Down For Everyone Or Just Me
July 31, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under How To, Software & Online Apps
Sometimes the best sites and resources end up being the simplest ideas executed to perfection. Google has a lot of fans because of the simplicity in the way it does search. I believe one of the reasons the iPod design is so popular is because of the simplicity of the controls. The same simplicity in design also works well for websites.
The downforeveryoneorjustme.com site does exactly what the domain name suggests. It quickly lets you know if a website is offline for everyone or just you. This can come in handy when you’re developing a new site for a client and …read more
10 Best Hosting Companies
June 12, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under How To, Software & Online Apps
I’ve been a happy customer of GoDaddy for quite sometime now. I know there are a number of people, close friends included, that will lambaste me for going with GoDaddy, but they’ve given me great service and support for an affordable price.
After mentioning a comment about hosting though recently, someone sent me a link for the 10BestHosting2009.com website.
The website provides their list of best websites based on price and services. There are some sites that provide better price than I’m paying now for sure. My problem is that it’s such a pain to switch hosting companies. I’ve got 50 plus …read more
PC Magazine’s Top 101 Websites of 2006
August 21, 2006 by Jason Bean
Filed under Freebies, Reference, Shopping
PC Magazine has released their collection of the Top 101 Websites for 2006. They always do a pretty good job with this list, and although not many websites surprise me, or are ones I haven’t heard of, they always seem to remind me of some websites that are great and I’d just forgotten about.
One of the things they do that I enjoy is they organize them into different groups and categories like:
Apps – PC & Mobile
Business & Finance
Careers
Computing
Consumer Electronics & Photography
Health
Information, Search & Reference
Lifestyle, Entertainment & Fun
News
Oddities & Gaming
Shopping
Travel
They also put all the sites together and make them available as …read more






