I think I am going to create a new category of posts called webware. These will be posts about websites that are essentially software, except the software is on the web. Sites like FeedDigest, GMail, BackPack, Mailinator, and AudioScrobbler would count as webware. In fact, I am going to create a Wikipedia page for webware right now – maybe this will start a trend of people using this as a word.
Here’s a handy site for quickly making text images to use on your site. I have used them to make menus and a logo on my arcade site and I used it recently to make menu buttons on my software site. Come to think of it, I need to post a link-back to Acme on those sites.
Check this out – it’s called Drivey – it’s a small driving sim/game that is tiny (325 kb). It’s got a really cool feel to it – it harkemns back to the old driving games like Night Driver and Hard Drivin’. Very cool. You don’t even have to install the game – it just runs from the single executable.
Here is another app I install almost immediately on a new XP install – it’s an Alt-Tab replacement from Microsoft. Normally you see icons representing your running applications, but with this installed, when you Alt-Tab, it shows the icon plus it shows you a small “screenshot” of the running app. Very cool and very handy.
Solution Watch (one of my new favorite blogs) has an interesting piece on a new service called Mirror Me. I don’t think *I* need/want it right now, but I could certainly see how it would be useful to some people.