Showing posts with label Useful sites; I like. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Useful sites; I like. Show all posts

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Are you guilty? Confession is good for the soul...


Those traditional confession-both scenes you see in the movies (and probably hear about from elderly Christians) might soon be a thing of the past.

Since many of us spend more than a share of our time on the Internet, it was only natural that an online confession site came to the front.

That is exactly what some enterprising people in Florida have done.

The Flamingo Road Church, under the auspices of its Pastor, Pastor Gramling, has come up with a new path to salvation.

This year, on April 08, Easter, the Pastor and several other church members, floated a website, ivescrewedup.com, wherein one can log in and confess one’s sins online.

Cynics, who pooh-poohed at the “virtual confession” idea, had to virtually eat humble pie, for over 1000 people have registered and confessed in the three months since the website went up.

The modus operandi is simple enough – one registers, and posts one’s confessions. All are kept anonymous.

The Church does not respond, believing that if one is truly repentant while confessing, God does listen.

And forgive.

Mea culpa? Make your confessions here.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Most popular websites


In a survey conducted recently, the results of which were declared, the following are the most popular websites. See which ones you already frequent, and check out the ones you haven't till now, like I did.

1. Apple Movie Trailers: Apple's official Quicktime Movie Trailer page with the newest and preview release trailers.

2. Blogger: weblog publishing system owned by Google since 2003.

3. Craiglist: centralized network of online urban communities, featuring free classified advertisements and forums sorted by various topics.

4. Drudge Report: popular U.S.-based news website run by Matt Drudge. The site consists primarily of links to stories from the US and international mainstream media about politics, entertainment, and various current events as well as links to many popular columnists.

5. Factcheck: monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

6. Flickr: photo sharing website and web services suite, and an online community platform.

7. HowStuffWorks: website dedicated to explaining the way many things work.

8. Lifehacker: advertising-supported weblog about life hacks and software; covers Microsoft Windows, Mac and Linux programs as well as time-saving tips and tricks.

9. Museum of Modern Art: provides information on current and upcoming art, film and media, and online exhibitions.

10. Netflix: largest online DVD rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers in the United States.

11. National Public Radio: internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming.

12. Rotten Tomatoes: reviews and previews of movies, videos, DVDs, and video games from print, online, and broadcast critics.

13. Shopzilla: buy the best products at the lowest prices by using Shopzilla, the shopping search engine with smart price comparison and intelligent professional reviews.

14. The Onion: America’s most loved parody newspaper, published weekly in print and online.

15. Technorati: searches weblogs by keyword and for links. Also provides news from general news services and blogs.

16. Television Without Pity: website that provides detailed recaps of certain television dramas and reality TV shows, often by mocking them, as well as forums in which members can discuss a myriad of television related topics.

17. The Smoking Gun: large collection of public documents on crimes, celebrities, politicians, and the FBI.

18. Internet Movie Database: online database of information about actors, films, television shows, television stars, video games and production crew personnel.

19. Zappos.com: the Web’s most popular shoe store.