After a bit of a summer break we’re getting back into the thick of things here at Juxtaviews. We’ve been saving up some delicious linkage over the summer and we’re already working on new interviews for our 1 year anniversary! One year…really? Time sure does fly. Well, enjoy this week’s links and thanks for paying attention, enjoy!
Minekey - Rajiv’s new employer launches it’s latest version of its recommendation widget and I’m running it over at ScribeSonic. They were also mentioned over at TechCrunch.
dotSub - video community to help translate video content on the web. tre cool.
Art of the Business Card - inspiration out the wazoooo on this one. Awesome!
Chess.Com - because you know you’re not playing enough chess these days. Social network, videos, tutorials, games, etc. It’s Chess 2.0
You only need 2 hours of sleep, right? - “[Richard Buckminster] Fuller made a deliberate attempt to break the sleep habit, with excellent results. Last week he announced his Dymaxion system of sleeping. Two hours of sleep a day, he said firmly, is plenty.”
Grouper is now Crackle - Video sharing site Grouper has changed its identity.
Iviteshare Bought by TechCrunch - Beta invite sharing Inviteshare was bought by TechCrunch after they wrote it up.
Get Leaflets - Little apps for your iPhone.
StyleMob - A community site for people who like fashion.
eSwarm and NetHaggler - Group buying meets web 2.0.
SunRocket R.I.P. - Voip provider Sunrocket folds and doesn’t tell anybody.
Latin You Should Know - If you read a lot, you will inevitably run into those phrases in the “dead language” you’re supposed to know. And you can’t look them up in the dictionary… damn you, Augustus! I was happy to find this site which sheds some “lux” on some of the more common ones. Could be more extensive. We also need one for French phrases. Cest la vie!
GimpShop - Even though Gimp is FREE and Photoshop is a hefty sum plus your first born, design professionals have always complained about Gimp’s unintuitive user interface and the learning curve of making the switch. Well, now there’s a Gimp distribution which looks and acts just like Photoshop.
Build Your Own Wind Turbine - I bet with a few modifications you could get a few hampsters to power your laptop on those breeze-less days.
1000 Films You Must See Before You Die - Don’t know what to put in your Netflix queue? Try some of these.
A List of Fallacious Arguments - Don’t let someone win an argument unless they’ve earned it. This is an invaluable tool when debating poseurs on the Reddit comments boards.
How To Get Around Company/School IT Restrictions - Don’t let those pesky IT people stop you from using Hotmail or MySpace! Actually, there are likely some good reasons why certain services are blocked, so surf responsibly!
Top 50 Wordpress Admin Plugins - The one who dies with the most plugins wins!!! Seriously, there are some handy tools in here and some stuff worthy of trying out. Happy Blogging!






