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LIFE magazine in partnership with Getty Images launched life.com photo library. The site has amazing collection of stunning historic photos from World War I until today. You can also search LIFE photo archives through Google Images.
I absolutely can’t stand junk mail in any form. I receive so much junk mail both through email and by regular postal mail, that I have to spend at least 3-4 hours a week deleting, shredding and throwing out both types of junk mail. I am sure this is the case for most of us today, we get bombarded by spammers, emarketers and direct mailers all the time.
There are spam filters for our emails, however it much more difficult to control paper-based junk mail.
Here are some startling facts about paper-based junk mail according to donotmail.org, every year Americans receive close to 104.7 billion pieces of junk mail which requires to produce 6.5 million tons of paper. More than 30% of junk mail usually ends up in landfills.
Well, now there are some solutions for reducing paper-based junk mail.
I recently came across Catalog Choice that can help in reducing mailbox clutter, specifically catalogs that usually fill up my mailbox. Catalog Choice helps to eliminate catalogs that you don’t want to receive which can help to reduce paper waste and save trees, plus it is free. It is a great concept and I highly recommend it.
There is also GreenDimes that helps to reduce all your junk mail not just catalogs, which is also another good solution. GreenDimes also plants trees on your behalf when you sign up to their premium service.
Google turns 10 years old this month. There is a cool online timeline of all significant dates in Google’s history, which shows how overtime company started by only two guys ends up with 10,000 employees within 10 years. It’s amazing.
Happy Birthday Google!
One of the best frickin’ blogs for your business, with no bulls#!t.
Great place to see list of alpha, beta and “still not finished version” of online applications.
I recently came across Usability.gov, which has some great guidelines, resources, and templates on usability & user-centered design.
Yahoo Green: Making the world green one-click at a time.
Times Magazine features best inventions of 2006.
Freshly redesigned Microsoft.com. Simpler and cleaner design.
Pimp your photo with PikiPimp.
Google Patent Search is live. For example, you can search for finger puppets, and of course, someone already patented it. 
Wesabe.com lets you manage your finances in one place online and get advice about what do with your money.
Stikkit.com helps to organize your life by creating electronic “yellow notes that think.”
Adobe comes up with new icons and branding for its products. [via Veerle]
Famster
You wanna put your family on the web? Famster is here to help. You can setup a secure web site for your family to share calendars, photos, notes, blog and much more for free. Easy to use and setup.
Pickle Juice (aka new Gatorade competitor)
Yes, pickle juice has all the good stuff you need to hydrate yourself after a heavy workout.
World Usability Day
On November 14, 2006 usability professionals world wide celebrate the World Usability Day. Find out how you can get involved.
YaleShmale
Interesting approach to market a university…
Eboogle
Ebay and Google signed a deal this week to work together on text-based and click-to-call advertising online.
Writely is back
Writely is now back and accepts new accounts. Writely is simple and one the best word processing applications online. FYI: Writely was recently acquired by Google.
Interactive timeline of the history and evolution of the Internet.
Creative ways to plug USB connection into things in our lives…
See all newspaper designs around the world.
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