Download Streaming Videos to your Computer

May 28th, 2006

Keepvid is a free web-based service that allows you to save a local copy of a video from youtube, google video, ifilm, and many other streaming video sites. Next time you see a great video on the web, try saving it.

Marriott Resort Flickr Group

May 28th, 2006

St KittsI created a Marriott resort group on flickr (the site where all my pictures are hosted). The goal is to create a set of photos taken by guests to help plan vacations. I took this photo at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort.

San Diego and Palm Springs

May 15th, 2006

La Jolla Caves
I just got back from a week in San Diego and Palm Springs. Southern California is beautiful, with many wild flowers in bloom (La Jolla Cave pictured here). The trip included La Jolla, Gaslamp district, Old Town, Seaport village, Seaworld, the zoo, the Palm Springs Tramway, and the Marriott Rancho Mirage. Check out pics with titles or the slideshow.

I also posted two videos at Seaworld on YouTube - Man Swimming on Killer Whale and Killer Whale Splash then Spin.

Talk to a human when you dial customer support

May 4th, 2006

In the industry, when you dial customer service and get a robot we call it IVR. If you need to make a transaction that requires human interaction, check the gethuman database to find out the numbers you need to hit to talk with someone.

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A cool site to use to surf the web

May 2nd, 2006

Popurls.com bills itself as “popular urls to the latest web buzz.” The site provides a summary of several social bookmarking sites, like digg. So, basically it displays the most popular links of people that use social bookmarking sites. I usually find a few interesting links every time I check it out.