Talkr: More than Blog Reading

Most people know of Talkr by the flag ship blog reader. Add talker to your blog site and have all of your text converted to an mp3 podcast. What many people don’t know about are the other FREE services liveonthe.net offers in addition to the blog reader:

Record.Talkr:A helpful little tool that you can use to record all incoming and outgoing audio on your machine.

Mail.Talkr: Don’t feel like typing. With this handy little download that plugs into Outlook or Outlook Express, you can record your message and send it in audio format!

Gamer.Talkr: Does your favorite MMO not offer integrated voice chat? Need a way to communicate outside of the game with guild members? Not only does this awesome tool let you talk instantly with up to 4o of your friends, you can embed it directly on your guild page. Keep the competition out with optional password protection!

Pushto.Talkr: Annoying phone calls or background conversations can ruin a voice chat quickly. This small tool lets you instantly turn your microphone settings all the way down before you let loose into a telemarketer or whine to your mom about taking out the trash.

Radio.Talkr: Your entire blog instantly in mp3 format. Step one: Paste your Feedburner feed url into the first box. Step two: Click the Generate Code button. Step Three: Copy and paste the new code onto any html page.

Media: Not only can you choose what radio station to listen to, you can take it with you to what ever site you build. Copy the code available below the player and BANG! Instant Radio on your website.

HELP! I can’t get into a website anymore!

Do you have a vender website at work that you have been using for years, and then all of a sudden last week you are left scratching your head as to why you cannot access it anymore?

Most websites involving companies that your business may be purchasing from have a default web page that you type your username and password into. After that a window pops up with all the information you need to make purchases and direct business.

Think back to last week (or insert your time period here). Did this problem start happening after you installed a fancy new toolbar from Google, or maybe Yahoo?

Both of these add ons for Internet Explorer and Firefox come with pop up blockers that are by default set to on. Remember that if you have the native IE or FireFox pop up blockers set to off, that little pop up window that use to come up on that familiar site is still going to get blocked by Yahoo or Google if you do not add that address to the safe list, or if you do not turn the block features off for that toolbar.

I have had many calls from people about this problem, and 95% of the time, Yahoo or Google tool bar is the culprit.

Air Native N7 Nike Shoe

After an independent study of 224 individuals, Nike found that on average the foot of a Native American is 3 times as wide and tall as a normal foot. Their answer: Air Native N7 – The first shoe designed specifically for the Native American. The shoe was reportedly “designed from the inside out for the comfort and health of the Native American foot.” It makes me wonder why ALL popular brand shoes can’t be designed that way and still sell for $42…