I LOVE tricks like this

How to separate the cream from Oreos

I'm just glad to know this guy is on our (USA) team...

 

Suicide Jumper

Here's what happens when Improv Everywhere finds a four-foot tall ledge in Midtown Manhattan and decided to put a suicide jumper on it. A police officer, fireman, and the man’s wife and co-worker all arrive on the scene to talk him down. This is a newly remastered video from the project they did in 2005.

Hilarious.

Astronauts Get Deep

Mercy Ships

If you watched 60 Minutes last week you saw a very moving segment about some very special people helping the very poor along the western coast of Africa. Their vessel is the Mercy Ship...sure would be nice if the local TV news would cover stories like this.

A VC

The 'Cool Site of the Day' for 2/21 is A VC, Fred Wilson's insightful blog about the high tech venture capital world. A great read for business lovers of all kinds.

Stephen Colbert's Parody of Marco Rubio's Shining Moment

Thank you, MB, for giving rise to this comedic moment.

Have A Question About Your Credit Score?

Is Your Credit Report Wrong?

According to this week's report on 60 Minutes, there are 40 million credit report mistakes out there! That's a pretty sick number considering that 200 million Americans have been 'scored'. That's a 20% error rate!

If you have any questions about what a credit score entails, check out today's 'Cool Site of the Day' and excellent resource, CreditScoreResource.com 

As for the 60 Minutes report, millions of Americans got a wake-up call about their flawed credit scores.

Coincdentally, I was recently hired by a company to help them with their Internet marketing. What do they do? They provide free credit reports to consumers. Obscure? Random? Necessary? These were the thoughts going through my head when I was first approached to work for them. After just a few weeks of working for FreeCreditScoreInc.com, I realized the importance -- no, the absolute necessity -- of checking to make sure your credit score has no mistakes. Or, if there's something from your reckless financial past that could impede you from getting a much needed loan, you should definitely know about it. Here's what I learned: by law, everyone can order a free credit report once a year. These reports will show the credit scores generated on your behalf by the big 3 credit reporting agencies: Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. As to the 40 million mistakes reported by 60 Minutes (link to video below), this is NOT good if you think that you will be applying for a loan in the near future. Car loan? Home loan? General credit card? Retail store credit card? You can be denied any one of these if your credit score has been botched (just watch the 60 Minutes videos for a couple of horror stories). My advice is to order a free credit report from FreeCreditScoreInc.com today...it just may blow your mind. Click here. Mike P.S. Here's the 60 Minutes report from 2/10/12. Worth watching.

PhotoZoe - Kinda like Instragram on the Web

Easily upload your photos and add effects and stuff.

If you're seeing this on 2/13, rate it here.

Mike

Measure & Improve Your Brain Power

I was asked to feature Cognifit as a 'Cool Site of the Day'. Well, after being sucked into it for 37 minutes, I'd say it's cool. As with Lumosity, I will add this to my daily regimen of cognitive boosting activites. - Mike

Rate this site on 2/11 here.

Your Brain On Video Games

I'm going to watch Daphne's 17-minute TED presentation for a second time. It's already helping me deal with my 16-year old's addiction ;)

Your thoughts? Please leave a comment.

Thanks,

Mike

There Are Bad Things & Then There's This

Worth watching for 6 minutes...

 

Musical Instruments from Garbage. WOW!

Thanks, Uncle Kenny, for sharing this one! Awesome story.

CarWoo - Are You Buying A Car Soon?

I'll be in the market for a new car this Spring. This is the first site I'll go to in order to find the best deal. No haggling. Nice.

Please see it and rate it here on 1/31. After 1/31, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

Mike

Teachers With Apps

Teachers With Apps, co-founded by Jayne Clare (Special Education teacher) and Anne Rachel (Early Childhood educator) is a premiere resource site for educational app discovery.

I LOVE educational apps so I LOVE this site.

Please see it and rate it here on 1/30. After 1/30, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

Peace,

Mike

Artistry to the max

Craftmanship, musicianship, videography...all come together at a very high level right here:

 

The Art of Making, Alma Flamenca from Deep Green Sea on Vimeo.

Jimmy Fallon & Brian Williams Slow Jam The News

Is this not the best comedy on TV right now? THIS is from last night; the earlier video that I shared on Facebook was from several months ago. It just keeps getting better with each 'slow jam'.

 

 

Another Cool Foodie Site

My sister turned me onto Brooklyn Supper. Nice vibe. Great recipes. As they say:

"Brooklyn Supper is a place for seasonal recipes, everyday food ideas, the Brooklyn food scene, rooftop gardening, and farmer’s market resources. There is a great food community in Brooklyn, and throughout the US, and we are happy to be a small part of it."

Please see it and rate it here on 1/21. After 1/21, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

Mike

Are You Tired Verizon's & ATT's Power?

FreedomPop coverage is not yet available in my neighborhood. When it is, I will signup in a heartbeat. See if it's available where you live and don't hesitate to get on board with this much needed disrupter.

Mike

 

Fox News & Friends Speak Out For Guns

Create music with a biological twist

This is kind of mesmerizing.

Seaquence is an experiment in musical composition. Adopting a biological metaphor, you can create and combine musical lifeforms resulting in an organic, dynamic composition.

Another Cool Music Site - 8tracks

I'm a sucker for Internet radio sites. My favs are Spotify and Pandora. Too early to know if 8tracks will rise to the top but I like what I see and hear so far.

Please see it and rate it here on  1/18. After 1/18, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

Have a great weekend,

Mike

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Quantcast - Great marketing tool. Here's a great tip: enter a URL of a site that's related to yours, see the bottom section "Audience Also Likes" and advertise on those sites.

Mike

Get Poached by Poachee

At first, I loved this site simply because of its clean and simple design. Clear message.  But my concern was that it was a great job hunting tool overseas. So I asked the owner and he informed me that Poachee.com has a strong focus in the US market and is very well received by the first Americans to use it.

Poachee.com helps recruiters to poach urgently needed workers and passive jobseekers to get a better job!

Please see it and rate it here on 1/11. After 1/11, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

My friend's wife died from ovarian cancer...

In honor of my friend's wife, Julie, who passed away on 12/29/12, I am featuring the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research. On this day, a memorial service is being held in Julie's name.

My friend asks the following:

"Please give generously in Julie’s memory to the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research, so that our daughters and granddaughters can enjoy the long lives that they deserve."

Please do so.

Please visit today's site and rate it here on 1/9. After 1/9, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

Mike

 

The Most Insane Pastime Activity?

I lost my stomach watching a few take-offs. This is not for folks who have either a heart condition or children.

 

Design Your Own Cool T-Shirt

Glad these guys asked to be Cool Site of the Day! CustomInk makes it easy and fun to design custom t-shirts and more. I actually played on this site for 20 minutes even though I wasn't planning to order anything...but I will soon!

Please see it and rate it here on 1/8. After 1/8, find it in the Cool Site of the Day archive.

Happy designing,

Mike

The Muppets Perform Bohemian Rhapsody

30 million views on YouTube.

I especially like this since I'm seeing the Queen Extravaganza concert this Friday night.

 

 

For Guitar Players Only

Today's Cool Site of the Day is Soundslice. If you're a guitar player and you often find yourself searching the Web for chords and tabs to your favorite songs, then you'll love this site.

Mike

Hacker Things - cool stuff for geeks

This Cool Site of the Day is an online store with very interesting stuff for the geek set. Check it out; even if you don't buy, you'll enjoy perusing their wares.

Mike