Besides some of the more popular blog enhancements, like a tag cloud, quicktags for comments, and instant page translation, I’ve had a few hidden gems that passing visitors might not be aware of. I like adding the small personal touches:
CSS styled Text Selection
Not many people change the selection (user-highlighted text) to match their design. [...]

Google is getting too powerful for the internet. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, and in fact use some Google services, but that doesn’t mean we should all turn a blind eye to what Google is and is capable of. Google has one of the best search engines, any they also have a wealth of knowledge. [...]

“The ones who love us best are the ones we’ll lay to rest”
“The ones who love us least are the ones we’ll die to please” -The Replacements
I’d love to play guitar, build something, or share stories with the failures, the desperate, or people who are just deprived for no reason. The underdog gets no attention. [...]

1. The major English speaking nations use a 10-base numbering system (0-9), rendering a new digit and decimal place as soon as you increase a single integer from nine.
2. We live in a binary world full of ones and zeros in this Age of Information.
3. Things like music and culture are often categorized by decade.
4. [...]

In no particular order, some of the best voices I’ve heard are…
Tony Clifton
The amazing character devised by the genius Andy Kaufman. He’s a Las Vegas lounge singer whose hobby is being a rude and arrogant bad guy. If you’ve never heard what he sounds like, take an ear to him singing the Star-Spangled Banner.
Bill Cosby
Who [...]

There is little buzz going on about singingfish.com redirecting to AOL Search. If you are unfamiliar with singingfish, it is a multimedia search engine launched in 2000 that has one of the best databases of many mp3s and other audio and video formats. The only info I found about the domain redirection was that AOL [...]

I discovered a place where you can make any song on myspace downloadable. It works on Firefox and Opera, so if you haven’t yet- ditch Internet Explorer. You also have to download it within the timeframe. Ctrl+S will save the file if it comes up as a popup.
[via gHacks]
If the link is down, you [...]

I have held out long enough in designing a “showcase” section for my website. I decided to gather some goodies for everyone to check out. Portfolio sounds too businesslike, but regular old folks can see what things I created without being a prospective customer, employer, or venture capitalist. You’ll enjoy it if you like art, [...]