The Thailand expat forum for Travel, Lifestyle and Fun.

melvbot · 15-12-2008, 11:02 PM

vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free!

If you find a Youtube vid you like copy and paste the address into this site and it can convert the file online to AVI so you can download it and burn it. Youtube videos are pretty low quality so watching them on anything other than the size of the YouTube player makes them look awful.

melvbot · 16-12-2008, 10:35 AM

MyClusta

One of the many custom start page sites that are around. Accounts are free and as these are bookmarks stored online all you have to do is sign into your account if youre not at your own computer and hey presto all your bookmarks are there.

Rural Surin · 16-12-2008, 10:37 AM

Thanks Melv, this thread has possibilities. A variety of people contributing here and there - could be quite useful.

oldgit · 16-12-2008, 05:24 PM

Thank's M/Bot for your help.

melvbot · 17-12-2008, 08:47 AM

The Big Picture - Boston.com

If you like wasting time looking at photography you get some decent pics here

melvbot · 17-12-2008, 12:33 PM

Coupon codes and discounts for 20,000 online stores! RetailMeNot.com discount and promo coupons for web purchases

Podiobooks.com - Serialized audio books in podcast form free serialized audio books

melvbot · 17-12-2008, 07:15 PM

Web 2.0 Directory - Ziipa.com a visual search engine - Directory of loads of Web 2.0 apps and guff.

This one looks interesting

Its available in USA, UK, Australia, Singapore and Japan. It says "any phone anywhere in the world" but as far as I can tell its limited to the countries I mentioned.
Free International calls - IMVOCAL

IMVocal is a cool tool which gives a phone number to your instant messenger and allows any mobile phone user to dial into it for free and without the need to download anything on his phone. As it mentions, ” Online IMVOCAL users can be reached on their IMs from any phone, anywhere in the world. ” Hence it’s a method to make free international calls to any PC.

melvbot · 18-12-2008, 04:19 PM

LetterWhiz.com - Free Letter Templates
loads of letter templates for all situations

Web Valuer - Website Worth Calculator, How much is your site worth?
This is a bit of fun if you own any websites, calculates the value in $'s of a website based on a few factors.

According to it Teakdoor is worth $33,756
One of mine comes in at a massive $772, Im ready to retire......

melvbot · 18-12-2008, 11:12 PM

And now for the completely stupid

FACEinHOLE.com - Who do you want to be today?

Upload a pic and put a face in the hole

Heres Scampy picking up his Oscar for Best errrr, dunno really

melvbot · 19-12-2008, 09:19 AM

This is quite a quirky one

Widexplorer: a wider view of the web

Enter a few sites into the text field and it opens all the sites in one tab in a long panoramic view. The odd issue with it as its a BETA but a clever idea. Navigation works as normal when youre dead on the selected page but some sites tend to force themselves to open as normal, ie 1 site in 1 tab.

melvbot · 21-12-2008, 10:53 AM

Welcome - Foodista.com
Bored of the same old food? Looking for ideas or a recipe? This is like the Wikipedia of food recipes (so they say). Seems like a new-ish site so the idea is to add your own recipes as well as search for them, if youre into that sort of thing.

melvbot · 21-12-2008, 12:25 PM

A handy domain name registration checker, check all the .com .net etc as you type. Pretty quick results.
https://domize.com/

melvbot · 22-12-2008, 08:46 PM

Howcast - Cool how-to videos and guides from cutting-edge filmmakers, savvy experts - and you!

Loads of How To videos ranging from arts, first aid, langauges, pets, sport, technology and loads more. Nicely categorised and easy to navigate. In the top right of the player theres a "show" button, if youre doing something that requires parts/stuff it lists them when you click the button. Im just watching how to make a metal detector from an FM radio, a calculator, a cd case and some velcro. Im a geek for this sort of stuff.

At the bottom of the player there controls so you can skip to a chapter or section so you can load the video from that point rather than the start each time if you go away and need to come back to it. The vids are taking a while to load but that might be to do with the severed cable that happened a few days ago, worth bookmarking.

Nice hi def videos as well, none of your blocky youtube crap.

melvbot · 23-12-2008, 08:40 AM

This is another HowTo site

Videos on ExpertVillage.com | How to videos, free video clips & more

Loads of vids on different subjects, probably more content that the above one but I like Howcasts player better as you can view them in sections or steps. This one has the normal player which runs from start to finish.

melvbot · 24-12-2008, 08:09 AM

Theres plenty of file conversion sites out there in interwebland but hopefully this one wont make you go "aarrrgghh"

Media Converter - the fastest free online audio and video converter

Converts audio files, video files, and even some office files if youre all boring and work in an office.

melvbot · 28-12-2008, 09:49 AM

If you like showing off or are just a bit bored you could always learn a few tricks to amuse yourself or the hordes of bargirls youre swamped with by going to this site

Coin Manipulation

Ranging from the beginner tricks to advanced its a great way to waste your day in the search for the "look at me" factor.

melvbot · 28-12-2008, 10:52 PM

If youve walked between Soi 5 and Soi 7 on Sukhumvit in BKK youve most likely seen the street stalls tended to by deaf people. Ive always wondered what they talk about (probably the same as most Thais, farangs are evil etc.).
Ive no idea if sign language is universal, does someone from the UK have the same language as someone whos Thai?

Anyway this is American sign language so the probably dont have a sign for the letter "U"

• ASL • American Sign Language

JoGeAr · 30-12-2008, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by melvbot

If youve walked between Soi 5 and Soi 7 on Sukhumvit in BKK youve most likely seen the street stalls tended to by deaf people. Ive always wondered what they talk about (probably the same as most Thais, farangs are evil etc.).
Ive no idea if sign language is universal, does someone from the UK have the same language as someone whos Thai?

Anyway this is American sign language so the probably dont have a sign for the letter "U"

• ASL • American Sign Language

Yep, signing is an international language. All nationalities use it.

melvbot · 30-12-2008, 08:11 PM

Can anyone find a use for this?

omatic.musicairport.com

It creates these

has a few different airlines to choose from. A bit of Photshopping, glue it to your cattle class boarding pass, instant upgrade!!

melvbot · 31-12-2008, 12:55 PM

Heres a site a few posters on TD could make use of. Dont know the difference between affect and effect ? There, their and they're?

Confusing Words

22-12-2008, 08:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	Howcast - Cool how-to videos and guides from cutting-edge filmmakers, savvy experts - and you! Loads of How To videos ranging from arts, first aid, langauges, pets, sport, technology and loads more. Nicely categorised and easy to navigate. In the top right of the player theres a "show" button, if youre doing something that requires parts/stuff it lists them when you click the button. Im just watching how to make a metal detector from an FM radio, a calculator, a cd case and some velcro. Im a geek for this sort of stuff. At the bottom of the player there controls so you can skip to a chapter or section so you can load the video from that point rather than the start each time if you go away and need to come back to it. The vids are taking a while to load but that might be to do with the severed cable that happened a few days ago, worth bookmarking. Nice hi def videos as well, none of your blocky youtube crap. Last edited by melvbot : 22-12-2008 at 08:57 PM.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

15-12-2008, 11:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	vixy.net : Online FLV Converter : Download online videos direct to PC / iPod / PSP. It's free! If you find a Youtube vid you like copy and paste the address into this site and it can convert the file online to AVI so you can download it and burn it. Youtube videos are pretty low quality so watching them on anything other than the size of the YouTube player makes them look awful.

16-12-2008, 10:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	MyClusta One of the many custom start page sites that are around. Accounts are free and as these are bookmarks stored online all you have to do is sign into your account if youre not at your own computer and hey presto all your bookmarks are there.

16-12-2008, 10:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rural Surin rough around the edges Last Online: Yesterday 09:22 PM Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Portland, OR & Kwao Noi, Surin Posts: 12,843	Thanks Melv, this thread has possibilities. A variety of people contributing here and there - could be quite useful.

16-12-2008, 05:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
oldgit Nakhon Phanom Last Online: Today 12:06 AM Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Worthing/Doi Saket Posts: 510	Thank's M/Bot for your help.

17-12-2008, 08:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	The Big Picture - Boston.com If you like wasting time looking at photography you get some decent pics here

17-12-2008, 12:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	Coupon codes and discounts for 20,000 online stores! RetailMeNot.com discount and promo coupons for web purchases Podiobooks.com - Serialized audio books in podcast form free serialized audio books

17-12-2008, 07:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	Web 2.0 Directory - Ziipa.com a visual search engine - Directory of loads of Web 2.0 apps and guff. This one looks interesting Its available in USA, UK, Australia, Singapore and Japan. It says "any phone anywhere in the world" but as far as I can tell its limited to the countries I mentioned. Free International calls - IMVOCAL IMVocal is a cool tool which gives a phone number to your instant messenger and allows any mobile phone user to dial into it for free and without the need to download anything on his phone. As it mentions, ” Online IMVOCAL users can be reached on their IMs from any phone, anywhere in the world. ” Hence it’s a method to make free international calls to any PC.

18-12-2008, 04:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	LetterWhiz.com - Free Letter Templates loads of letter templates for all situations Web Valuer - Website Worth Calculator, How much is your site worth? This is a bit of fun if you own any websites, calculates the value in $'s of a website based on a few factors. According to it Teakdoor is worth $33,756 One of mine comes in at a massive $772, Im ready to retire......

18-12-2008, 11:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	And now for the completely stupid FACEinHOLE.com - Who do you want to be today? Upload a pic and put a face in the hole Heres Scampy picking up his Oscar for Best errrr, dunno really

19-12-2008, 09:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	This is quite a quirky one Widexplorer: a wider view of the web Enter a few sites into the text field and it opens all the sites in one tab in a long panoramic view. The odd issue with it as its a BETA but a clever idea. Navigation works as normal when youre dead on the selected page but some sites tend to force themselves to open as normal, ie 1 site in 1 tab.

21-12-2008, 10:53 AM	#11 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	Welcome - Foodista.com Bored of the same old food? Looking for ideas or a recipe? This is like the Wikipedia of food recipes (so they say). Seems like a new-ish site so the idea is to add your own recipes as well as search for them, if youre into that sort of thing.

21-12-2008, 12:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	A handy domain name registration checker, check all the .com .net etc as you type. Pretty quick results. https://domize.com/

23-12-2008, 08:40 AM	#14 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	This is another HowTo site Videos on ExpertVillage.com \| How to videos, free video clips & more Loads of vids on different subjects, probably more content that the above one but I like Howcasts player better as you can view them in sections or steps. This one has the normal player which runs from start to finish.

24-12-2008, 08:09 AM	#15 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	Theres plenty of file conversion sites out there in interwebland but hopefully this one wont make you go "aarrrgghh" Media Converter - the fastest free online audio and video converter Converts audio files, video files, and even some office files if youre all boring and work in an office.

28-12-2008, 09:49 AM	#16 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	If you like showing off or are just a bit bored you could always learn a few tricks to amuse yourself or the hordes of bargirls youre swamped with by going to this site Coin Manipulation Ranging from the beginner tricks to advanced its a great way to waste your day in the search for the "look at me" factor.

28-12-2008, 10:52 PM	#17 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	If youve walked between Soi 5 and Soi 7 on Sukhumvit in BKK youve most likely seen the street stalls tended to by deaf people. Ive always wondered what they talk about (probably the same as most Thais, farangs are evil etc.). Ive no idea if sign language is universal, does someone from the UK have the same language as someone whos Thai? Anyway this is American sign language so the probably dont have a sign for the letter "U" • ASL • American Sign Language

30-12-2008, 08:11 PM	#19 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	Can anyone find a use for this? omatic.musicairport.com It creates these has a few different airlines to choose from. A bit of Photshopping, glue it to your cattle class boarding pass, instant upgrade!!

31-12-2008, 12:55 PM	#20 (permalink)
melvbot Gadgetologist Last Online: Today 03:35 AM Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Yoo K Posts: 5,343	Heres a site a few posters on TD could make use of. Dont know the difference between affect and effect ? There, their and they're? Confusing Words

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)