Culinary Seductions: The Guy's Guide To Cooking For Girls

"...The best things in life happen in the kitchen, around the dinner table, and sometimes on the dinner table..."


Culinary Seductions is based on the premise that "...most women love when guys cook for them...".

Culinary Seductions is the place to "entertain and educate" all those who believe that food is the key that unlocks hearts and minds -- and are interested in winning their dates over with food.

Culinary Seductions has a wealth of great cooking 101 lessons, tips, entertainment and much more to help you get what you both want.

Disclaimer: Results may vary from woman to woman.

Students, Ace Your Tests With Quizlet

Quizlet is a FREE, interactive tool for learning vocabulary.

how it works:

1. You enter a vocabulary list of any words or data you want. (ex. SAT words, history dates, French-Spanish translations, etc.)
2. Quizlet gives you a specialized learning mode, flashcards, randomly generated tests, and collaboration tools for classmates to help you study those words.
3. You ace your test.

For an overview of Quizlet, watch the following demo (given by Quizlet's founder):




some neat features:

1. Quizlet keeps track of the words you know and only retests you on the ones you don't.
2. You can share your vocabulary sets with classmates and get email notification when others make sets for you.
3. You can import words from a file without having to retype them into Quizlet.
4. Quizlet has accent buttons for typing letters in foreign languages.
5. You can discuss sets (and gossip about teachers!) with classmates via instant discussion boxes.
6. Quizlet works in any language. If you can type it into your keyboard, you can study it on Quizlet.

So sign up for your FREE Quizlet account now, and ace your next test.

How To Get A Shipping Clerk That Will Work For Free

TrackMyShipments is a new, FREE service that serves as your own shipping clerk.

Until now, wondering what happened to that shipment which was to have been shipped last week, meant searching through your Inbox to find the 'We Have Shipped Your Order' confirmation email.

After finding it, you had to Cut & Paste the Tracking Number into the shipping company's website and luckily discover that the shipment is being delivered tomorrow.

With TrackMyShipments you simply forward all your 'We Have Shipped Your Order' emails to:

track@TrackMyShipments.com

That's it.


TrackMyShipments will automatically track your shipments with all the major shipping companies and keep you up to date (via email and/or SMS text messages) on each shipment's status, location and any delays. It's as simple as that!

No more Tracking headaches.

TrackMyShipments means no more shipment worries. You can sit back and relax - safe in the knowledge that your shipments are being tracked - you're always up to date with their status.

You can log on at any time to see all your shipments in one place, their status, location and the original shipping email.


Sign up now -- It's Free and Easy to use.

How To Save Money On Digital Photo Prints

PrintRates is a simple web site that does one thing really well --> save you money on digital photo printing by comparing digital photo printing prices and reading reviews.

Just use the search box to select the number of digital prints that you looking to print, the paper size and shipping method; and you'll be presented with a table comparing dozens of digital photo printing sites for prices and reviews.

There's also a forum, where users can share their experience and comments and a section that lists the latest sales & coupons from the various printing shops.

If you like to print your digital photos, PrintRates can help you get them for less money and better quality.

GreenPrint: Saving Money Today, Trees Tomorrow

GreenPrint is a simple idea, but it solves a problem nearly everyone can relate to --> the wasted page.

You know, the page with just a URL, banner ad, legal disclaimer, etc.

These wasted pages occur many times a day littering homes and offices around the world and wasting money, trees, and time.

GreenPrint eliminates wasteful pages in any printout automatically, saving you time and money, and maybe more importantly, saving trees, reducing greenhouse gasses, and decreasing waste.

It does this by analyzing each page of every document sent to the printer and looking for typical waste characteristics (like that last page with just a URL, banner ad, logo, or legal jargon).

GreenPrint also incorporates an easy to use PDF writer, a fantastic print preview called GreenView, and a reporting feature which keeps track of the number of pages and the amount of money you have saved.

The product line offers a FREE options for home users: Greenprint World, the free version of the software.

Having a meaningful impact on the environment has never been so easy. To learn more about GreenPrint, click here. or watch a demo of GreenPrint

GreenPrint is perfect for anyone who wants to eliminate the frustration and waste of unwanted pages and have a positive environmental impact right at home.

Scrapblog : Create Stunning Online Scrapbooks

Scrapblog is a FREE website, that lets you create online scrapbooks with powerful editing tool.

It includes tons of options --> from templates, stickers and shapes to using your own photos and videos, all of which you can resize, rotate, and customize.

When you're done, you can add an audio track and share your Scrapblog with friends, family or everyone.

If you like scrapbooking you will LOVE Scrapblog!

For more info, watch the online tour below:



Liked what you see? then jump right in and sign up for a FREE account.

Tired Of Going Over On Your Cell Phone Bill Every Month?

Nobody like paying overage charges on their (or someone else's...) phone bill.

The challenge is how to find out you're about to "go over"?

This is exactly what WhatchMyCell does.

Think of it as your very own little gnome that periodically checks your cell phone account and sends you SMS (text message)/email alerts when you're close to going over!


How does it work?
First, you download the application. It should auto-start and ask you to configure your alert. You set up the alert and that's it. The application checks your online account every 3 hours. If you are about to run out of minutes it just sends you a SMS and/or email!



Is it safe?
All information saved on your desktop is as safe as your computer is, really. All information transmitted to cell provider site to check the account is sent over standard 1024 bit encryption (over SSL). So that's as safe as that gets! Your information is not stored on any watchmycell.com databases so nothing to worry about there either.

Currently Supported Carriers:

• Cingular/ATT
• Sprint/Nextel
• T-mobile
• Verizon

How To Watch Live TV On Your PC With No Extra Equipment

In the past we wrote about watching streaming video of movies and episodes of popular TV shows with Netflix and FanCast.

Today we'll talk about live TV.

Nowadays, you can find live TV streams from stations such as CNN, ESPN, Bloomberg, CNBC, C-Span, and hundreds of other local or internet-only TV stations broadcasting in the US and around the world.

Of course, nobody wants to bookmark every single live TV stream one by one.

Enter AnyTV -- a FREE program, that is both a media player and a channel guide. It includes a huge, updateable, list of channels, and you can also add your own favorites.



Using AnyTV means you can watch numerous of international TVs without a television, TV Tuner Card or a satellite receiver.

You can simply watch anywhere you have your internet. No additional equipments required.

Watch local TV, world TV, Live TV, satellite TV from countries of all world: watch 2630+ Online TV stations and 6910+ Video clips or listen to 4750+ Online Radio stations.

You can download AnyTV for FREE.

Unleash Your Child's Creativity

KerPoof is a place for kids to explore and develop their creative tendencies.

It lets kids create, color, print, and share:




Here's a short video on drawing with KerPoof:




Children can use the site to draw pictures and write their own illustrated stories.

Even more interesting is the animated video creation tool, in which children are provided with a set and a crew of characters and objects whose movements they can direct.

All is done with just a browser -- no download needed. All for FREE.

Get Free Tax Advice By Phone From TurboTax

A special TurboTax promotion offers FREE tax advice by phone until the end of this month (1/31/08).

Just fill this form with your question, contact info, and best time to reach you, and one of their Tax Advisors (IRS-Enrolled Agents) will call you and help you out.

The FiLife blog tried it, and although they had to submit their question twice, they got a very good answer.

So if there's anything on your mind just take advantage of this opportunity.

divorce360.com: Free Expert Advice & Support

Divorce360.com was created to help people contemplating, going through or recovering from divorce.

Approximately 1.3 million couples divorce each year. It is difficult, painful and complex. From making the decision to leave to going to court for custody or alimony, divorce is an emotional, financial and legal roller coaster. It doesn’t just impact the two people involved. It impacts their children, friends and other family members. The decisions made before, during and after a divorce can touch many lives.

Divorce360 is a FREE web service, that strives to offer the essential information needed to help people make educated choices about those important decisions.

What does divorce360 offer?

Immediate answers to the questions you have today, as well as information and advice for what’s next in the process and in your life as you move past the divorce. Professional reporters and experts write about those issues in an easy-to-understand way.

Plus they have videos, calculators and worksheets that can help you every step of the way.

And the active community includes real people talking about real issues in divorce.

Signing up is free and easy.

Get Answers On The Go With AskMeNow

AskMeNow is a FREE service with a different approach to the way we search for and receive information.

Especially when you're on the go.

You can ask virtually any question and receive an answer in return.

Instead of the traditional list of links, you'll receive a specific answer to your question.

You simply submit your question, then, through their proprietary search technology, and some human help, AskMeNow will research and find the answer.

The accurate, detailed response is sent back to your cell phone within moments.


Using the service is EASY as 1,2,3:

There’s no sign-up needed. Simply text your question to 27563 (ASKME) and you’ll get back an SMS answer in moments.

All you need to get started is a phone that sends and receives text messages, then just start asking.

How To Get A Buzz...Without A Drink

It all starts with binaural beats - sounds, which theoretically can change your brainwave patterns and make you feel a certain way.


I-Doser is the maker of a computer application that claims to achieve a simulated mood or experience through the use of binaural beats.


I know it sounds dubious, but here's what DownloadSquad wrote about using the "Alcohol Dose":


"...When we first heard about I-Doser, we were understandably skeptical...We patiently listened to the entire dose, stood up, and proceeded to sit back down rather sloppily...Amazingly enough, the dose did what it claimed!..."


I-Doser normally sells "doses" for its application, which are basically scripts that help the program generate a series of binaural beats to simulate various effects in the user, but now, they are offering the "Alcohol Dose" as a FREE demo.


For more info check out the i-Doser tutorial, and if you're not about to drive, go for a "drink" (and please leave us a comment to let us know how it went).

Weekly Top 5

Here are this week's top 5 posts:

Website Creation For The Rest Of Us - Now Fast Easy & Free

A friend of mine asked me yesterday to write about tools that help "regular" people create a website.

Obviously, in order to qualify for this blog, the tools have to:

• Let you build your website in minutes with no programming knowledge!
  
• Offer many templates!!
  
• Be FREE!!!
  

Today I will cover 3 of my favorite online website creation tools - SynthaSite, Weebly and WebNode:

SynthaSite is a website creator that's "Fast, Free and EASY".

It allows you to create pages using template and content widgets, which means that you simply drag-and-drop content elements like pictures, text, video and Google Maps.

They also have many additional features for more advanced users, such as contact forms, guestbooks etc.

Take a look at this video tutorial to understand how SynthaSite (and online website creators in general) works:

Weebly is another favorite of mine.

They also offer "...fast, easy and FREE website building experience for everyone that wants to publish content onto the web..."


With Weebly you can:

• Create a website & blog
  
• Switch designs on the fly
  
• Drag and drop interface
  
• Buy a new domain instantly, or
  
• Host your existing domain for free
  

The best way to get a feel for Weebly, is by trying their live demo.







WebNode is another online tool that provides a way of creating and editing advanced websites by just using a web browser.

The system is very easy to use and is fully interactive.

Real-time fast editing as you see it in the browser.



By using Drag-and-Drop from the toolbar you can add new content such as polls, forums, articles, catalogues, widgets such as PayPal and much more.

Webnode contains more than 40 beautiful templates or you can make your own.


Again, the best way to get a feel for WebNode, is by trying their live demo.

Stop Paying For 411 Calls

411 service is the big telcos' dirty way of taking money from unsuspecting people.

You are probably in a hurry. You need that info quickly => so you even don't stop to think about the cost of that 411 call.

I mean it's just a call, right?

WRONG!!! It is VERY expensive. Verizon Wireless, for example, charges $1.49 per call!!!


So STOP making these 411 calls and start using Google's GOOG-411 instead.









Google's new 411 service is FREE, fast and easy to use.

Yep. That's all there is to it.

To see it in action take a look at the following video:

babbel: Your Free Online Language Teacher

Babbel is a FREE online community that offers tools for learning new languages.

You learn to expand your vocabulary and pronunciation through quizzes. In addition, a reminder service and being part of a group -- helps keep you on track in your language learning.

For a free sign-up haga clic aquí.

Netflix Streaming Video ==> Now Unlimited

Last week I posted about Netflix's hesitation to commit to an Unlimited Streaming Video strategy.

The good news is -- they have listened.



Netflix has lifted its monthly time limits for online video viewing. Previously, users could only watch as many hours of video as they paid for their monthly subscription. For example, I have the $17/month plan which only allowed me to watch 17 hours of video per month.

Subscribers at the lowest level, who pay just $4.99 per month to rent up to 2 DVDs per month will only get to watch a few hours of video.

But everyone else will get access to all 6,000 movies and TV shows currently available.

If you already subscribe to Netflix, make sure to check this out. The video quality depends on your connection, but mine is -- "awesome".

If you'd rather go with free, then check out FanCast or six more ways to catch your favorite shows online.

Meetings: How To Find A Time That Works For Everybody

Fact: Scheduling meetings can mess up your whole day.

Scheduling is a broken process. It steals your time, triggers an avalanche of emails, stifles collaboration, delays decisions and frustrates everyone. Calendars can't fix it, and email workarounds just make it worse.

Enter TimeBridge - Your Personal Scheduling Manager

TimeBridge is a FREE, web application that works across calendaring systems, companies and time zones.

With TimeBridge's one-step scheduling you select attendees, propose meeting times and send a meeting invitation.

TimeBridge does the rest— collects everyone's availability and selects the best time. Everyone gets a confirmation once the meeting is set.

To make it easy, attendees need only a web browser to respond and no registration is required.

Other Benefits:

• Confirm times quickly - Selects the best time from invitees' responses, and alerts you if a meeting cannot be confirmed or responses are not received. Meetings come together in record time.
• Invite anyone - Invite anyone with a Web browser, TimeBridge works with every email client and calendar, and prevents time-zone errors automatically. Connect, confirm, complete!
• Eliminate busywork - Keeps meeting attendees posted on changes, holds and clears proposed times on your calendar and avoids errors and conflicts, so you stay productive and in control.

Get started! - Start saving time. Get TimeBridge now.

I'm Back In One Piece

It was a beautiful day for a run.

Great crowd support and lots of water sports.

Couldn't not have asked for anything more.

Going For a Run

Launching ==> "Bizman TV"

I'm happy to announce a new feature for this blog --> "Bizman TV"

Bizman TV will be located on the Left Bar of the blog, and will feature segments, picked by me, covering technology, science and anything I find interesting.

Please leave a comment with your thoughts/requests.

Enjoy,

Weekly Top 5

Here are this week's top 5 posts:

Buying Or Selling A Car? Find Out What Other People Are Paying

Actual Sales Prices for New & Used Cars, Autos, or Automobiles | PriceHub.com

PriceHub is the creation of two guys who are car enthusiasts. Over the last decade, they have collectively bought, owned, and sold over 30 cars (some new, but mostly used). While doing the research to prepare for the purchase or sale of each vehicle, they realized that there’s not a true source of real, actual car transaction prices.

There’s the published invoice price, MSRP price, book value, trade-in value, private-party value, etc, etc, etc, but there was no visibility on REAL, ACTUAL transaction prices.

So...they decided to create a site that provides REAL prices from REAL people.

PriceHub's provides price transparency for vehicle transactions, as well as provide a community for people to share & discuss prices.

Using the site is very easy. Just browse or search for the car you want, say "Honda Accord", and the site comes back with a list of actual transactions, reported by actual people:

Honda Accord - Actual Sale Prices, Real Car & Truck Values, New, Used & For Sale Prices | PriceHub.com

Here's a comment about this service, that I think says it all:

"...very useful site. good to look at what others paid first before i make my offer on this car at the lot. you know those car dealers, they try to get you every time..."

How To Fix Your Mom's Computer Without Going Home

You should read this post if:

• You're the one family and friends call with computer problems OR
• You're "family and friends"

Crossloop is a FREE tool that let's you be the hero WITHOUT going anywhere.

CrossLoop enables you to see the screen and control the mouse and keyboard on a remote computer. It is as if you are working side by side at the same PC.

How it works

In order to give help you need to access your friend's PC who is Sharing a session from anywhere on the Internet. Access a CrossLoop session to effortlessly connect to a friend's PC, view the screen and share control of the mouse and keyboard.

1. Launch CrossLoop

After the installation has finished, you can open CrossLoop at any time by clicking the icon on your desktop or by opening the program from the start menu. If you have not done so already, download CrossLoop here.

2. Enter Access Code

Contact the person Sharing the session and enter their 12-digit Access Code. The Access Code must match the Share to connect.

3. Click Connect

Click the connect button. Your session should begin momentarily. If your session does not start, make sure that both you and your friend entered the same Access Code and your friend allowed the connection.

Select the Disconnect button in the lower right hand corner of the application to end the session at any time.

If you're the one that's going to receive the help, just follow these simple instructions.

Free Unlimited Video Streaming Is Here

While Netflix contemplates a full rollout of unlimited online viewing -- Comcast is delivering.

Its new site, FanCast, is in a way even better then the Netflix offering, because it's FREE.

You can now watch full-length, TV shows on the site.

Fancast - Fancast: Find and watch TV Shows, Movies, Videos, Celebrity News, and Gossip

Fancast also offers movies and other services on the site. For example, Fancast will direct you to Amazon/iTunes to buy a DVD, Netflix/Blockbuster to add it to your queue, or even let you buy tickets online (throug Fandango) if your movie is still in theaters.

If watching TV online is your thing, check out six more ways to catch your favorite shows online.

How To Upgrade Your Internet Speed For Free

How would you like to get a faster web for free?

If you do (duhh), then head over to OpenDNS.

There’s no fee, no software to install, you don’t give them any information about yourself, and you don’t have to do anything different once you change your router’s DNS server addresses. (Sounds technical, but the site walks you through the instructions.)

The service caches the billions of DNS requests made by its users into a giant database on a distributed network, which turbo-charges surfing for everyone who uses it.

OpenDNS has servers situated strategically at the most well-connected intersections of the Internet. Unlike your ISP, their network uses Anycast routing technology, which means no matter where you are in the world your DNS requests are answered by the closest datacenter. This makes your Internet faster and more reliable.



As a bonus, OpenDNS protects you from phishing scams and corrects Web-address typos, sparing you those headaches. (The typo-correcting feature is where OpenDNS plans to make its money).

I've been using OpenDNS for years and HIGHLY recommend it.

No iPhone? Get Free Visual Voicemail On Your Cell With GotVoice

NO iPHONE? NO PROBLEM!

Why shell out hundreds of dollars to get visual voicemail when you can have it on the phone you already own?



GotVoice is a free service that allows you to access your voicemail over the Internet, meaning you can download, listen to, and save your voicemail messages as MP3s from any browser.

GotVoice Visual Voicemail lets you "see" your message before you listen to it. At a glance, you'll know who called and when. Simply scroll through and select the message you want to hear on your cell phone or mobile device.

Get cell, home and work voicemails emailed to you - or listen to them online!

# Get all of your voicemails delivered in email
# Listen online from anywhere, at anytime
# Save them forever or forward as MP3s

Visual Voicemail for your Cell, Home & Work phones
Do you get too many voicemails and need a way to play the most important message first? Need instant access to new voicemail from the road or abroad, or because you have poor cell phone reception? Want to save your important voicemails forever, or easily forward MP3s of your voicemail to others? GotVoice delivers. Your new voice messages are automatically sent straight to your email inbox. Or you can instantly check for and listen to new phone messages, play all of your old messages, delete old messages off your phone and manage all of your cell, home & work voicemail - direct from your inbox on GotVoice.com.

No Changes Required
GotVoice is the only service which effortlessly integrates with all major mobile and landline networks to access & retrieve your voicemail - without requiring either you or the phone networks to change a thing. There are no hidden call forwarding fees, you don't need a new number and there is no software to install. Your voicemail stays on your existing phone's voicemail system so you can access it the way you always have, if you choose. Or you can listen to your voicemail direct from your email, or access them from GotVoice.com.

Signup for the FREE Gotvoice account or compare all the plan options available.

Take A Break With Dangerous Dave & Brutal Bob

Sometimes the best way to take a break is to occupy your mind with something simple for a short while.

Here's a game that offers just that.

Please let me know if you enjoyed it, and if you'd like me to post more similar stuff.

How To Find The Perfect Baby Name

Good friends of ours just had a new baby boy this week.

As always, choosing the perfect name is a long, difficult (and sometimes heated) process.

So today I will try to help (not by suggesting names, which is a SURE way to piss off one or both of the parents) by introducing --> Nymbler

Nymbler is an internet baby name guide that responds to your personal taste.


How it works:

You choose a few names that appeal to you or let Nymbler offer ideas.

Nymbler - Your Personal Baby Name Assistant

Then press "Find Names" and Nymbler will start using its expert knowledge to brainstorm names tailored to fit your style.

If you'd like more information about any specific name just click on it.

Nymbler - Name information

Nymbler makes name connections with insights from baby-naming expert Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard.