Useful and Interesting Sites Reviewed
If you’d like to find out about who is going to be involved in running the US for the next 4 years, then head on over to Change.gov (great domain!)
I ended up using them last year for a couple of hampers as they were still delivering to Irish addresses during Christmas week. Most of the other sites offering hampers etc., had stopped taking Christmas orders several days earlier.
So what makes them special?
Their service “just works”.
You find what you’re looking for. Pay for it. Provide delivery details and that’s it.
No messing about.
It’s the way ecommerce is meant to be.
One of the handy features the site offers is the ability to choose gifts based on the type of recipient, so if you’re looking for a gift to cheer up your girlfriend, for example, they offer a nice range of ideas for that special someone
Over the last few months I’ve been researching house prices. While I
tried as many of the online property sites as I could I kept finding
that Daft was more useful.
Why is that?
I don’t think there is a concrete and clear answer, but I guess it’s more down to the way the site is run.
The guys behind Daft, which has won numerous awards, seem to really
care about how people use their site. So when I mentioned a frustration
with their site’s search options they not only took the feedback on board, but actually contacted me to let me know that they’d implemented a change.
Now that is cool!
So I’d list Daft.ie as being both cool and incredibly useful (the guys
running it are also really cool, but that’s another story!)
Pastebin.com is one of those sites that is just plain useful.
I originally came across it on IRC as it was a handy tool for people wanting to share snippets of code ie. hardcore geek stuff, however it’s also incredibly useful if you just want to share some text. It doesn’t matter what kind of text – you just copy and paste – problem solved!
Of course a pastebin per se isn’t exactly an original idea – you’ll find loads of sites offering the same functionalilty, but I always end up on pastebin.com since it’s so easy to remember the domain name.
So what do you do with the old handsets?
While some of them get replaced because they’re broken a lot of them get replaced simply because the mobile operator gives you a new one for free (or close to it) as an upgrade.
So you end up with a house or office full of perfectly good phones, but no use for them.
Envirofone isn’t the only company that offers a phone recycling service, but it’s one of the few that I know of, which is why I mention them
Envirofone not only recycle old mobile phones, but they also give you money for it. While some of the lower end phones may only fetch a couple of euros, a higher end model could give you over €100, which is more than you’d get if you left it gathering dust.
You’re also doing your bit for the environment, so it’s a win win situation!
UPDATE: Just realised I can’t spell – post title fixed!