TV seems to have taken over from the movies as the biggest talk around the water cooler these days. The regularity of a series gets into the psyche of the watching public far more effectively. With so many series being highly complicated to follow the viewer is sucked more and more into a maelstrom of information and snippets of information from friends and many other sources. Miss an episode and you have no idea what's going on - just ask fans of "Lost." Fav.tv is a place for TV tragics. It's a place where you can share thoughts and view ... Read more
I remember as a kid writing long stories with a fountain pen, adding a few drawings and then binding all the sheets of paper together in brown parcel paper tied down the middle with wool. I was an author at eight years old and nobody was going to tell me any different! It’s funny but I never sold any copies but my mother still has them in a box somewhere and they come out now and again when the subject of me writing for a living comes up, bless! Read more
Well there are certainly some fun ways to get youngsters reading and writing these days and if this one doesn’t get them hooked then I don’t know what will. It could be quite a laugh to use as an adult too if you want to get a point across in a comic style. The mechanics are simple and once you log in you are taken on a step-by step guide to creating a comic strip page complete with characters and text. The first thing you have to do is choose the layout of your page from a selection of boxes and once ... Read more
Every single DVD retailer these days seems to have it's own pricing policy on individual titles. Some will use individual titles as a loss leader while some will buy large amounts of stock on a good selling title when it hits the right price. Yet quite often, if you just do a straight order on a specific title it will come back to you at the full list price. It makes far more sense to see who is selling it the cheapest at any given time without having to do all the leg work. Watchily compares the price and availability ... Read more
It used to be the case that the poor beleaguered novelist out there had to jump through the odd hoop and find a publisher in order to release their masterwork. Not only would it mean another roadblock on the path to glory but it would also mean a percentage of the takings being sliced off. However, the plethora of 'publish your own book' sites that have cropped up over the last few years has begun to change the way it works. Pandamian is a writing and book tool that acts as your publisher by covering all the techical and background ... Read more
Most students seem to meet have a money problem. There's never enough of it. Then there's the money that has to be paid back later. It all adds up. So when it comes to the text books you need to buy for your course it can easily turn into a big problem. You pay a lot of money for them, use them a little bit and then try to sell them back. It would be so much better if you could rent the chapters you want. BookStep is a textbook tool based in the cloud that let's you access the ... Read more
With 50 million Americans watching their TV online these days it's a serious part of the entertainment market. With online sources coming from many different directions maybe it's time to re-evaluate the way you watch your web-based multimedia. SetJam is a movie and tv app with an easy to use and very powerful search engine that gives you access to the largest collection of full length tv shows and movies in the world. SetJam is an easy to use and very specialized search engine that helps take what is collectively the largest library of full-length TV shows and movies ... Read more
It has now got to the point with TV shows and series that the quality you get with them is at least as good as their Hollywood cousins. With the likes of Dexter, Deadwood, Band Of Brothers, Lost, Boardwalk Empire, Carnivale and The Sopranos TV has gone to a different level. And in our busy lives it can be difficult to know which episode you are up to when you are watching up to ten different series at a time. MyTVShows is a free movie and tv management tool for the iPhone that helps you organize your TV watching so ... Read more
I love a really useful app that doesn’t need too much driving and so I’m certainly going to be signing up for this free one. If you’re an avid reader of books I strongly suggest you consider doing the same. Read more
TV.com is a CBS company that allows you to watch your favorite tv shows as well as interacting with other fans and read all the behind the scenes news and gossip. It's like having your own watchable TV magazine right next to the box. TV.com is a beautifully organized application that makes it easy for you to search, find and watch great tv shows from all around the world. TV.com is a movie and tv tool where TV lives online! Watch your favorite shows, talk to other fans, read all the behind-the-scenes news and just generally revel in the ... Read more