one for $60 dollars at UnCommonGoods.com.

Numbers LED Alarm Clock

Check out this de-constructed black LED alarm clock, each number occupies an inpidual block, which allows you to stack them, hang em’ or place them how ever you want.

This is a usable alarm clock and it makes a great decoration. You can get one online at UnCommonGoods.com for $85 dollars.

Nobby Voice Recognition Clock

Now this is a really fun alarm clock. The clock responds to several voice commands such as ‘How are you feeling?’,'Sing me a song’,'Make a decision’, ‘How do I look?’,'Are you hungry?’ and ‘Go to sleep’.

As for the alarm, before you go to bed simply tell Nobby what time you want to get up, and he will repeat the time for confirmation. In the morning he will start beeping and chatting at you, so you can either say ‘alarm off’ or grab him by the neck and shake him until he shuts up, depends on what kind of morning you are having. You can get this online at Gizoo.

The Bomb Alarm Clock

How could you not want to wake up with a bomb going off next to your head? This is actually a pretty cool little alarm clock. Three minutes before your alarm clock is set to go off, a voice starts a count down, you then have those three minutes do disconnect a wire corresponding to the blinking light. If you don’t make your time limit, get ready for a bang loud enough to wake up everyone in your house. This is from a Japanese site but my source is TokyoMango.com.

The Anemone Alarm Clock

Aside from the strange appearance, the Anemone clock is designed to wake up your senses. It uses sound, light, movement and interaction to get you going in the morning.

When the alarm goes off it starts rumbling and bouncing and rolls off your table. The vibration not only makes it difficult to find, but also difficult turn-off. This was found online at AaronTang.net.

Sonic Grenade Alarm

Alright, so this one isn’t actually an alarm clock, but how much fun would it be to wake up your friends, or maybe even family with this.

This alarm grenade has three ear piercing volume levels. After you pull the pin you have twenty seconds before the alarm sounds, so plan your attacks strategically. It runs on 3 AAA batteries and can be purchased at Amazon.com for around $10 dollars.

Sfera Alarm Clock

This one will make you get up in the mornin, whether you like it or not. The Sfera mounts to the ceiling above your bed, when it goes off in the morning you simply reach up and touch it to go off. Heres the sneaky part, it then retracts towards the ceiling and goes off again, getting a little higher each time. It will keep doing this until you finally find yourself standing on the bed trying to turn it off. This information is via OhGizmo.com.

Water Powered Alarm Clock

Pretty much like any other alarm clock, oh except that it’s powered by good ol’ water. Just fill the reservoir and this clock is set to run for two or three months before it needs a refill.

This product also has a built in countdown timer and thermometer. You can get one online at ThinkGeek.com for $23 dollars.

Clocky Alarm Clock

One of the biggest reasons I originally wanted to work at home was to get rid of my old alarm clock, I hate them. I can’t stand being woken up in the morning and this little gadget makes the process even worse. For those of you that just can’t help but hit the snooze button every morning, this alarm clock is for you. It works like any other alarm but when you hit the snooze button it jumps off the night stand and cruises around your bedroom finding a place to hide. Once it stops moving, the alarm goes off again until you crawl out of bed, find the clock and shut it off.

This alarm clock was also featured in 8 Strange Gadgets We Can All Live Without. It is available online for $50 dollars at UnCommonGoods.com.

Beetle Clock/Radio and Stereo for iPod

I guess this is pretty cool if you are a V-Dub lover, but for the rest of us it’s probably a little strange.

The beetle has working headlights and taillights and the speakers are hidden in the tires. It has a digital AM/FM tuner, iPod dock and alarm with snooze. You can get it online at Sharper Image for around $70 dollars.