OK you know how people sometimes ask, “What do you think the greatest invention of all time is?” Then someone responds with “electricity,” “the wheel,” or something else generically accurate.

Well forget all of that. I am answering out of ignorance with this : Ding It’s Up is the greatest invention ever.

Ding It's Up

How do you know you are a ding-damsel? Here is a typical scenario –too typical: You need to register for classes, but, oh –look at that– UT’s Web server is too busy; The site has crashed. And you, pulling on the bottom lids of your eyes, scream and fear that the worst will happen: you won’t get in to any of your classes unless you just sit there like a champ and keep hitting refresh.

Ding alerts you when those pesky sites go back up. That’s right. No phenomenal refresh-speed needed. The service notifies you through e-mail, text, or Twitter.

It solves the most frustrating Internet habit of all time. I’d like to see the wheel try that.

You know Hulu– He is that popular guy who walks around in his letterman jacket at all the parties. All of the pretty girls in school like him, but he’s too busy playing football and getting straight A’s to care about commitment. He’d rather kick back with a beer.

Until Sling came into town. She was sooo sexy. Sling, like Hulu, offered streaming TV shows and movies, but was still in her beta phase– a little bit younger and immature, but enticing nonetheless.

Too bad for Hulu though, cause Sling is a feminist who wants female equality, and sometimes, female superiority. She will stop at nothing to be better, cooler, and more popular than Hulu.

Screenshot of Sling.com

If you want real information on Sling.com, you should probably read TechCrunch.

I have made a post about Moleskine journals before, and how dare you think it would be my last on the topic.

'skine.art

’skine.art is a Web gallery of art done in the ever-holy Moleskine journal.

I have some I did myself, but I did them in Amsterdam, so instead of scanning them and placing them in this post, I would like to get a job some day.

Monty Python has a YouTube channel. This is similar to Moses parting the Red Sea with his staff, but not as phallic. Or as phallic. Whatever.

Ever feel out of touch with Facebook? Yes, that was a trick question. Clever.

The lowest form of Facebook interaction to get your fix: updating your status. But then once you’ve made the decision to do it, you have to contemplate what you can say without sounding like a complete douche/Facebook drone.

Generatus can help you. According to it, my current status is: “Chelsey agrees that money talks: her always says ‘Good-bye’.”

This is more of like a fortune cookie…

Only in its toddler stage, Pixolu is one of the most efficient photo search engines I’ve encountered –Think on the verge of Web 3.0, people.

From Pixolu

Here’s your method. Type in a keyword (anything abstract or concise) and adjust the scrubber bar to match how many results you want as a maximum. Pixolu then performs an aggregate search through Google, Yahoo!, and Flickr images.

Wait. You’re not done. And I’m so nerdily excited.

From these results, you pick any photo(s) that represent the ballpark idea you were looking for and then drag and drop the winners into Pixolu’s graphical search engine box. Then… (still there?)

Judging on your wants, both written and pictorially portrayed, it displays a number of new results that aims to fit your photo-longing’s intent.

If this doesn’t make sense, just go there. And if you don’t, you’ll be sorry when you come home in the near future and Web 3.0 is in bed with your wife.

You know those lousy jerks in class who bring their laptops and surf the ‘net? Sometimes that’s me.

I type faster than I write, because when I write, my hand turns into this weird raccoon-paw formation and I end up having third-grader ink stains all over my palms.

The point is, not everyone always surfs. Some people actually take notes, because sometimes no one sends them an e-mail for an hour, and while it’s sad, it also allows concentration. Concentration: not anymore.

SUMO Paint lets you draw or edit on a Photoshop-like interface within your browser window.

Screen Shot of SUMO Paint

So if you are exhausted by a boring lecture, get out that comp and stick it to the adMANistration.

Every time I think about going shopping, I get grossed out at the thought of being surrounded by people and their frivolous conversations and their consumption of my potential space.

I prefer shopping online. I’ll pay the shipping as long as I don’t have to hear another story about a girl and her jerk boyfriend.

This is why Storenvy is the greatest idea ever. It’s a Web marketplace for clothing consisting of over 80 online, independent stores. It also allows clothing sellers to set-up digi-shop.

Storenvy is a Web marketplace para ti. Logo from Storenvy.

Yessss. No more social anxiety! I’m cured!

Either you’re taking uppers 24/7, or sometimes you just feel anxious around people. True story.

Long ago, there were rumors of phone services created to save damsels from situations of social distress.
I searched that rainbow and finally hit the gold: getmooh.com, or Get Me Out of Here.

Illustration from getmooh.com

The site allows you to schedule your phone number with a time to get you out of an unpleasant circumstance, with your choice of savior-recording.

One of the recordings is Alec Baldwin. Another is your drug dealer. It all makes sense.