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So I logged in to my Adsense account today to check on how things were going, and I was surprised to see something new. Apparently, Adsense has has consorted with YouTube (both Google entities) to bring you videos that you can place on your website with advertisements built right into the unit. This may not be new, but it is at least new to me. Hmm, ok, sounds interesting right? Let’s see how they look. Below are some screenshots of two of the three types of video players. The full player is too big to fit in this post. Yes, you read correctly. Feel free to click in it’s thumbnail for the full size.

Small YouTube/Adsense…

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Jumpchart, a website architecture builder, has just announced that they have shed their beta status. What is Jumpchart? Jumpchart is a way to make the basic architecture or frame of your next website, site map, or interactive project. It is a WYSIWYG online editor that simplifies the process of creating the basic framework of a website, especially when it is a collaborative effort. Basically, you could use Jumpchart to show a client or boss a very rough estimate of what their website might look like. That way you could nail down where the content will go before the graphical design begins.

You begin by creating a new project with a single page. You can add text…

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This is usually beyond the scope of my blog, but I’m excited about this one. A single player demo has just been released for Call of Duty 4. Looks like it will be pretty good. Use the link below to download it. There’s lots of info on the game out there, feel free to do a Google search if you aren’t sure what this game is.

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Gmail is hands down the best web based email client, but it isn’t perfect. That’s why many have found Better Gmail to be a great improvement on the basic Gmail framework. Better Gmail is a collection of Greasemonkey scripts that improves Gmail. How? It is a plugin for FireFox that extends your Gmail page to have more functionality.

To install, simply visit the download page while in FireFox and click on “Download”. The script should install itself into your FireFox plugins and have your restart your browser. There are numerous options that you can configure such as changing the skin of Gmail, and my favorite, integrated Google Feeds directly into your inbox. You can also have Gmail set…

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Just got this in my email. Looks like QuickInsert has made some changes to their new content management service. The email highlighted the two following changes:

We have consolidated the QuickInsert solution into one line of code! The previous setup required QuickInsert members to paste two lines of Javascript onto their website, one for the login form and one for the content. We have also enhanced the user control panel. The control panel now hosts the login form. It appears in the center of the user screen and follows the user as he/she scrolls on the page.

I don’t personally use QuickInsert, but it does look like an interesting service. I reviewed on Site Scrutiny (since merged with…