Well, I’ve always wanted to make this site that would shorten your affiliate links and finally did it today so check it out, it’s called CozyURL.com:

Well, here’s another site called CozyURL.com I made today in about 2 hours while chatting on G-mail with Josh.

I didn’t add any graphics so it’s fast and you can easily access it from mobile devices too.

It’s basically a site that will shorten URLs like http://sdfkcs.com/jdsf923jfdsaf to http://CozyURL/120.

It’s a free site and your link will permanently remain so please knock yourself out the next time you need to shorten that long GoogleMaps URL, or simply want to remember one number for viewing the site on your mobile phone.

I might open-source the code since some of you might like to make your own, so leave a comment if you want it.

via Zedomax Blog Network

Stumbleupon launches its Toolbar-less browsing feature, of course, it seems that they have picked on our ideas from SiteHoppin, which is originally based on Toolbar-less browsing.

You can test both out yourself and judge which one is better, I still think my SiteHoppin rocks over SU’s new toolbar-lessness.

Test out SU Web Version

Test out SH Web Version

Another great news that I should be telling the world is that SiteHoppin will become the first “open-source” platform.  (that will be released under GNU license as a MediaWiki extension.  You can stay updated on that on my MediaWiki page)

The reason I am going open-source is to open the development of SiteHoppin to the world, just like Google Android, Google Chrome, etc…etc…

Besides that, I don’t have whole lotta time to develop SiteHoppin anymore, it takes me all day to code the site.  It would be great if I can share my knowledge to the world and also have other developers contribute to the “knowledge”.

But first, we will be going through an “image” change from beers to something more appropriate.  We have been messing around too much and partying it up but we should be back in full-force with some open-source code and official “launch” as we are still in beta for last 10 months.

If you haven’t been following our latest Google Chrome Tips and Hacks, you will need to check out the following two posts:

Recap of Google Chrome Tips and Hacks #1

Recap of Google Chrome Tips and Hacks #2

Here’s the re-cap of Google Chrome Tips and Hacks #3:

Chrome Tips - How to install Greasemonkey scripts in Google Chrome - This is a simple howto for enabling your Greasemonkey scripts from Firefox.

Firefox Hack - Chromi Fox Theme for Firefox - You can install the Chromi theme for Firefox to make your Firefox look like Google Chrome browser.

Google Chrome Wordpress Blog Theme - Someone has created a Google Chrome theme for your Wordpress blog.  Go knock yourself out.

Google Chrome still leads by over 50% on Google Chrome Hacks Tips blog

Google Chrome Comic sold for $372! - Can you believe it?  Someone bought the Chrome Comic book for $372!

Firefox and IE copies Chrome’s “Incognito” mode - Wow, this was a simple but surprising feature recognized by all major browser makers.

Chrome Hack - How to update your Google Chrome browser to the latest version! - Yes, this one is actually a hidden feature on the Google Chrome’s about page.

Chrome Tips - Learn how to add GMail Bookmark to your Chrome! - Yes, this bookmark allows you to jump straight to “Compose Mail” section of GMail on Chrome.

Did you know Google Chrome’s Address Bar is also a Google Search Bar? - Yes, Google did monopolize the search section and I am glad since I don’t use Wikipedia, Amazon, and the other stuff that much on Firefox.

Chrome Hacks - How to run Java and Java applets on your Google Chrome browser - You need to download a beta-version of the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) in order to run Java on Chrome.

Microsoft Office Live doesn’t support Chrome browser at all, go figure.

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Here’s TikiTag, a real-life RFID tag that can be used to tag anything in real life.  Think of it as del.icio.us for physical things.

Read more at Zedomax Blog Network

Google Chrome Browser Launched by Google!

Google launches their own line of web browsers called, “Google Chrome” and so far after couple hours of use, I am damn, fine impressed.

For more information on features and whatnot, head over to Zedomax.Net blog as I just wrote bunch of stuff about Google Chrome.

Today, I saw that Hackszine’s Jason Striegel has postsed a blog post about Memcached and MySQL.

Well, basically Memcached is an open-source software for your web server that allows you to cache almost any MySQL query.

In other words, it caches your MySQL queries.  But to do this, you do need to check the Memcached cache before doing the actual MySQL query.

So what’s the point?

Well, certain Wiki softwares like MediaWiki already comes with built-in support for Memcached.  I have used a similar strategy for one of my custom sites, SiteHoppin.com.

Memcached is also designed for server-farming, meaning you are only limited by number of servers and gigs of ram.

Unlike PHP accelerators, Memcache is really a database cache, thus can give you some extra performance if you implement it right.

Now if the developers at Wordpress started implementing Memcache, that’d do a lot of good for bloggers.

That said, if you want to explore Memcached, you can check out Jason post over at Hackszine.

For MediaWiki implementations, you will have to digg a little deeper. (You can start here)  You can buy this book called Wiki Professional.

Other Resources:

Memcached Official Website

Strategies for Using Memcached and MySQL Better Together
Memcached and MySQL tutorial (PDF)

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Here’s USB iBuddy, an MSN Messenger alert light basically. It even has wings, just like RedBull.

You can buy it here:

iBuddy at Brando.com.uk for $20

iBuddy at Firebox.com for $24.95

iBuddy at BuyiBuddy.com for $24.95

iBuddy at Prezzybox.com for £14.95

i-Buddy is specially designed for Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger) users. It is a physical representation of your buddy. You can program it to recognize a particular buddy account, and it will response to all messages and status events sent from your buddy.

It is a 3-inches tall figurine connected to the computer using a USB cable. Specially designed in tiny size, so that it does not consume much space while you are at work. It is perfect to put on top of your monitor too.

via gizmodo

Here’s a site called SimplyNoise, who’s sole purpose in life is to produce white noise.

Well, I’ve tried it out and was very disappointed that all they did was capture some TV white noise and put it on their site.

That said, SimplyNoise will need to provide other types of white noise such as a mother’s womb to get the site more popular.

I mean, who likes to listen to white noise on TV anyways?

via make

Google Talk is now available for the iPhone without any modifications other than pointing your Safari browser to www.google.com/talk.

There are some differences from using Google Talk on your computer. For instance, in order to receive instant messages with Google Talk on your iPhone, the application needs to be open in your Safari browser. When you navigate away to another browser window or application, your status will be changed to “unavailable” and your Google Talk session will be restarted when you return.

via googlemobile