Most people remember Pong, or the Atari 2600 and even the original Nintendo Entertainment System. There are plenty more systems and variations of systems that hit store shelves over the last three decades and more.

I uncovered The Game Console website while I was trying to remember the name of a home game system we had when I was a child. I couldn’t remember if it was before of after the Pong system we had in the house.

It’s quite the trip down the retail history memory lane. How many of these devices did you have growing up? How many do you still have in your possession?

If I remember correctly, we had:

• Atari Pong
• Atari 2600
• Colecovision
• Nintendo Entertainment System (still own)
• Sega Genesis
• Sony PlayStation (still own)
• Nintendo 64 (still own)
• Sega Dreamcast (still own)
• Sony PlayStation 2
• Microsoft X-Box (still own)
• Microsoft X-Box 360 (still own)
• Nintendo Wii (still own)

Being entertained at home looks to have been pretty important for me growing up. Many of the systems we had I got used from someone else, but still enjoyed many hours of fun. I remember numerous marathon gaming efforts with my two older brothers playing Asteroids on the Atari 2600 for 9 hours straight. I think we flipped the scoreboard counter around a dozen times before we final quit or lost our lives.

Reminisce with your own gaming history at www.thegameconsole.com

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Mr. John Hodgman is more than just the PC guy in the commercials. He’s actually quite the intellectual and comedy writer. If you visit his site you can read lots of his opinions on everything you can imagine.

Before he went on television, JOHN HODGMAN was a humble writer, expert, and Former Professional Literary Agent living in New York City. In this capacity, he has served as the Humor Editor for the New York Times Magazine, Occasional Flight vs. Invisibility Consultant on “This American Life,” Advice Columnist for McSweeney’s, Comic Book Reviewer for the New York Times Book Review, and a Freelance Journalist specializing in Food, Non-Wine Alcohol, “Battlestar Galactica,” and most other subjects.

John shares interesting videos, thoughts on various technology news and developments and general current event thoughts and ideas.

If you’re on twitter, you can also follow John at twitter.com/Hodgman.

So, quite your stereotypical thinking and listen up to someone who’s interesting, funny and down right famous!

Visit Mr. Hodgman and read the areas of his expertise today.

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The site is very well-designed and allows you to select multiple phones and compare them on specs and features. It really makes finding that right one for you super easy. As I said in my other post, size isn’t my biggest concern, it’s more about phone functionality and features.

The PhoneScoop website lets you find the features you want quickly and make an educated and informed decision about your future phone purchase.

The site also has information about the different cell carriers as well. You can uncover information about their policies, coverage information and see a gallery of available phones you can get on their network.

Also handy is glossary for figuring out just what is meant by all those terms thrown around by the websites and cell phone sales people when you go into the store.

Go uncover the scoop about your next cell phone at PhoneScoop.com

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The SmartPlanet website focuses on being the nexus of business, technology and people. By bringing all of these items together, the overall benefit builds on each item’s impact to the world around us.

Welcome to SmartPlanet.com. CBS Interactive has unveiled a new website dedicated to people who realize the need to make our world a better place to live, for all of us, and for generations to come. At SmartPlanet.com, you will find thought-provoking progressive ideas on diverse topics that intersect with technology, business, and life, and matter to the world at large. Whether you are making technology decisions for your business, or eco-conscious decisions for your home, SmartPlanet.com will give you the 360° coverage you need to feel informed and connected to the news and information that matters to you. Our content, and that from our partners, will help you stay ahead of the curve and recognize innovative and practical opportunities for your lives and your businesses.

I like the user experience and the amount of information available on the site. Considering I’m spending a lot of time focusing on business, my love of technology and at the very least I fit into the "people" category, the SmartPlanet website will be a nice addition to the resources available to me in those roles.

Uncover the SmartPlanet website for yourself and do your part to improve your life and the world around you as well.

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I finally watched the movie tonight at IMAX. Definitely the way to see it! Very good movie, but even less kid friendly than the first one.

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The email was a simple statement of what it would take to save someone’s life. Here’s some of the email. I don’t think I could say it any more clearly myself.

Most people hesitate to become a donor because they think either–

• it’s painful (No pain involved–it’s a simple cheek swab.)
• it’s complicated (It’s 30 seconds on the internet. We easily spend 30 minutes just here on Facebook.)

Here is the SIMPLE process:

1. Go to www.marrow.org
2. Click on "Join Registry"
3. It will ask you to agree to terms, give your name, email address, create a password, and give your mailing address.
4. They will mail you a cheek swab kit. You collect the cells and mail it back in.

Once they receive and test your sample. It AUTOMATICALLY goes into the system, and is checked to see if it is a match. If you have any questions at all, call 1-800- Marrow2. They are very kind and helpful there.

The registration process usually costs $50 for that initial testing, but is FREE now until June 22nd. There will never be any other cost for you. If you are a match for my sister, her insurance will cover it.

Please take a moment to do this for my sister…
for her husband who is so in love with her…
for her 3 small kids who need their mommy…
for the rest of us as her family and friends who would like to have years yet with her.

What do you do with a request like that? I’ll tell you what you do, you go visit www.marrow.org and follow the 4 steps mentioned above and you realize that your simple effort very well could save someone’s life.

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Snagit of Newquay Blue Reef Aquarium website

Therefore, it was with a bit of heightened interest as I read this article about a giant sea worm ravaging a coral reef enclosure and exhibit.

Matt Slater, the aquarium’s curator, said: ‘Something was guzzling our reef but we had no idea what, we also found an injured Tang Fish so we laid traps but they got ripped apart in the night.

‘That worm must have obliterated the traps. The bait was full of hooks which he must have just digested.’

I couldn’t grab a picture of the giant sea worm, Barry, and share on this site, but if you go visit the site where the article is hosted you can get a good picture of Barry.

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Who are these people? They were all in attendance as Barack Obama became our nation’s 44th president. What’s impressive though is the photograph that this little picture came from.

The image above is a SERIOUSLY reduced image of what is originally a 1,474 MP image that was taken on inauguration day. See the little red box I’ve put in there on the far right? That’s the approximate location of the original image above zoomed in to view.

You can see this photo in all it’s detail and glory at the Gigapan.org website.

Uncovered by Ragamuffin Soul

Images: Photosections of giant image found at Gigapan.org website

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There always seem to be options for getting a website online quickly and easily even when you don’t know the first thing about what it actually takes to build it and publish it yourself.

We’ve uncovered Weebly that does just that and puts all the great Web 2.0 looking stuff at your fingertips too. If you don’t know what Web 2.0 is or means, don’t worry, even the professionals and experts still argue about it as well.

Content elements, such as videos, pictures, maps, and text are added to your website by simply dragging them from the Weebly bar to your webpage. We have a bunch of cool elements and add more all the time. Are we missing an element you’d like? Suggest it, and we’ll include it as soon as we can.

When you’re done adding your content, choose your design, customize it and then just get to work continuing to update and make your website your own.

Weebly makes it all so easy for you. What are you waiting for, it’s easy to get started now. Visit Weebly and uncover your inner geek and webmaster.

www.weebly.com

Image: Snagit of weebly.com website

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Mark left a comment on one of my earlier posts about The Facebook Song and provided a link to this video of the history of the Internet. He originally linked to the video on YouTube, but I prefer the quality of vimeo instead.

I thought it was pretty interesting and as he said in his comment, this site is about Uncovering the Internet, so let’s learn a little bit more about its history. Whaddya say?

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