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September 2006


A site currently in its alpha stages, BrowserShots.org, allows users to view a snapshot of thier site by simply entering the URL.

Your website will be added into a job queue where a series of computers will open the URL in a series of browsers specified by the user. They will then create a screenshot and upload them to a server for you to view!

A nice extention from our friends at Firefox allows you to choose your viewing optoins for PDF’s.
PDF Options
This Extension presents you with three basic options: Download, Open PDF or View as HTML. You can download this wonderful extention here!

podcamp BostonA few of us guys from the Best Damn Tech Show Period are heading to Boston this weekend to get our geek on. Join us!

In case you need to know if your email was sent, take advantage of Microsoft Outlook. You can request a receipt of your email.

Go under tools, click options. There will be a tab that says Receipts which gives you the option to turn a receipt off and on.

This way you will be notified when someone opens the message you had sent.

Our friends at Google keep on impressing with a new feature added to Google Talk (still in Beta). You can set your status to display your current music track playing in iTunes.

This isn’t exactly a huge breakthrough, but a nifty little feature to let everyone know what you’re listenning to.

If you don’t have Google Talk, check it out here.