Time To Get Funky

How many of you use a service like MySpace, Facebook or Twitter? How many of you participate in online forums? What do all of these have in common? If you said avatars, then you just read my mind!

I found a pretty cool website the other day that allows you to take your favorite pictures, and transform them into really kick-ass avatars for free!.

This website is called BeFunky, and it can manipulate your pictures in two ways (From their website):

1. Cartoonizer:
   
   
   
   If you’re a fan of funky-looking cartoons and comics, you're going to be all over this.
   
   
   
2. Uvatar:
   
   
   
   Avatars are boring and generic. Take your online persona further with Uvatar

If you like those, then coming soon you will love their Video Cartoonizer they are comming out with. According to their site, Video Cartoonizer allows you to, "put yourself in the director’s chair and turn your home movie into an animated feature film."



Pretty cool right? Here is one I did of myself:



If you use this tool, I want to see your handy work! Post a link to your image in the comments!

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Awesome Site For Students!

This semester in school, I have been forced to write essays non stop! Every damned week I have another 500-1000 word essay I have to write. Then when I think I am sick of writing, I turn around and write something on my blog. The cycle never stops!

Anyway, I came across a site today that made my job a lot easier! You see, in my school, as in most, we have to write every damned paper in MLA format. Every time I go to write a damned paper I bust out my MLA guide and look for the proper way to format my citations. Well, I am not a friggin' English major, I am a tech for crying out loud so I tend to find MLA a pain in my ass. Not any more though.

I found a site that has an easy to follow wizard that allows you to create your works cited page, and even alphabetizes it for you complete with the proper indentations and everything. When you are done you can save a copy in RTF format to copy and paste into your essay! The site is called EasyBib. By Following the wizard I had my MLA format works cited done in about 3 minutes. If you are a student, you have to check it out!

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